diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index 28bc5499..3261aa63 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (0, 2, 3)
+VERSION = (0, 3, 0)
 CODENAME = "docuparty"
-BUILD_DT = (2020, 5, 3)
+BUILD_DT = (2020, 5, 6)
 
 S_VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 S_BUILD_DT = "{0:04d}-{1:02d}-{2:02d}".format(*BUILD_DT)
diff --git a/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh b/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
index 06a39b68..01f9a58e 100755
--- a/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ set -e
 echo
 
 # osx support
-sed=$( which gsed  2>/dev/null || which sed)
-find=$(which gfind 2>/dev/null || which find)
-sort=$(which gsort 2>/dev/null || which sort)
+command -v gtar  >/dev/null &&
+command -v gfind >/dev/null && {
+	tar()  { gtar  "$@"; }
+	sed()  { gsed  "$@"; }
+	find() { gfind "$@"; }
+	sort() { gsort "$@"; }
+}
 
 which md5sum 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &&
 	md5sum=md5sum ||
diff --git a/scripts/make-tgz-release.sh b/scripts/make-tgz-release.sh
index 17c8a5ff..85ff7483 100755
--- a/scripts/make-tgz-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-tgz-release.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 set -e
 echo
 
-tar=$( which gtar  2>/dev/null || which tar)
-sed=$( which gsed  2>/dev/null || which sed)
-find=$(which gfind 2>/dev/null || which find)
-sort=$(which gsort 2>/dev/null || which sort)
+command -v gtar  >/dev/null &&
+command -v gfind >/dev/null && {
+	tar()  { gtar  "$@"; }
+	sed()  { gsed  "$@"; }
+	find() { gfind "$@"; }
+	sort() { gsort "$@"; }
+}
 
 which md5sum 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &&
 	md5sum=md5sum ||
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ ver="$1"
 }
 
 mkdir -p dist
-zip_path="dist/copyparty-$ver.zip"
-tgz_path="dist/copyparty-$ver.tar.gz"
+zip_path="$(pwd)/dist/copyparty-$ver.zip"
+tgz_path="$(pwd)/dist/copyparty-$ver.tar.gz"
 
 [[ -e "$zip_path" ]] ||
 [[ -e "$tgz_path" ]] &&
@@ -45,21 +48,21 @@ tgz_path="dist/copyparty-$ver.tar.gz"
 rm "$zip_path" 2>/dev/null || true
 rm "$tgz_path" 2>/dev/null || true
 
-#$sed -ri "s/^(ADMIN_PWD *= *u).*/\1'hunter2'/" copyparty/config.py
+#sed -ri "s/^(ADMIN_PWD *= *u).*/\1'hunter2'/" copyparty/config.py
 
 tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
 rls_dir="$tmp/copyparty-$ver"
 mkdir "$rls_dir"
 
 echo ">>> export from git"
-git archive master | $tar -xC "$rls_dir"
+git archive master | tar -xC "$rls_dir"
 
 echo ">>> export untracked deps"
-$tar -c copyparty/web/deps | $tar -xC "$rls_dir"
+tar -c copyparty/web/deps | tar -xC "$rls_dir"
 
 cd "$rls_dir"
-$find -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \+
-$find -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \+
+find -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \+
+find -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \+
 
 commaver="$(
 	printf '%s\n' "$ver" |
@@ -88,16 +91,23 @@ rm \
 
 mv LICENSE LICENSE.txt
 
-# messy because osx support
-$find -type f -exec $md5sum '{}' \+ |
-$sed -r 's/(.{32})(.*)/\2\1/' | LC_COLLATE=c $sort |
-$sed -r 's/(.*)(.{32})/\2\1/' |
-$sed -r 's/^(.{32}) \./\1  ./' > ../.sums.md5
+# the regular cleanup memes
+find -name '*.pyc' -delete
+find -name __pycache__ -delete
+find -type f \( -name .DS_Store -or -name ._.DS_Store \) -delete
+find -type f -name ._\* | while IFS= read -r f; do cmp <(printf '\x00\x05\x16') <(head -c 3 -- "$f") && rm -f -- "$f"; done
+
+# also messy because osx support
+find -type f -exec $md5sum '{}' \+ |
+sed -r 's/(.{32})(.*)/\2\1/' | LC_COLLATE=c sort |
+sed -r 's/(.*)(.{32})/\2\1/' |
+sed -r 's/^(.{32}) \./\1  ./' > ../.sums.md5
 mv ../.sums.md5 .
 
 cd ..
-echo ">>> tar"; $tar -czf "$tgz_path" "copyparty-$ver"
-echo ">>> zip"; zip  -qr  "$zip_path" "copyparty-$ver"
+pwd
+echo ">>> tar"; tar -czf "$tgz_path" --owner=1000 --group=1000 --numeric-owner "copyparty-$ver"
+echo ">>> zip"; zip  -qr "$zip_path" "copyparty-$ver"
 
 rm -rf "$tmp"
 echo
@@ -106,5 +116,5 @@ echo "  $zip_path"
 echo "  $tgz_path"
 echo
 
