diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8e43550..0e7964c 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@
         <hr class="zig">
         <hr class="zag">
         <h3>latest memo</h3>
-        <?php include('memos/latest.html'); ?>
+        <?php
+            $dir    = './memos/memos/';
+            $scanned_directory = array_diff(scandir($dir), array('..', '.'));
+            $target_file = $dir.max($scanned_directory);
+            include $target_file;
+        ?>
         <a href="/memos/">see more</a>
         <hr class="zig">
         <hr class="zag">
diff --git a/memos/index.html b/memos/index.php
similarity index 51%
rename from memos/index.html
rename to memos/index.php
index 90af9dc..3ac01c1 100644
--- a/memos/index.html
+++ b/memos/index.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>memos - south london</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./main.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/memos/main.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/memos/fonts.css">
+
   </head>
   <body>
     <header>
@@ -11,13 +13,13 @@
       <h1>memos</h1>
     </header>
     <main>
-      <div class="memo" id="1">
-        <h2>memos</h2>
-        <p>
-          hello, this is where any news will go. subscribe to rss if you're interested!
-        </p>
-        <em class="attr">~cark - 12/04/2021</em>
-      </div>
+      <?php 
+      foreach (glob("memos/*.html") as $filename)
+      {
+          include $filename;
+      } 
+      ?>
+
     </main>
     <footer><a href="./memos.rss">rss</a></footer>
   </body>
diff --git a/memos/latest.html b/memos/memos/01.html
similarity index 57%
rename from memos/latest.html
rename to memos/memos/01.html
index d220920..540e5ec 100644
--- a/memos/latest.html
+++ b/memos/memos/01.html
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/memos/fonts.css">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/memos.css">
-
-<div class="memo" id="1">
+<div class="memo" id="01">
     <h2>memos</h2>
     <p>
       hello, this is where any news will go. subscribe to rss if you're interested!
