diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccdb056..2b1ebdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ dir_indexes = true
 single_file_index = true
 flatten = false
 order = ""
+home_name = "Home"
+show_home_in_nav = true
 footer = "made with <a href="https://kewt.krzak.org">kewt</a>"
 logo = ""
 display_logo = false
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ favicon = ""
 - `single_file_index` if a directory has one markdown file and no `index.md`, use that file as `index.html`
 - `flatten` flatten sidebar directory levels
 - `order` comma separated file/directory name list to order the sidebar (alphabetical by default)
+- `home_name` text for the home link in navigation (default: "Home")
+- `show_home_in_nav` show home link in navigation (default: true)
 - `footer` footer html/text shown at the bottom of pages
 - `logo` logo image path (used in header if enabled)
 - `display_logo` show logo in header
@@ -60,6 +64,12 @@ favicon = ""
 - `logo_as_favicon` use `logo` as favicon
 - `favicon` explicit favicon path (used when `logo_as_favicon` is false or no logo is set)
 
+## Ignores
+
+- `.kewtignore`: Files/directories to ignore. If empty, the whole directory gets ignored
+- `.kewthide`: Files/directories to hide from navigation but still process. Same empty rules as with ignore
+- `.kewtpreserve`: Files/directories to copy but not convert markdown to html. Same empty rules again
+
 ## Embeds
 
 - `\![link]`:
diff --git a/awk/generate_sidebar.awk b/awk/generate_sidebar.awk
index 50ab4b3..ee9bead 100644
--- a/awk/generate_sidebar.awk
+++ b/awk/generate_sidebar.awk
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ END {
     }
 
     print "<ul>"
-    if ("index.md" in all_paths) {
-        print "<li><a href=\"/index.html\">Home</a></li>"
+    if (show_home_in_nav == "true" && "index.md" in all_paths) {
+        if (home_name == "") home_name = "Home"
+        print "<li><a href=\"/index.html\">" home_name "</a></li>"
     }
 
     depth = 0
diff --git a/awk/headers.awk b/awk/headers.awk
index 3968859..ceba83d 100644
--- a/awk/headers.awk
+++ b/awk/headers.awk
@@ -3,10 +3,27 @@ function strip_markdown(s) {
     gsub(/[*_`~]/, "", s)
     gsub(/[\[\]]/, "", s)
     gsub(/\([^\)]*\)/, "", s)
-    sub(/^[[:space:]]*/, "", s)
-    sub(/[[:space:]]*$/, "", s)
+    gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", s)
+    gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, "-", s)
     return s
 }
+function print_header(line) {
+    if (line ~ /^# /) {
+        sub(/^# /, "", line); print "<h1 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h1>"
+    } else if (line ~ /^## /) {
+        sub(/^## /, "", line); print "<h2 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h2>"
+    } else if (line ~ /^### /) {
+        sub(/^### /, "", line); print "<h3 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h3>"
+    } else if (line ~ /^#### /) {
+        sub(/^#### /, "", line); print "<h4 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h4>"
+    } else if (line ~ /^##### /) {
+        sub(/^##### /, "", line); print "<h5 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h5>"
+    } else if (line ~ /^###### /) {
+        sub(/^###### /, "", line); print "<h6 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h6>"
+    } else {
+        print line
+    }
+}
 BEGIN {
     has_prev = 0
     in_pre = 0
@@ -14,7 +31,7 @@ BEGIN {
 {
     if ($0 ~ /^<pre><code>/) {
         in_pre = 1
-        if (has_prev && prev != "") { print prev; has_prev = 0 }
+        if (has_prev && prev != "") { print_header(prev); has_prev = 0 }
         print
         next
     }
@@ -24,30 +41,32 @@ BEGIN {
         next
     }
 
