diff --git a/pdf-compile.py b/pdf-compile.py
index d42e4dd..7237599 100755
--- a/pdf-compile.py
+++ b/pdf-compile.py
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ ooooo_graphs="https://pad.constantvzw.org/p/atnofs-insert"
 
 indexmd = requests.get('https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/atnofs-index.md/export/txt').text
 # download the index of all contributions
-with open(localhost+'index.md','w') as file:
+with open(localhost+'.index.md','w') as file:
 	file.write(indexmd)
 
 basecssget = requests.get(BASECSS).text
-with open(localhost+'base.css','w') as file:
+with open(localhost+'.base.css','w') as file:
 	file.write(basecssget)
 # download the base css style 
 
 
-with open(localhost+'index.md') as file:
+with open(localhost+'.index.md') as file:
 	for line in file:
 
 # searches for the chapter links
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ for chapter in chapters:
 		with open(previewfile, "r") as f:
 		    contents = f.readlines()
 
-		contents.insert(5, '<link href="stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="../base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">')
+		contents.insert(5, '<link href="stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="../.base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">')
 
 		with open(previewfile, "w") as f:
 		    contents = "".join(contents)
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ for chapter in chapters:
 	counter+=1
 	pagenr=pypdftk.get_num_pages(localhost+pdffile)
 	if (pagenr % 2) != 0:
-		pypdftk.concat([localhost+pdffile,localhost+'blank.pdf'],localhost+'temp.pdf')
-		os.replace(localhost+'temp.pdf',localhost+pdffile)
+		pypdftk.concat([localhost+pdffile,localhost+'.blank.pdf'],localhost+'.temp.pdf')
+		os.replace(localhost+'.temp.pdf',localhost+pdffile)
 		pagenr+=1
 	page=page+pagenr