diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff9e935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+                   Version 2, December 2004
+ 
+Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
+copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
+as the name is changed.
+ 
+           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+  TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+
+ 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ca9b92..e2951d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-# merp
+```
+ _____ ___ ___ ___
+|     | -_|  _| . |
+|_|_|_|___|_| |  _|
+              |_|
+```
 
-clone of a popular iot api to learn more go
+Simple clone of a popular iot api (starts with `dw` and ends with `eet.io`)
+for me to learn more go
 
 # Features
 
@@ -8,19 +14,27 @@ clone of a popular iot api to learn more go
 * get latest merp
 * get latest merps
 
+# Internals
+
+* Postgres db storage
+
 # TODO
 
 * merp notifications to long polling clients
 * merp notifications via email
-* pruning of old merps
-* sending of merps using POST instead of querystring GET
+* expiration/pruning of old merps
+* receipt of merps using POSTs instead of querystring GET
 
-# notes
+# Notes
 
-the source code from this repo and all deps are included in the Docker image
+The source code from this repo and all deps are included in the Docker image
 by the Dockerfile, vendoring them into the build artifact without requiring
 that they be copied into the git repo.
 
-# author
+# License
 
-sneak [sneak@sneak.berlin](mailto:sneak@sneak.berlin)
+[WTFPL](http://www.wtfpl.net/)
+
+# Author
+
+sneak &lt;sneak@sneak.berlin&gt;