-    if ($0 ~ /^=+$/ && has_prev && prev != "" && prev !~ /^<[a-z]/) {
-        print "<h1 id=\"" strip_markdown(prev) "\">" prev "</h1>"
-        has_prev = 0
-    } else if ($0 ~ /^-+$/ && has_prev && prev != "" && prev !~ /^<[a-z]/) {
-        print "<h2 id=\"" strip_markdown(prev) "\">" prev "</h2>"
+    if ($0 ~ /^=+$/) {
+        if (has_prev && prev != "" && prev !~ /^<[a-z]/) {
+            print "<h1 id=\"" strip_markdown(prev) "\">" prev "</h1>"
+            has_prev = 0
+        } else {
+            if (has_prev) print_header(prev)
+            print $0
+            has_prev = 0
+        }
+    } else if ($0 ~ /^-+$/) {
+        if (has_prev && prev != "" && prev !~ /^<[a-z]/) {
+            print "<h2 id=\"" strip_markdown(prev) "\">" prev "</h2>"
+            has_prev = 0
+        } else {
+            if (has_prev) print_header(prev)
+            if (length($0) >= 3) print "<hr />"
+            else print $0
+            has_prev = 0
+        }
+    } else if ($0 ~ /^[*_]+$/ && length($0) >= 3) {
+        if (has_prev) print_header(prev)
+        print "<hr />"
         has_prev = 0
     } else {
         if (has_prev) {
-            line = prev
-            if (line ~ /^# /) {
-                sub(/^# /, "", line); print "<h1 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h1>"
-            } else if (line ~ /^## /) {
-                sub(/^## /, "", line); print "<h2 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h2>"
-            } else if (line ~ /^### /) {
-                sub(/^### /, "", line); print "<h3 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h3>"
-            } else if (line ~ /^#### /) {
-                sub(/^#### /, "", line); print "<h4 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h4>"
-            } else if (line ~ /^##### /) {
-                sub(/^##### /, "", line); print "<h5 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h5>"
-            } else if (line ~ /^###### /) {
-                sub(/^###### /, "", line); print "<h6 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h6>"
-            } else {
-                print prev
-            }
+            print_header(prev)
         }
         prev = $0
         has_prev = 1
@@ -55,11 +74,6 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 END {
     if (has_prev) {
-        line = prev
-        if (line ~ /^# /) {
-            sub(/^# /, "", line); print "<h1 id=\"" strip_markdown(line) "\">" line "</h1>"
-        } else {
-            print prev
-        }
+        print_header(prev)
     }
 }
diff --git a/awk/paragraphs.awk b/awk/paragraphs.awk
index ad4e2e8..f5b0ba2 100644
--- a/awk/paragraphs.awk
+++ b/awk/paragraphs.awk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BEGIN {
         next
     }
 
-    if ($0 ~ /^<\/?(div|table|p|[ou]l|h[1-6]|[bh]r|blockquote|li)/) {
+    if ($0 ~ /^<\/?(div|table|p|[ou]l|h[1-6]|[bh]r|blockquote|li|hr)/) {
         if (in_p) {
             print "</p>"
             in_p = 0
diff --git a/kewt.sh b/kewt.sh
index d4381ed..e803e74 100755
--- a/kewt.sh
+++ b/kewt.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ dir_indexes = true
 single_file_index = true
 flatten = false
 order = ""
+home_name = "Home"
+show_home_in_nav = true
 footer = "made with <a href="https://kewt.krzak.org">kewt</a>"
 logo = ""
 display_logo = false
@@ -147,8 +149,100 @@ ensure_root_defaults
 [ -z "$src" ] && src="site"
 [ -z "$out" ] && out="out"
 
+src="${src%/}"
+out="${out%/}"
+
 [ -d "$src" ] || die "Source directory '$src' does not exist."
 
