diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f19925e..68d775a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 # Download dependencies
 RUN go mod download
 
-COPY main.go .
+COPY ./*.go .
 COPY internal ./internal
+COPY pages ./pages
+
 
 # Enable CGO for go-sqlite3
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/main .
 COPY keys ./keys
-COPY pages ./pages
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
diff --git a/pages/home.gmi b/home.gmi
similarity index 100%
rename from pages/home.gmi
rename to home.gmi
diff --git a/pages/gemlog.gmi b/internal/gemlog/gemlog.gmi
similarity index 100%
rename from pages/gemlog.gmi
rename to internal/gemlog/gemlog.gmi
diff --git a/internal/gemlog/gemlog.go b/internal/gemlog/gemlog.go
index 876fdf3..f4332c7 100644
--- a/internal/gemlog/gemlog.go
+++ b/internal/gemlog/gemlog.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gemlog
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
@@ -51,16 +52,14 @@ func (g *Gemlog) HandleRequest(w gemini.ResponseWriter, req *gemini.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+//go:embed gemlog.gmi
+var pageContnet string
+
 func (g *Gemlog) serveIndex(w gemini.ResponseWriter, req *gemini.Request) {
 	w.WriteStatusMsg(gemini.StatusSuccess, "text/gemini")
 
 	var content strings.Builder
-	page, err := os.ReadFile("./pages/gemlog.gmi")
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("Problem reading gemlog page", "error", err)
-		return
-	}
-	content.Write(page)
+	content.Write([]byte(pageContnet))
 	content.WriteString("\n")
 
 	posts, err := gemlog.ListGemLogs(g.config)
diff --git a/pages/guestbook.gmi b/internal/guestbook/guestbook.gmi
similarity index 100%
rename from pages/guestbook.gmi
rename to internal/guestbook/guestbook.gmi
diff --git a/internal/guestbook/guestbook.go b/internal/guestbook/guestbook.go
index 79448c7..786f89c 100644
--- a/internal/guestbook/guestbook.go
+++ b/internal/guestbook/guestbook.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"database/sql"
+	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -215,15 +215,13 @@ func censorString(s string) string {
 	return string(masked)
 }
 
+//go:embed guestbook.gmi
+var pageContnet string
+
 func (book *GuestBook) serveIndex(w gemini.ResponseWriter, req *gemini.Request) {
 	w.WriteStatusMsg(gemini.StatusSuccess, "text/gemini")
 	var content strings.Builder
-	page, err := os.ReadFile("./pages/guestbook.gmi")
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("Problem reading guestbook.gmi", "error", err)
-		return
-	}
-	content.Write(page)
+	content.Write([]byte(pageContnet))
 	content.WriteString("\n")
 
 	rows, err := book.db.Query("SELECT id, name, approved, created_at, message FROM guestbook ORDER BY created_at DESC")
diff --git a/pages/microblog.gmi b/internal/microblog/microblog.gmi
similarity index 100%
rename from pages/microblog.gmi
rename to internal/microblog/microblog.gmi
diff --git a/internal/microblog/microblog.go b/internal/microblog/microblog.go
index 7229613..b306515 100644
--- a/internal/microblog/microblog.go
+++ b/internal/microblog/microblog.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package microblog
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"gemini_site/internal/pocketbase"
 	"log/slog"
-	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ func drawPost(builder *strings.Builder, p post) {
 	// p.Timestamp.Format("2006-01-02 15:04")))
 }
 
+//go:embed microblog.gmi
+var pageContnet string
+
 // serveBlogIndex serves the main blog page with recent posts
 func (mb *MicroBlog) serveIndex(w gemini.ResponseWriter, req *gemini.Request, pageNum int) {
 	w.WriteStatusMsg(gemini.StatusSuccess, "text/gemini")
@@ -225,12 +228,7 @@ func (mb *MicroBlog) serveIndex(w gemini.ResponseWriter, req *gemini.Request, pa
 	// content.WriteString("Here are my microblog posts from various plantforms\n")
 	// Read and include the contents of ../../pages/microblog.gmi
 	if pageNum == 1 {
-		page, err := os.ReadFile("./pages/microblog.gmi")
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Problem reading microblog page", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
-		content.Write(page)
+		content.Write([]byte(pageContnet))
 		content.WriteString("\n")
 	}
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fcca8ac..c11bff1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	_ "embed"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ import (
 	gemini "github.com/kulak/gemini"
 )
 
+//go:embed home.gmi
+var homePageContent string
+
 type MainHandler struct {
 	blog      microblog.Handler
 	gemlog    gemlog.Handler
@@ -58,11 +63,8 @@ func (h MainHandler) ServeGemini(w gemini.ResponseWriter, req *gemini.Request) {
 	switch req.URL.Path {
 	case "/":
 		w.WriteStatusMsg(gemini.StatusSuccess, "text/gemini")
-		data, err := os.ReadFile("pages/home.gmi")
-		requireNoError(err)
-		page := string(data)
 		var content strings.Builder
-		content.WriteString(page)
+		content.WriteString(homePageContent)
 		content.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n\n------ stats: total requests served %d, this page %d ------", h.counter.GetTotal(), h.counter.Get(req.URL.Path)))
 		w.WriteBody([]byte(content.String()))
 	// case "/user":
diff --git a/tasks.txt b/tasks.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f80d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+task: add hexidecimal numbering to gemlog
+
+-----------DONE LINE-----------
+
+DONE    task: add request counter