diff --git a/.admin/bin/formatting.sh b/.admin/bin/formatting.sh
index 2812358..d1d16f2 100755
--- a/.admin/bin/formatting.sh
+++ b/.admin/bin/formatting.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ function path_setup() {
   fi
 }
 
-
 function shell_script_fmt() {
   echo -e "${CYAN}Formatting shell scripts...${NC}"
   shfmt -i 2 -l -w ../bootstrap.sh
@@ -76,15 +75,15 @@ function convert_rst_to_md() {
   fi
 }
 
-function format_markdown(){
+function format_markdown() {
   FILES=*.md
   for f in $FILES; do
     filename="${f%.*}"
     echo "Removing spaces from ${filename}.md"
-    cat ${filename}.md | tr -s ' ' > /tmp/tmp_file
+    cat ${filename}.md | tr -s ' ' >/tmp/tmp_file
     mv /tmp/tmp_file ${filename}.md
     echo "Running markdown lint on ${filename}.md"
-    mdl ${filename}.md 
+    mdl ${filename}.md
   done
 }
 
@@ -94,4 +93,4 @@ function main() {
   format_markdown
 }
 
-main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+main "$@"
diff --git a/.admin/bin/generate_book.sh b/.admin/bin/generate_book.sh
index a10b7ef..328c08d 100755
--- a/.admin/bin/generate_book.sh
+++ b/.admin/bin/generate_book.sh
@@ -27,66 +27,81 @@ NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 
 # --- Some config Variables ----------------------------------------
 CATEGORIES=("APPETIZERS" "BREAKFAST" "COOKWARE" "DESSERTS" "DRINKS" "ENTREES" "SAUCES" "SIDES" "SNACKS")
+LOGGING_DIR="/tmp/cookbook/log"
 MY_DATE=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H')
-RAW_OUTPUT="generate_cookbook_${MY_DATE}.txt" # log file name
-TEX_OUTPUT="cookbook/hacker_cookbook.tex"
-
-function path_setup() {
-  # path madness
-  CURRENT_DIR="${PWD}"
-  #echo -e "${LGREEN}Current dir: ${LCYAN}${CURRENT_DIR}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-  PROG_DIR="$0"
-
-  SCRIPT_DIR=$(echo $PROG_DIR | sed 's|\(.*\)/.*|\1|')
-  #echo -e "${LGREEN}Found script dir: ${LCYAN}${SCRIPT_DIR}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-  SUB_DIR=$(echo $SCRIPT_DIR | rev | cut -d'/' -f2- | rev)
-  #echo "Sub dir: $SUB_DIR"
-  if [ "$SUB_DIR" != "bin" ]; then
-    LOGGING_DIR="$CURRENT_DIR/$SUB_DIR/logs"
-    DATA_DIR="$CURRENT_DIR/$SUB_DIR/data"
-  else
-    LOGGING_DIR="$CURRENT_DIR/logs"
-    DATA_DIR="$CURRENT_DIR/data"
+MY_PWD="${PWD}"
+RAW_OUTPUT="${LOGGING_DIR}/generate_cookbook_${MY_DATE}.txt" # log file name
+TEX_DIR="/tmp/cookbook"
+TEX_OUTPUT="${TEX_DIR}/hacker_cookbook.tex"
+
+function directory_setup() {
+
+  # ##### LaTeX #####
+  if [ ! -d "${TEX_DIR}" ]; then
+    #echo -e "${LRED}Creating LaTeX dir: ${LCYAN}${TEX_DIR}${NC}"
+    mkdir -p ${TEX_DIR}
   fi
 