+IGNORE_ARGS="-name .git -o -name .kewtignore -o -name .*"
+
+if [ -f "$src/.kewtignore" ]; then
+    while IFS= read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
+        case "$line" in
+            ''|'#'*) continue ;;
+        esac
+        pattern=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')
+        [ -z "$pattern" ] && continue
+
+        pattern_clean="${pattern#/}"
+        pattern_clean="${pattern_clean%/}"
+
+        if echo "$pattern" | grep -q "/"; then
+             IGNORE_ARGS="$IGNORE_ARGS -o -path '$src/$pattern_clean'"
+        else
+             IGNORE_ARGS="$IGNORE_ARGS -o -name '$pattern_clean'"
+        fi
+    done < "$src/.kewtignore"
+fi
+
+for ki in $(find "$src" -name .kewtignore); do
+    d="${ki%/.kewtignore}"
+    if [ "$d" != "$src" ] && [ "$d" != "." ]; then
+        IGNORE_ARGS="$IGNORE_ARGS -o -path '$d'"
+    fi
+done
+
+HIDE_ARGS="-name .git -o -name .kewtignore -o -name .kewthide -o -name .kewtpreserve -o -name .*"
+
+if [ -f "$src/.kewthide" ]; then
+    while IFS= read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
+        case "$line" in
+            ''|'#'*) continue ;;
+        esac
+        pattern=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')
+        [ -z "$pattern" ] && continue
+
+        pattern_clean="${pattern#/}"
+        pattern_clean="${pattern_clean%/}"
+
+        if echo "$pattern" | grep -q "/"; then
+             HIDE_ARGS="$HIDE_ARGS -o -path '$src/$pattern_clean' -o -path '$src/$pattern_clean/*'"
+        else
+             HIDE_ARGS="$HIDE_ARGS -o -name '$pattern_clean'"
+        fi
+    done < "$src/.kewthide"
+fi
+
+for kh in $(find "$src" -name .kewthide); do
+    d="${kh%/.kewthide}"
+    if [ "$d" != "$src" ] && [ "$d" != "." ]; then
+        HIDE_ARGS="$HIDE_ARGS -o -path '$d' -o -path '$d/*'"
+    fi
+done
+
+PRESERVE_ARGS="-false"
+
+if [ -f "$src/.kewtpreserve" ]; then
+    while IFS= read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
+        case "$line" in
+            ''|'#'*) continue ;;
+        esac
+        pattern=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')
+        [ -z "$pattern" ] && continue
+
+        pattern_clean="${pattern#/}"
+        pattern_clean="${pattern_clean%/}"
+
+        if echo "$pattern" | grep -q "/"; then
+             PRESERVE_ARGS="$PRESERVE_ARGS -o -path '$src/$pattern_clean' -o -path '$src/$pattern_clean/*'"
+        else
+             PRESERVE_ARGS="$PRESERVE_ARGS -o -name '$pattern_clean'"
+        fi
+    done < "$src/.kewtpreserve"
+fi
+
+for kp in $(find "$src" -name .kewtpreserve); do
+    d="${kp%/.kewtpreserve}"
+    if [ "$d" != "$src" ] && [ "$d" != "." ]; then
+        PRESERVE_ARGS="$PRESERVE_ARGS -o -path '$d' -o -path '$d/*'"
+    fi
+done
+
+generate_nav() {
+    dinfo=$(eval "find \"$1\" \( $IGNORE_ARGS -o $HIDE_ARGS -o $PRESERVE_ARGS \) -prune -o -print" | sort | awk -v src="$1" -f "$awk_dir/collect_dir_info.awk")
+    eval "find \"$1\" \( $IGNORE_ARGS -o $HIDE_ARGS -o $PRESERVE_ARGS \) -prune -o -name \"*.md\" -print" | sort | awk -v src="$1" -v single_file_index="$single_file_index" -v flatten="$flatten" -v order="$order" -v home_name="$home_name" -v show_home_in_nav="$show_home_in_nav" -v dinfo="$dinfo" -f "$awk_dir/generate_sidebar.awk"
+}
+
 title="kewt"
 style="kewt"
 footer="made with <a href=\"https://kewt.krzak.org\">kewt</a>"
@@ -156,6 +250,8 @@ dir_indexes="true"
 single_file_index="true"
 flatten="false"
 order=""
+home_name="Home"
+show_home_in_nav="true"
 logo=""
 display_logo="false"
 display_title="true"
@@ -188,6 +284,8 @@ load_config() {
             single_file_index) single_file_index="$val" ;;
             flatten) flatten="$val" ;;
             order) order="$val" ;;
+            home_name) home_name="$val" ;;
+            show_home_in_nav) show_home_in_nav="$val" ;;
             footer) footer="$val" ;;
             logo) logo="$val" ;;
             display_logo) display_logo="$val" ;;
@@ -282,14 +380,15 @@ render_markdown() {
         head_extra="<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"$favicon_src\" />"
     fi
 
