diff --git a/gemlog.sh b/gemlog.sh
index b4e2bbc..a34b902 100755
--- a/gemlog.sh
+++ b/gemlog.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ get_post_title() {
 }
 
 make_atom() {
-	echo "Making Atom"
+	echo "Bulding atom feed..."
 
 	atomfile="$gemlog_feed.$RANDOM"
 	while [[ -f $atomfile ]]; do atomfile="$gemlog_feed.$RANDOM"; done
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ EOF
 }
 
 build_entries() {
-	echo "Building entries"
+	echo "Building index..."
+
+	indexfile="$index.$RANDOM"
+	while [[ -f $indexfile ]]; do indexfile="$index.$RANDOM"; done
+
 	{
 		# header of the page (above the posts list)
 		sed 's/$/\r/g' << 'EOF'
@@ -124,7 +128,10 @@ EOF
 
 => https://tildegit.org/nytpu/gemlog.sh generated with gemlog.sh
 EOF
-	} 3>&1 >"$index"
+	} 3>&1 >"$indexfile"
+
+	mv "$indexfile" "$index"
+	chmod 644 "$index"
 }
 
 toot() {
@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ toot() {
 	read -r -p "do you want to toot the newest post? [y/N] " response
 	if [[ "$response" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]
 	then
+		echo "tooting..."
 		# change this if you want the toot to have different content
 		printf "new gemlog post: ${title}\n\ngemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/${filename}" | toot post 
 	fi