-  if [ -d "${LOGGING_DIR}" ]; then
-    RAW_OUTPUT="${LOGGING_DIR}/${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-    echo -e "\n${LCYAN}------------------ Starting Backup Tool ------------------${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-    echo -e "${LGREEN}Found log dir: ${LCYAN}${LOGGING_DIR}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-    echo -e "${LGREEN}Log file path is: ${LCYAN}${RAW_OUTPUT}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-    echo -e "${LGREEN}LaTeX file path is: ${LCYAN}${TEX_OUTPUT}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
-  else
-    echo -e "${LRED}Did not find log dir: ${LCYAN}${RAW_OUTPUT}${NC}"
-    LOGGING_DIR="."
-    RAW_OUTPUT="${LOGGING_DIR}/${RAW_OUTPUT}"
+  # ##### Logging #####
+  if [ ! -d "${LOGGING_DIR}" ]; then
+    #echo -e "${LRED}Creating log dir: ${LCYAN}${LOGGING_DIR}${NC}"
+    mkdir -p ${LOGGING_DIR}
   fi
+
+  # output the results
+  echo -e "\n${LCYAN}------------------ Building Cookbook ------------------${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
+  echo -e "${LGREEN}Log file path is: ${LCYAN}${RAW_OUTPUT}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
+  echo -e "${LGREEN}LaTeX directory is: ${LCYAN}${TEX_DIR}${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
 }
 
+# The frontmatter includes ToC, colophon, etc.
 function frontmatter() {
-  cat ${CURRENT_DIR}/cookbook/frontmatter/header.tex \
-    ${CURRENT_DIR}/cookbook/frontmatter/frontmatter.tex | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
+  echo -e "${LGREEN}Adding frontmatter...${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
+  cp .admin/tex/preamble.tex ${TEX_DIR}
+  cat .admin/tex/frontmatter/header.tex \
+    .admin/tex/frontmatter/frontmatter.tex | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
+  echo -e "\n" | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
 }
 
+# the recipes
 function mainmatter() {
-  cat ${CURRENT_DIR}/cookbook/mainmatter/mainmatter.tex | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
+  COUNTER=0
+  echo -e "${LGREEN}Adding mainmatter...${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
+  cat .admin/tex/mainmatter/mainmatter.tex | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
+
   for i in ${CATEGORIES[@]}; do
-    THESE_FILES=$(ls ../${i}/*.md)
+    cp -Rp ${i} ${TEX_DIR}
+
+    # start with the section header
+    # convert section headers to tex files
+
+    THESE_FILES=$(ls ${TEX_DIR}/${i}/*.md)
     for j in $THESE_FILES; do
-      echo "\markdownInput{../${j}}"
+      sed -i -e "s/images\//${i}\/images\//g" ${j}
+      echo "\markdownInput{${j}}" | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
+      ((COUNTER+=1)) # increment recipe count
     done
   done
 }
 
 function backmatter() {
-  cat ${CURRENT_DIR}/cookbook/backmatter/backmatter.tex \
-    ${CURRENT_DIR}/cookbook/backmatter/end.tex | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
+  echo -e "${LGREEN}Adding backmatter...${NC}" | tee -a "${RAW_OUTPUT}"
+  cat .admin/tex/backmatter/backmatter.tex \
+    .admin/tex/backmatter/end.tex | tee -a "${TEX_OUTPUT}"
 }
 
 function main() {
-  path_setup
+  directory_setup
+
+  # remove any stale output file
+  if [ -f "${TEX_OUTPUT}" ]; then rm ${TEX_OUTPUT} && touch ${TEX_OUTPUT}; fi
+
   frontmatter
   mainmatter
   backmatter
+
+  cp ${TEX_OUTPUT} ${MY_PWD}/.admin/tex
+  cd ${TEX_DIR} && latexmk -pdf -file-line-error -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1 -shell-escape hacker_cookbook
 }
 