-    MARKDOWN_SITE_ROOT="$src" MARKDOWN_FALLBACK_FILE="styles/$style.css" sh "$script_dir/markdown.sh" "$file" | awk -v title="$title" -v nav="$nav" -v footer="$footer" -v style_path="$style_path" -v header_brand="$header_brand" -v head_extra="$head_extra" -f "$awk_dir/render_template.awk" "$local_template"
+    MARKDOWN_SITE_ROOT="$src" MARKDOWN_FALLBACK_FILE="$script_dir/styles/$style.css" sh "$script_dir/markdown.sh" "$file" | awk -v title="$title" -v nav="$nav" -v footer="$footer" -v style_path="$style_path" -v header_brand="$header_brand" -v head_extra="$head_extra" -f "$awk_dir/render_template.awk" "$local_template"
 }
 
 echo "Building site from '$src' to '$out'..."
 
-find "$src" \( -name ".*" ! -name "." ! -name ".." -prune \) -o -type d -print | sort | while read -r dir; do
-    rel_dir="${dir#$src/}"
-    [ "$dir" = "$src" ] && rel_dir="."
+eval "find \"$src\" \( $IGNORE_ARGS \) -prune -o -type d -print" | sort | while read -r dir; do
+    rel_dir="${dir#$src}"
+    rel_dir="${rel_dir#/}"
+    [ -z "$rel_dir" ] && rel_dir="."
     out_dir="$out/$rel_dir"
     mkdir -p "$out_dir"
 
@@ -334,12 +433,13 @@ find "$src" \( -name ".*" ! -name "." ! -name ".." -prune \) -o -type d -print |
     fi
 done
 
-if [ ! -f "$out/styles.css" ] && [ -f "styles/$style.css" ]; then
-    copy_style_with_resolved_vars "styles/$style.css" "$out/styles.css"
+if [ ! -f "$out/styles.css" ] && [ -f "$script_dir/styles/$style.css" ]; then
+    copy_style_with_resolved_vars "$script_dir/styles/$style.css" "$out/styles.css"
 fi
 
-find "$src" \( -name ".*" ! -name "." ! -name ".." -prune \) -o -type f -print | sort | while IFS= read -r file; do
-    rel_path="${file#$src/}"
+eval "find \"$src\" \( $IGNORE_ARGS \) -prune -o -type f -print" | sort | while IFS= read -r file; do
+    rel_path="${file#$src}"
+    rel_path="${rel_path#/}"
     dir_rel=$(dirname "$rel_path")
     out_dir="$out/$dir_rel"
 
@@ -347,12 +447,17 @@ find "$src" \( -name ".*" ! -name "." ! -name ".." -prune \) -o -type f -print |
         template.html|site.conf|style.css|styles.css) continue ;;
     esac
 
-    if [ "$single_file_index" = "true" ] && [ "${file%.md}" != "$file" ] && [ ! -f "$(dirname "$file")/index.md" ]; then
+    is_preserved=0
+    if [ -n "$(eval "find \"$file\" \( $PRESERVE_ARGS \) -print")" ]; then
+        is_preserved=1
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$single_file_index" = "true" ] && [ "${file%.md}" != "$file" ] && [ "$is_preserved" -eq 0 ] && [ ! -f "$(dirname "$file")/index.md" ]; then
         md_count=$(find "$(dirname "$file")" ! -name "$(basename "$(dirname "$file")")" -prune -name "*.md" | wc -l)
         [ "$md_count" -eq 1 ] && continue
     fi
 
