diff --git a/help.sh b/help.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c299d69..0000000
--- a/help.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-helpTxt="
-  usage: $(basename "${0}") -h [QUERY...] 
-
-  options:
-      -h, --help        show help
-"
-
-_unindent() {
-  [[ ${#*} -eq 0 ]] && return 1
-
-  local msg="${*}"
-  local indent=false
-
-  _printLine() {
-    while IFS= read -r line; do
-      # line with spaces removed
-      noSpaces="${line/ //}"
-
-      # skip empty lines
-      if [[ ${#noSpaces} -eq 0 ]]; then
-        echo
-      else
-        # set `indent` if not set
-        if [[ ${indent} == false ]]; then
-          indent=$(
-            # set `indent` to first non-empty line found
-            echo "${line}" |
-              # get number of leading spaces before first word
-              awk -F'[^ ]' '{print length($1)}'
-          )
-        fi
-        # print formatted line
-        echo "${line}" | cut -c "$((indent + 1))-${#line}"
-      fi
-    done < <(echo "${msg}") # pass text to IFS loop
-  }
-
-  # echo "$(
-  _printLine
-  # )"
-}
-
-_showHelp() {
-  _unindent "${@}" |
-    tail -n +2 |
-    bat -pp -l help &&
-    echo
-}
-
-_parseHelpArgs() {
-  while [[ ${#*} -gt 0 ]]; do
-    case ${1} in
-    -h | --help)
-      _showHelp "${helpTxt}" && exit 0
-      ;;
-    *)
-      shift
-      ;;
-    esac
-  done
-}
diff --git a/index.sh b/index.sh
index a6945db..60c4d4d 100755
--- a/index.sh
+++ b/index.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@
 
 pathname="$(dirname "${0}")"
 
-source "${pathname}/help.sh"
 source "${pathname}/util.sh"
 source "${pathname}/previewFiles.sh"
 source "${pathname}/paginatedList.sh"
 
-_parseHelpArgs "${@}"
+_parseArgs() {
+  while [[ ${#*} -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case ${1} in
+    -h | --help)
+      _showHelp
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      shift
+      ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
 
 _mainLoop() {
   tempfile=$(mktemp)
@@ -34,4 +45,5 @@ _mainLoop() {
   done
 }
 
+_parseArgs "${@}"
 _mainLoop "${@}"
diff --git a/previewFiles.sh b/previewFiles.sh
index ccc434c..82fbb23 100644
--- a/previewFiles.sh
+++ b/previewFiles.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _previewFiles() {
 
     [[ "${#selection}" -eq 0 ]] && break
 
-        echo "got $selection"
+    echo "got $selection"
     # match selected path to corresponding url
     for i in "${!pathNames[@]}"; do
       if [[ "${pathNames[i]}" == "${selection}" ]]; then
diff --git a/util.sh b/util.sh
index ffa5583..ecbe901 100644
--- a/util.sh
+++ b/util.sh
@@ -23,3 +23,35 @@ _ghSearchRepos() {
 _ghViewReadme() {
   gh repo view "${@}" | glow -p
 }
+
+_showHelp() {
+  helpText="
+    usage: $(basename "${0}") -h [QUERY...] 
+
+    options:
+        -h, --help        show help
+  "
+
+  # unindenting the help message below
+  # ...
+  # so i don't have to write it ugly above
+
+  indent=false
+
+  while IFS="" read -r line; do
+    # ignore empty lines
+    charsOnly="${line/ //}"
+    if [[ ${#charsOnly} -eq 0 ]]; then
+      echo
+    else
+      # set indent to first non empty line
+      if [[ ${indent} == false ]]; then
+        indent=$(
+          echo "${line}" | awk -F'[^ ]' '{print length($1)}' # get number of leading spaces
+        )
+      fi
+      # formatted
+      echo "${line}" | cut -c "$((indent + 1))-"
+    fi
+  done < <(echo "${helpText}") | bat -pp -l help
+}