 main "$@"
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/hacker_cookbook.tex b/.admin/cookbook/hacker_cookbook.tex
deleted file mode 100644
index 4edead4..0000000
--- a/.admin/cookbook/hacker_cookbook.tex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-% !TeX encoding = UTF-8
-% !TeX root = hacker_cookbook.tex
-% !TeX TXS-program:compile = txs:///pdflatex/[--shell-escape]
-
-\include{preamble}
-
-\markdownInput{../../}
-% !TeX encoding = UTF-8
-% !TeX root = hacker_cookbook.tex
-% !TeX TXS-program:compile = txs:///pdflatex/[--shell-escape]
-
-\include{preamble}
-\begin{document}% frontmatter: half title, title page, colophon (copyright page), epigraph, toc, preface, acknowledgements
-\frontmatter{}
-\tableofcontents
-\listoffigures
-\listoftables\mainmatter{}
-% backmatter: appendix, bibliography, index, postface
-\backmatter{}
-\printindex
-\nocite{*}
-%%% front cover, spline, back cover
-% front_cover
-\end{document}
-% !TeX encoding = UTF-8
-% !TeX root = hacker_cookbook.tex
-% !TeX TXS-program:compile = txs:///pdflatex/[--shell-escape]
-
-\include{preamble}
-\begin{document}% frontmatter: half title, title page, colophon (copyright page), epigraph, toc, preface, acknowledgements
-\frontmatter{}
-\tableofcontents
-\listoffigures
-\listoftables\mainmatter{}
-% !TeX encoding = UTF-8
-% !TeX root = hacker_cookbook.tex
-% !TeX TXS-program:compile = txs:///pdflatex/[--shell-escape]
-
-\include{preamble}
-\begin{document}% frontmatter: half title, title page, colophon (copyright page), epigraph, toc, preface, acknowledgements
-\frontmatter{}
-\tableofcontents
-\listoffigures
-\listoftables\mainmatter{}
-% !TeX encoding = UTF-8
-% !TeX root = hacker_cookbook.tex
-% !TeX TXS-program:compile = txs:///pdflatex/[--shell-escape]
-
-\include{preamble}
-\begin{document}% frontmatter: half title, title page, colophon (copyright page), epigraph, toc, preface, acknowledgements
-\frontmatter{}
-\tableofcontents
-\listoffigures
-\listoftables\mainmatter{}
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/Makefile.am b/.admin/tex/Makefile.am
similarity index 74%
rename from .admin/cookbook/Makefile.am
rename to .admin/tex/Makefile.am
index e7bc0cc..bc764cd 100644
--- a/.admin/cookbook/Makefile.am
+++ b/.admin/tex/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf _build *.egg-info
 	@find . -name '*.pyc' | xargs rm -rf
 	@find . -name '__pycache__' | xargs rm -rf
-	@for trash in *.aux *.bbl *.blg *.lof *.log *.lot *.out *.pdf *.synctex.gz *.toc ; do \
+	@for trash in *.aux *.bbl *.blg *.err *.fdb_latexmk *.fls *.idx *.lof *.log *.lot *.lua *.out *.pdf *.synctex.gz *.toc Makefile Makefile.in _markdown_hacker_cookbook; do \
 		if [ -f "$$trash" ]; then rm -rf $$trash ; fi ; \
         done
 
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/backmatter/backmatter.tex b/.admin/tex/backmatter/backmatter.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from .admin/cookbook/backmatter/backmatter.tex
rename to .admin/tex/backmatter/backmatter.tex
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/backmatter/end.tex b/.admin/tex/backmatter/end.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from .admin/cookbook/backmatter/end.tex
rename to .admin/tex/backmatter/end.tex
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/frontmatter/frontmatter.tex b/.admin/tex/frontmatter/frontmatter.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from .admin/cookbook/frontmatter/frontmatter.tex
rename to .admin/tex/frontmatter/frontmatter.tex
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/frontmatter/header.tex b/.admin/tex/frontmatter/header.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from .admin/cookbook/frontmatter/header.tex
rename to .admin/tex/frontmatter/header.tex
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/mainmatter/mainmatter.tex b/.admin/tex/mainmatter/mainmatter.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from .admin/cookbook/mainmatter/mainmatter.tex
rename to .admin/tex/mainmatter/mainmatter.tex
diff --git a/.admin/cookbook/preamble.tex b/.admin/tex/preamble.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from .admin/cookbook/preamble.tex
rename to .admin/tex/preamble.tex
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 688c6da..5406c25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.swp
 *.pdf
 _build/
+hacker_cookbook.tex
 **/logs/*
 **/_markdown_hacker_cookbook/*
 
diff --git a/APPETIZERS/_section.md b/APPETIZERS/section.tex
similarity index 100%
rename from APPETIZERS/_section.md
rename to APPETIZERS/section.tex
diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
index 6a3e603..e4aedb7 100644
--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-Credits
-=======
+# Credits
+
+- [This link shows who worked on this project](https://github.com/DEAD10C5/1337-Noms-The-Hacker-Cookbook/graphs/contributors)
+
+These folks have added their recipes to the project:
 
 - [@iHeartMalware](https://twitter.com/iheartmalware)
   - Organizing the project