-    if [ "${file%.md}" != "$file" ]; then
+    if [ "${file%.md}" != "$file" ] && [ "$is_preserved" -eq 0 ]; then
         out_file="$out/${rel_path%.md}.html"
         render_markdown "$file" > "$out_file"
     else
@@ -360,4 +465,5 @@ find "$src" \( -name ".*" ! -name "." ! -name ".." -prune \) -o -type f -print |
     fi
 done
 
+
 echo "Build complete."
diff --git a/markdown.sh b/markdown.sh
index 048eb14..8d7bf61 100755
--- a/markdown.sh
+++ b/markdown.sh
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@ sed_inplace() {
     }
 }
 
-temp_file="/tmp/markdown.$$"
+temp_file="/tmp/markdown.$$.md"
 cat "$@" > "$temp_file"
 
+trap 'rm -f "$temp_file" "$temp_file.tmp"' EXIT INT TERM
+
 # Mask
 awk -f "$awk_dir/mask_inline_code.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
 awk -f "$awk_dir/mask_plain.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
 
 # Reference links
-refs=$(cat "$@" | awk '/^\[[^\]]+\]: +/')
+refs=$(cat "$@" | awk '/^\[[^\]]+\]:  */')
 IFS='
 '
 for ref in $refs; do
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ for ref in $refs; do
     sed_inplace "s|!\[$ref_id\]\[\]|<img src=\"$ref_url\" title=\"$ref_title\" alt=\"$ref_id\" />|g" "$temp_file"
     sed_inplace "s|\[$ref_id\]\[\]|<a href=\"$ref_url\" title=\"$ref_title\">$ref_id</a>|g" "$temp_file"
 done
-sed_inplace "/^\[[^\]]*\]: +/d" "$temp_file"
+sed_inplace "/^\[[^\]]*\]:  */d" "$temp_file"
 
 # Blocks
 sed_inplace "s/^>!\[/> [!/g" "$temp_file"
@@ -50,10 +52,6 @@ awk -f "$awk_dir/pipe_tables.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_f
 awk -f "$awk_dir/headers.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
 awk -f "$awk_dir/lists.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
 
-sed_inplace "s/^\*\*\*+$/<hr \/>/g" "$temp_file"
-sed_inplace "s/^---+$/<hr \/>/g" "$temp_file"
-sed_inplace "s/^___+$/<hr \/>/g" "$temp_file"
-
 # Spacing
 awk -f "$awk_dir/breaks.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
 awk -f "$awk_dir/paragraphs.awk" "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp" && mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
diff --git a/site/index.md b/site/index.md
index ded776a..51f2d1d 100644
--- a/site/index.md
+++ b/site/index.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ dir_indexes = true
 single_file_index = true
 flatten = false
 order = ""
+home_name = "Home"
+show_home_in_nav = true
 footer = "made with <a href="https://kewt.krzak.org">kewt</a>"
 logo = ""
 display_logo = false
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ favicon = ""
 - `single_file_index` if a directory has one markdown file and no `index.md`, use that file as `index.html`
 - `flatten` flatten sidebar directory levels
 - `order` comma separated file/directory name list to order the sidebar (alphabetical by default)
+- `home_name` text for the home link in navigation (default: "Home")
+- `show_home_in_nav` show home link in navigation (default: true)
 - `footer` footer html/text shown at the bottom of pages
 - `logo` logo image path (used in header if enabled)
 - `display_logo` show logo in header
@@ -60,6 +64,12 @@ favicon = ""
 - `logo_as_favicon` use `logo` as favicon
 - `favicon` explicit favicon path (used when `logo_as_favicon` is false or no logo is set)
 
+## Ignores
+
+- `.kewtignore`: Files/directories to ignore. If empty, the whole directory gets ignored
+- `.kewthide`: Files/directories to hide from navigation but still process. Same empty rules as with ignore
+- `.kewtpreserve`: Files/directories to copy but not convert markdown to html. Same empty rules again
+
 ## Embeds
 
 - `\![link]`: