diff --git a/scripts/build-website.sh b/scripts/build-website.sh
index 1768470..a2f47cc 100755
--- a/scripts/build-website.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-website.sh
@@ -3,29 +3,29 @@
 # just gonna assume you're executing in the scripts folder
 
 # build the blog files
-cd ../blog
-CONTENTNUM=$(($(ls content-* | wc -l)-1))
-for ((i=-1;i<$CONTENTNUM;i++))
+cd ../blog || exit
+CONTENTNUM=$(($( find . -type f -name "content-*" | wc -l)-1))
+for ((i=-1;i<CONTENTNUM;i++))
 do
 	# separate files by respective static pages
-	padint="$(printf %03d $i)"
+	padint="$(printf %03d "$i")"
 	contentname="content-$padint"
 	quotename="quote-$padint"
 	tailname="tail-$padint"
 	blogname="blog-$padint"
 
 	# interactive tail
-	if (( $i >= 0 )) ;then 
+	if (( i >= 0 )) ;then 
 
 		# prepare tail template
 		cp filetail "$tailname"
 
 		# increment int if the page exists 
-		padintprev="$(printf %03d $(($i - 1)) )"
-		if (( $(($i+1)) == $CONTENTNUM )) ;then
+		padintprev="$(printf %03d $((i - 1)) )"
+		if (( $((i+1)) == CONTENTNUM )) ;then
 			padintnext="$(printf %03d -1 )"
 		else
-			padintnext="$(printf %03d $(($i + 1)) )"
+			padintnext="$(printf %03d $((i + 1)) )"
 		fi
 
 		# replace placeholders
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ do
 done
 
 # clean up non prod files, lock down permissions, and self-destruct
-cd ../blog
+cd ../blog || exit
 \rm filehead filetail content* quote* .blog.* tail*
-cd ../
+cd ../ || exit
 \rm -rf .git scripts .index.html.* README.md Jenkinsfile
-find . -type f | xargs chmod 600
-find . -type d | xargs chmod 700
+find . -type f -exec chmod 600 {} \;
+find . -type d -exec chmod 700 {} \;