diff --git a/manyfold/root/hook.d/experience_updated/500-mastodon-post.rb b/manyfold/root/hook.d/experience_updated/500-mastodon-post.rb
index b55d0b3..c145dcc 100755
--- a/manyfold/root/hook.d/experience_updated/500-mastodon-post.rb
+++ b/manyfold/root/hook.d/experience_updated/500-mastodon-post.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ begin
   first_item = feed.items.first
   if first_item
     description = CGI.unescapeHTML(first_item.description.to_s).gsub(/<[^>]*>/, '')
-    description = description.length > 150 ? description = description[0,200] + " (..)" : description
+    description = description.length > 130 ? description = description[0,130] + " (..)" : description
   else
     XRForge.log("❌ did not find post", logfile)
     exit 0 
@@ -68,25 +68,9 @@ begin
   if img and img[1] and img[1].match(/(png|jpg)/)
     imgurl = img[1]
   end
-  
-  cmd = "cp -r /root/assets/template/mastodon-post .xrforge/. && rm .xrforge/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.png && "
 
-  text     = "\n\"#{description}\""
-  textFile = ".xrforge/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.txt" 
-  File.open(textFile,'w') do |file|
-    file.puts text
-  end
-
-  cmd = cmd + "magick -size 800x800 -background white -pointsize 48 -interline-spacing 10 -fill \\#555 -gravity center -font /usr/local/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rdoc/generator/template/darkfish/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf caption:@#{textFile}"
-  cmd = cmd + " -pointsize 18 -fill \\#FFFFFF -gravity NorthWest -annotate +152+100 #{APHandle} " 
-  cmd = cmd + " -fill \\#9c9cc9 -gravity NorthWest -annotate +152+130 #{feed.channel.title} " 
-  cmd = cmd + " -fill \\#9c9cc9 -gravity NorthWest -annotate +40+470 #{feed.channel.link} " 
-  cmd = cmd + " PNG8:.xrforge/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.png &&"
-  cmd = cmd + "cd .xrforge/mastodon-post && assimp export mastodon-post.gltf mastodon-post.glb && mv mastodon-post.glb ../../."
-  ret = system(cmd)
-  if ret != 0 
-    XRForge.log("❌ something went wrong :(", logfile)
-  end
+  # generate the final .glb
+  system("/root/templates/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.sh", description, feed.channel.title, feed.channel.link, APHandle, "#{dir}/mastodon-post.glb")
 
   XRForge.log(" ", logfile)
 
diff --git a/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/Montserrat-SemiBold.ttf b/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/Montserrat-SemiBold.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eecb98f
Binary files /dev/null and b/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/Montserrat-SemiBold.ttf differ
diff --git a/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.sh b/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.sh
index d950219..4605ad9 100755
--- a/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.sh
+++ b/manyfold/root/templates/mastodon-post/mastodon-post.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-test -n "$6" || { echo "usage: ./mastodon-post.sh <text> <title> <link> <handle> <ttf-file> </abs/path/to/out.glb>"; exit 0; } 
+test -n "$5" || { echo "usage: ./mastodon-post.sh <text> <title> <link> <handle> </abs/path/to/out.glb>"; exit 0; } 
 
-out="$6"
+out="$5"
 tmpdir=/tmp/.mastodon-post
 mydir="$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
 cd $mydir
@@ -14,17 +14,16 @@ rm $tmpdir/mastodon-post.png # IMPORTANT: prevent newer/older imagemagick -clobb
 
 set -x
 magick $tmpdir/mastodon-post-bg.png \
-  \( -background none -pointsize 48 -interline-spacing 10 -fill \#FFF -font "$5" "caption:$1" \) \
+  \( -size 580x -background none -pointsize 32 -interline-spacing 10 -fill \#FFF -font Montserrat-SemiBold.ttf "caption:$1" \) \
   -gravity center -composite \
-  -pointsize 18 \
-  -fill \#FFFFFF -gravity NorthWest -annotate +152+100 "$4" \
-  -fill \#9c9cc9 -gravity NorthWest -annotate +152+130 "$2" \
-  -fill \#9c9cc9 -gravity NorthWest -annotate +40+470 "$3" \
-  PNG8:$tmpdir/mastodon-post.png
-
-#  -define png:compression-level=9 \
-#  -define png:compression-filter=5 \
-#  -define png:compression-strategy=1 \
+  -pointsize 20 \
+  -fill \#FFFFFF -gravity NorthWest -annotate +152+130 "$4" \
+  -fill \#9c9cc9 -gravity NorthWest -annotate +152+160 "$2" \
+  -fill \#9c9cc9 -gravity NorthWest -annotate +52+460 "$3" \
+  -define png:compression-level=9 \
+  -define png:compression-filter=5 \
+  -define png:compression-strategy=1 \
+  $tmpdir/mastodon-post.png
 
 cd $tmpdir
-assimp export mastodon-post.gltf $out
+assimp export mastodon-post.gltf $out --embed-textures
diff --git a/nix/docker.nix b/nix/docker.nix
index f54ea26..83ce7d2 100644
--- a/nix/docker.nix
+++ b/nix/docker.nix
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ let
       finalImageTag = "latest";                         
   };
 
-#  # generate the reproducable blob below via:
-#  # $ nix-shell -p nix-prefetch-github --command 'nix-prefetch-github assimp assimp --rev e778c84cd62bc8b38d8e491ad3d2c27cb8ed37d5'
-#  assimpSrc = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-#      "owner" = "assimp";
-#      "repo"  = "assimp";
-#      "rev"   = "e778c84cd62bc8b38d8e491ad3d2c27cb8ed37d5";
-#      "hash"  = "sha256-ja5pFwpnzLT2MDIR8ISwC6+eA5UXyqRZW2CMCCrF1Q0=";
-#  };
-#  myAssimp = pkgs.pkgsStatic.assimp.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-#    inherit assimpSrc; # Set the source to the fetched commit
-#    src = assimpSrc;
-#  });
+  # generate the reproducable blob below via:
+  # $ nix-shell -p nix-prefetch-github --command 'nix-prefetch-github assimp assimp --rev e778c84cd62bc8b38d8e491ad3d2c27cb8ed37d5'
+  assimpSrc = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      "owner" = "assimp";
+      "repo"  = "assimp";
+      "rev"   = "e778c84cd62bc8b38d8e491ad3d2c27cb8ed37d5";
+      "hash"  = "sha256-ja5pFwpnzLT2MDIR8ISwC6+eA5UXyqRZW2CMCCrF1Q0=";
+  };
+  myAssimp = pkgs.pkgsStatic.assimp.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+    inherit assimpSrc; # Set the source to the fetched commit
+    src = assimpSrc;
+  });
 
 
 in
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ rec
         pkgs.pkgsStatic.inotify-tools # inotifywait e.g.
         pkgs.pkgsStatic.zip           # inotifywait e.g.
         pkgs.pkgsStatic.ts            # job management 
-        pkgs.pkgsStatic.assimp        # job management 
-#        myAssimp                      # cli 3D editing/conversion 
+        myAssimp                      # cli 3D editing/conversion 
         ./..
       ];
     };