diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index c494dd2..24aee5e 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-.PHONY: debug release run
+.PHONY: all debug
+all: src/wta.c
+	gcc -o build/wta -O2 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror src/wta.c
 
-release: src/*.c
-	gcc -o build/wte -O2 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror src/*.c
-
-run: release
-	./build/wte
-
-debug: src/*.c
-	gcc -o build/wte -ggdb3 -DDEBUG -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror src/*.c
-
-clean:
-	rm -f build/*
+debug: src/wta.c
+	gcc -o build/wta -ggdb3 -DDEBUG -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror src/wta.c
 
diff --git a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e67beb3..0000000
--- a/src/file.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include "wte.h"
-
-char *get_path()
-{
-  const char *home = getenv("HOME");
-  char *path = NULL;
-  if (home) {
-    size_t path_len = strlen(home) + sizeof(DATA_DIR);
-    path = malloc(sizeof(char) * path_len);
-    if (path) {
-      snprintf(path, path_len, "%s" DATA_DIR, home);
-    dbg("path: %s", path);
-    }
-  }
-  return path;
-}
-
-int create_data_dir()
-{
-  int ret = 0;
-  struct stat st;
-  int dir_exists = stat(DATA_DIR, &st);
-  if (-1 == dir_exists) {
-    char *path = get_path();
-    if (path && 0 != (ret = mkdir(path, 0700))) {
-      error("%s", "failed to create directory");
-    } else {
-      info("%s", "created data directory");
-    }
-    free(path);
-  }
-  return ret;
-}
-
-static int remove_file()
-{
-  int ret = 0;
-  return ret;
-}
-
-int remove_data_dir()
-{
-  int ret = 0;
-  ret = remove_file();
-  char *path = get_path();
-  if (path) {
-    // here: for loop to delete all entries in directory
-    ret = remove(path);
-    if (0 == ret) {
-      info("%s", "removed data directory");
-    } else {
-      error("%s", "failed to remove data directory");
-    }
-    free(path);
-  }
-  dbg("ret: %d", ret);
-  return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/manage.c b/src/manage.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 67ae9bd..0000000
--- a/src/manage.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#include "wte.h"
-
-int insert_choice()
-{
-  int ret = 1;
-  return ret;
-}
-
-int remove_choice()
-{
-  int ret = 1;
-  error("%s", "unable to remove choice");
-  return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/wta.c b/src/wta.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b643a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wta.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int main()
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/wte.c b/src/wte.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 50e6fa5..0000000
--- a/src/wte.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#include <time.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include "wte.h"
-
-static size_t get_entry_count()
-{
-  size_t count = 0;
-  count++;
-  return count;
-}
-
-static int make_suggestion()
-{
-  int ret = 0;
-  srandom(time(NULL)); // seed random with current time
-  size_t count = get_entry_count();
-  if (count) {
-    size_t choice = random() % count;
-    printf("choice: %lu", choice);
-  }
-  return ret;
-}
-
-int main(const int argc, const char **argv)
-{
-  int ret = 1;
-  if (2 == argc && '-' == argv[1][0]) {
-    if ('h' == argv[1][1] && '\0' == argv[1][2]) {
-      printf("wte - what to eat\na simple decision making tool for food\nuse without options\n");
-    } else if ('a' == argv[1][1] && '\0' == argv[1][2]) {
-      ret = insert_choice();
-    } else if ('d' == argv[1][1] && '\0' == argv[1][2]) {
-      ret = remove_choice();
-    } else if ('c' == argv[1][1] && '\0' == argv[1][2]) {
-      ret = create_data_dir();
-    } else if ('x' == argv[1][1] && '\0' == argv[1][2]) {
-      ret = remove_data_dir();
-    } else {
-      printf("unrecognized option, try %s -h\n", *argv);
-    }
-    goto exit_main;
-  }
-
-  if (make_suggestion()) {
-    ret = 0;
-  }
-
-exit_main:
-  return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/wte.h b/src/wte.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b9d9823..0000000
--- a/src/wte.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#define error(format, ...) do {\
-  fprintf(stderr, c_red format c_end"\n", __VA_ARGS__); \
-} while(0)
-
-#define info(format, ...) do {\
-  fprintf(stdout, c_blue format c_end "\n", __VA_ARGS__); \
-} while(0);
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#define dbg(format, ...) do { \
-  printf(c_bold c_lila"[DEBUG] (func: %s) msg: " c_end c_lila format c_end "\n",__func__, __VA_ARGS__); \
-} while(0)
-#else
-#define dbg(format, ...)
-#endif
-
-/* easy colors */
-#define c_red "\033[31m"
-#define c_green "\033[32m"
-#define c_yellow "\033[33m"
-#define c_blue "\033[34m"
-#define c_lila "\033[35m"
-#define c_bold "\033[1m"
-#define c_end "\033[0m"
-
-/* path to data storage */
-#define DATA_DIR "/.local/share/wte"
-
-/* get full path to data storage (with "/home/$USER/"-prefix) */
-char *get_path();
-
-/* data storage creation / deletion */
-int create_data_dir();
-int remove_data_dir();
-
-/* operating on data storage */
-int insert_choice();
-int remove_choice();