diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4adc6c2..44757e4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ handovers:
     name: "Handovers"
     paths:
       - Committee/_Handovers_pdf/
+      - Committee/errors.log
 
 
 minutes:
@@ -45,4 +46,4 @@ minutes:
     name: "Minutes"
     paths:
       - Minutes_pdf/
-      - Minutes/errors.log
+      - errors.log
diff --git a/_scripts/format_handovers.sh b/_scripts/format_handovers.sh
index c14ae01..5b91540 100755
--- a/_scripts/format_handovers.sh
+++ b/_scripts/format_handovers.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 cd Committee
 
+# cleanup the last run (if there was one)
+rm -rf _Handovers_html
+
 # copy in teh config for this folder
 cp ../_scripts/md_toml/_Handovers.md.toml ./.md.toml
 
@@ -10,6 +13,11 @@ cargo-bfom
 ## cleanup
 rm -f .md.toml
 
+# if the user only wants teh html tehn early return
+if [[ $1 == "html" ]]; then
+  exit 0;
+fi
+
 # recursively parse _Handovers_html use wkhtmltopdf  to convert to pdf
 cd _Handovers_html
 
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ for d in */ ; do
         echo "$out_folder/$stripped.pdf"
 
         # convert teh html to pdf
-        wkhtmltopdf -q --enable-local-file-access --no-stop-slow-scripts "$stripped.html" "$out_folder/$stripped.pdf" 2> ./tmp.txt
+        wkhtmltopdf -q --enable-local-file-access --no-stop-slow-scripts "$stripped.html" "$out_folder/$stripped.pdf"  2>> ../errors.log &
       fi
     done
 done
diff --git a/_scripts/format_minutes.sh b/_scripts/format_minutes.sh
index 67757ce..2a4708b 100755
--- a/_scripts/format_minutes.sh
+++ b/_scripts/format_minutes.sh
@@ -1,52 +1,104 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+root="$PWD"
 
-# delete to allow for a full rebuild without any ghost artifacts
-rm -rf "Minutes_pdf"
+# make teh html files first
+function build_html(){
+  # wipe and reset teh old html folder
+  rm -rf Minutes_html
+  mkdir Minutes_html
 
-cd Minutes
+  # this folder has css and images needed
+  cp -R Minutes/_Templates Minutes_html/
 
-for year in */ ; do
-    # skip symlinks
-    [ -L "''${year%/}" ] && continue
-    # exclude teh template fodler
-    if [[ $year == *"_Templates"* ]]; then
-          continue
-    fi
+  cd Minutes
 
-    # go into the year folder
-    cd $year
+  # loop through each year worth of data
+  for year in */ ; do
+      # skip symlinks
+      [ -L "''${year%/}" ] && continue
+      # exclude teh template fodler
+      if [[ $year == *"_Templates"* ]]; then
+            continue
+      fi
 
-    # convert the Committee ones first
+      # go into the year folder
+      cd $year
 
-    cp ../../_scripts/md_toml/_Minutes-Committee.md.toml ./.md.toml
-    cargo-bfom
+      # convert the Committee ones first
+      cp ../../_scripts/md_toml/_Minutes-Committee.md.toml ./.md.toml
+      cargo-bfom
 
-    cp ../../_scripts/md_toml/_Minutes-Council.md.toml ./.md.toml
-    cargo-bfom
+      # then the council
+      cp ../../_scripts/md_toml/_Minutes-Council.md.toml ./.md.toml
+      cargo-bfom
 
-    mkdir -p "../../Minutes_pdf/$year/Committee"
-    mkdir -p "../../Minutes_pdf/$year/Council"
+      # cleanup
+      rm -f .md.toml
 
-    # iterate the files
-    for file in {Committee,Council}_html/*.html; do
+      # create teh new folders where stuff is going to
+      mkdir -p "../../Minutes_html/$year/Committee"
+      mkdir -p "../../Minutes_html/$year/Council"
+
+      # iterate the files
+      for file in {Committee,Council}_html/*.html; do
+        if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+          stripped=''${file/_html/""}
+          cp $file "../../Minutes_html/$year/$stripped"
+        fi
+      done
+      # the temp folders where teh html was created, leaving these could cause ghost artifacts
+      rm -rf ./*_html
+
+      # back up to original folder
+      cd ../
+  done
+
+  # return to root
+  cd $root
+}
+
+
+function build_pdf(){
+    # used to match **
+    shopt -s globstar
+
+    # wipe and reset past runs
+    rm -rf Minutes_pdf
+    mkdir Minutes_pdf
+
+    cd Minutes_html
+
+    for file in **/*.html; do
+      # skip teh template folder
+      if [[ $file == *"_Templates"* ]]; then
+            continue
+      fi
+
+      # only deal with files
       if [ -f "$file" ]; then
 
-        # we need teh filename/path
-        stripped=''${file/.html/""}
-
-        output="../../Minutes_pdf/$year${stripped/_html/""}.pdf"
+        # .html => .pdf
+        output="../Minutes_pdf/''${file/.html/".pdf"}"
 
         echo $output
 
-        wkhtmltopdf -q --enable-local-file-access --no-stop-slow-scripts "$stripped.html" "$output" 2>> ../errors.log
+        # have someplace for it to go
+        mkdir -p $(dirname $output)
+
+        wkhtmltopdf -q --enable-local-file-access --no-stop-slow-scripts "$file" "$output"  2>> ../errors.log &
       fi
     done
 
-    # cleanup
-    rm -f .md.toml
-    # the temp folders where teh html was created, leaving these could cause ghost artifacts
-    rm -rf ./*_html
-done
+    shopt -u globstar
+    cd $root
+}
 
-cd ../
\ No newline at end of file
+
+if [[ $1 == "html" ]];
+then
+  build_html
+else
+  build_html
+  build_pdf
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ee6b913..83a7d1b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -52,11 +52,19 @@
           export PATH=${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.wkhtmltopdf bfom.defaultPackage.x86_64-linux]}:$PATH
           ${./_scripts/format_handovers.sh}
         '';
+        handovers_html = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "format_handovers_html" ''
+          export PATH=${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.wkhtmltopdf bfom.defaultPackage.x86_64-linux]}:$PATH
+          ${./_scripts/format_handovers.sh} html
+        '';
 
         minutes = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "format_minutes" ''
           export PATH=${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.wkhtmltopdf bfom.defaultPackage.x86_64-linux]}:$PATH
           ${./_scripts/format_minutes.sh}
         '';
+        minutes_html = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "format_minutes_html" ''
+          export PATH=${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.wkhtmltopdf bfom.defaultPackage.x86_64-linux]}:$PATH
+          ${./_scripts/format_minutes.sh} html
+        '';
       };
     });
 }