diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 815c260..b3c1c63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 # brendan.mcdevitt.tech
+
+this is the git repository for where i store my website files for brendan.mcdevitt.tech
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 36541fe..e655243 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ email: bpmcdevitt@thelinuxspace.com
 description: > # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
    computers, free software, infosec, programming, gaming, system administration 
 baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
-url: "" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
+url: "https://brendan.mcdevitt.tech" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
 twitter_username: bpmcdevitt
 github_username:  booboy