diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index acb051e..8fb0293 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+The MIT License applies to the code in this repository.
+
+Post content in the Markdown files is separately licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
+
+* * *
+
 MIT License
 
 Copyright (c) 2023 John Bowdre
diff --git a/assets/js/kudos.js b/assets/js/kudos.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bf55c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/kudos.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// disables kudos button after click
+
+document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+  const kudosButton = document.querySelector('.kudos-button');
+  const kudosText = document.querySelector('.kudos-text');
+  const emojiSpan = kudosButton.querySelector('.emoji');
+
+  kudosButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    cabin.event('kudos')
+    kudosButton.disabled = true;
+    kudosButton.classList.add('clicked');
+
+    kudosText.textContent = 'Thanks!';
+    kudosText.classList.add('thanks');
+
+    // Rotate the emoji
+    emojiSpan.style.transform = 'rotate(360deg)';
+
+    // Change the emoji after rotation
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      emojiSpan.textContent = '🎉';
+    }, 150);  // Half of the transition time for a smooth mid-rotation change
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/config/_default/hugo.toml b/config/_default/hugo.toml
index 603ce6f..fd7e7f1 100644
--- a/config/_default/hugo.toml
+++ b/config/_default/hugo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 baseURL = "https://runtimeterror.dev"
 theme = "risotto"
 title = "runtimeterror"
-copyright = "© 2024 John Bowdre"
 paginate = 10
 languageCode = "en"
 DefaultContentLanguage = "en"
diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index c5db7e6..3833dba 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ taglines = [
   "long division took too long",
   "may the code be with you",
   "mess with the test, fail like the rest",
+  "miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements",
   "need input",
   "no such file or directory",
   "now where did i leave my null pointer...",
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 802737d..1d7b9fb 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -40,10 +40,16 @@
       {{- $reply = false }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if eq $reply true }}
-      <hr>
-      {{- if (eq $reply true) }}
-      <span class="post_email_reply"><a href="mailto:wheel.east.brief@clkdmail.com?Subject=Re: {{ .Title }}">📧 Reply by email</a></span>
-      {{- end }}
+    <hr>
+    <div class="kudos-container">
+      <button class="kudos-button">
+        <span class="emoji">👍</span>
+      </button>
+      <span class="kudos-text">Enjoyed this?</span>
+    </div>
+    {{ $kudos := resources.Get "js/kudos.js" | minify }}
+    <script src="{{ $kudos.RelPermalink }}"></script>
+    <span class="post_email_reply"><a href="mailto:wheel.east.brief@clkdmail.com?Subject=Re: {{ .Title }}">📧 Reply by email</a></span>
     {{- end }}
   <footer class="content__footer"></footer>
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 9586c47..b34f843 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<p class="copyright">{{ .Site.Copyright | markdownify }}</p>
-<p class="footer_links">{"<a href="/slashes/" title="slashpages">/slashes</a>": [{{- range $i, $link :=  .Site.Params.slashPages }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}&quot;<a href="{{ $link.url }}" title="{{ $link.label }}">{{ $link.title }}</a>&quot;{{ end }}]}
-<br>&lt;<a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror">view source</a>&gt;</p>
+<span class="footer_slashes">{"<a href="/slashes/" title="slashpages">/slashes</a>": [{{- range $i, $link :=  .Site.Params.slashPages }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}&quot;<a href="{{ $link.url }}" title="{{ $link.label }}">{{ $link.title }}</a>&quot;{{ end }}]}</span>
+<br><span class="copyright" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">{"copyright": ["content": "<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" title="Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>", "code": "<a href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror/blob/main/LICENSE" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" title="MIT License">MIT</a>"]}</span>
+<br><span class="footer_links">&lt;<a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror">view source</a>&gt;</span>
 
 <!-- Back to Top button via https://github.com/vfeskov/vanilla-back-to-top -->
 {{ $jsToTop := resources.Get "js/back-to-top.js" | minify }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 3aea004..027c4f3 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "css/risotto.css" | absURL }}">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "css/custom.css" | absURL }}">
 
+<!-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 -->
+<link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">
+
 <!-- add pride bar for june -->
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.pride.codes/css/bar_body.css">
 
diff --git a/static/css/custom.css b/static/css/custom.css
index b347497..9e1c13f 100644
--- a/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/static/css/custom.css
@@ -38,23 +38,32 @@
 }
 
 /* Footer tweaks */
-.copyright {
+.footer_slashes {
   font-size: 14px;
-  line-height: 1.3rem;
+  line-height: 1.1rem;
+  color: var(--muted);
 }
 
-.footer_links {
+.footer_slashes a:link, .footer_slashes a:visited {
+  color: var(--link);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.footer_links, .copyright {
   font-size: 12px;
   line-height: 1.1rem;
   color: var(--muted);
 }
 
-.footer_links a:link, .footer_links a:visited {
+.footer_links a:link, .footer_links a:visited,
+.copyright a:link, .copyright a:visited{
   color: var(--off-fg);
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 
-.footer_links a:hover {
+.footer_links a:hover,
+.footer_slashes a:hover,
+.copyright a:hover {
   color: var(--hover);
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
@@ -394,3 +403,38 @@ p:has(+ ul) {
   }
 }
 
+/* Cabin kudos styling */
+.kudos-container {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+
+.kudos-button {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin-right: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.kudos-button:disabled {
+  cursor: default;
+}
+
+.kudos-button .emoji {
+  display: inline-block;
+  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.kudos-button.clicked .emoji {
+  transform: rotate(360deg);
+}
+
+.kudos-text {
+  transition: font-style 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.kudos-text.thanks {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
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