-# function alr() { ls -alR copyparty-$1 | $sed -r "s/copyparty-$1/copyparty/" | $sed -r 's/[A-Z][a-z]{2} [0-9 ]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}//' > $1; }; for x in master rls src ; do alr $x; done
+# function alr() { ls -alR copyparty-$1 | sed -r "s/copyparty-$1/copyparty/" | sed -r 's/[A-Z][a-z]{2} [0-9 ]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}//' > $1; }; for x in master rls src ; do alr $x; done
 
diff --git a/scripts/make-unix-sfx.sh b/scripts/make-unix-sfx.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2e6d4a44..00000000
--- a/scripts/make-unix-sfx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-echo
-
-# clean=1 to export clean files from git;
-# will use current working tree otherwise
-clean=1
-clean=
-
-tar=$( which gtar  2>/dev/null || which tar)
-sed=$( which gsed  2>/dev/null || which sed)
-find=$(which gfind 2>/dev/null || which find)
-sort=$(which gsort 2>/dev/null || which sort)
-
-which md5sum 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &&
-	md5sum=md5sum ||
-	md5sum="md5 -r"
-
-[[ -e copyparty/__main__.py ]] || cd ..
-[[ -e copyparty/__main__.py ]] ||
-{
-	echo "run me from within the project root folder"
-	echo
-	exit 1
-}
-
-$find -name '*.pyc' -delete
-$find -name __pycache__ -delete
-
-rm -rf sfx
-mkdir sfx
-cd sfx
-
-f=~/Downloads/Jinja2-2.6.tar.gz
-[ -e "$f" ] ||
-	(url=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/25/c8/212b1c2fd6df9eaf536384b6c6619c4e70a3afd2dffdd00e5296ffbae940/Jinja2-2.6.tar.gz;
-	cd ~/Downloads && wget "$url" || curl -LO "$url")
-
-tar -xf $f
-mv Jinja2-*/jinja2 .
-rm -rf Jinja2-*
-
-[ $clean ] && {
-	(cd .. && git archive master) | tar -x copyparty
-	(cd .. && tar -c copyparty/web/deps) | tar -x
-}
-[ $clean ] ||
-	(cd .. && tar -c copyparty) | tar -x
-
-ver="$(awk '/^VERSION *= \(/ {
-	gsub(/[^0-9,]/,""); gsub(/,/,"."); print; exit}' < ../copyparty/__version__.py)"
-
-ts=$(date -u +%s)
-hts=$(date -u +%Y-%m%d-%H%M%S) # --date=@$ts (thx osx)
-echo h > v$ts
-
-mkdir -p ../dist
-sfx_out=../dist/copyparty-$ver.sfx
-
-sed "s/PACK_TS/$ts/; s/PACK_HTS/$hts/; s/CPP_VER/$ver/" >$sfx_out <<'EOF'
-# use current/default shell
-set -e
-
-dir="$(
-	printf '%s\n' "$TMPDIR" /tmp |
-	awk '/./ {print; exit}'
-)/pe-copyparty"
-
-[ -e "$dir/vPACK_TS" ] || (
-	printf '\033[36munpacking copyparty vCPP_VER (sfx-PACK_HTS)\033[1;30m\n\n'
-	mkdir -p "$dir.$$"
-	ofs=$(awk '$0=="sfx_eof" {print NR+1; exit}' < "$0")
-	
-	[ -z "$ofs" ] && {
-		printf '\033[31mabort: could not find SFX boundary\033[0m\n'
-		exit 1
-	}
-	tail -n +$ofs "$0" | tar -JxC "$dir.$$"
-	ln -nsf "$dir.$$" "$dir"
-	printf '\033[0m'
-	
-	now=$(date -u +%s)
-	for d in "$dir".*; do
-		ts=$(stat -c%Y -- "$d" 2>/dev/null) ||
-		ts=$(stat -f %m%n -- "$d" 2>/dev/null)
-
-		[ $((now-ts)) -gt 300 ] &&
-			rm -rf "$d"
-	done
-	true
-) >&2 || exit 1
-
-# detect available pythons
-(IFS=:; for d in $PATH; do
-	printf '%s\n' "$d"/python* "$d"/pypy*;
-done) | grep -E '(python|pypy)[0-9\.-]*$' > $dir/pys || true
-
-# see if we made a choice before
-[ -z "$pybin" ] && pybin="$(cat $dir/py 2>/dev/null || true)"
-
-# otherwise find a python with jinja2
-[ -z "$pybin" ] && pybin="$(cat $dir/pys | while IFS= read -r _py; do
-	printf '\033[1;30mlooking for jinja2 in [%s]\033[0m\n' "$_py" >&2
-	$_py -c 'import jinja2' 2>/dev/null || continue
-	printf '%s\n' "$_py"
-	rm -rf $dir/jinja2
-	break
-done)"
-
-# otherwise find python2 (bundled jinja2 is way old)
-[ -z "$pybin" ] && {
-	printf '\033[0;33mcould not find jinja2; will use py2 + the bundled version\033[0m\n' >&2
-	pybin="$(cat $dir/pys | while IFS= read -r _py; do
-		printf '\033[1;30mtesting if py2 [%s]\033[0m\n' "$_py" >&2
-		_ver=$($_py -c 'import sys; sys.stdout.write(str(sys.version_info[0]))' 2>/dev/null) || continue
-		[ $_ver = 2 ] || continue
-		printf '%s\n' "$_py"
-		break
-	done)"
-}
-
-[ -z "$pybin" ] && {
-	printf '\033[1;31m\ncould not find a python with jinja2 installed; please do one of these:\n\n  pip install --user jinja2\n\n  install python2\033[0m\n\n' >&2
-	exit 1
-}
-
-printf '\033[1;30musing [%s]. you can reset with this:\n  rm -rf %s*\033[0m\n\n' "$pybin" "$dir"
-printf '%s\n' "$pybin" > $dir/py
-
-PYTHONPATH=$dir exec "$pybin" -m copyparty "$@"
-
-sfx_eof
-EOF
-
-echo "compressing..."
-tar -c copyparty jinja2 v$ts | xz -cze9T0 >> $sfx_out
-chmod 755 $sfx_out
-
-printf "done:\n  %s\n" "$(realpath $sfx_out)"
-cd ..
-rm -rf sfx