diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1074a1..2201ee0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ assets/
 .env
 reddit-bot-351418-5560ebc49cac.json
 /.idea
+*.pyc
diff --git a/reddit/askreddit.py b/reddit/askreddit.py
index ad9cfa0..c11791c 100644
--- a/reddit/askreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/askreddit.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from utils.console import print_markdown, print_step, print_substep
+from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 import praw
 import random
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index ba9e97c..25f5d48 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def get_subreddit_threads():
 
     threads = subreddit.hot(limit=25)
     submission = list(threads)[random.randrange(0, 25)]
+    print_substep(f'subreddit thread is: {submission.title}\n(if you dont like this, you can change it by exiting and rerunning the program)')
+
     os.environ["VIDEO_TITLE"] = str(ascifi(submission.title))
     try:
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index da87ca9..3589ada 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,42 +1,8 @@
-appdirs==1.4.4
-black==20.8b1
-certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-click==7.1.2
-commonmark==0.9.1
-decorator==4.4.2
-flake8==3.8.3
-greenlet==1.1.2
-gTTS==2.2.4
-idna==3.3
-imageio==2.19.2
-imageio-ffmpeg==0.4.7
-mccabe==0.6.1
-moviepy==1.0.3
-mutagen==1.45.1
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
-numpy==1.22.3
-pathspec==0.8.0
-Pillow==9.1.1
-playwright==1.22.0
-praw==7.6.0
-prawcore==2.3.0
-proglog==0.1.10
-pycodestyle==2.6.0
-pyee==8.1.0
-pyflakes==2.2.0
-Pygments==2.12.0
+praw~=7.6.0
+moviepy~=1.0.3
+rich~=12.4.4
+gTTS~=2.2.4
+mutagen~=1.45.1
+pytube~=12.1.0
+playwright~=1.22.0
 python-dotenv==0.20.0
-pytube==12.1.0
-regex==2020.10.15
-requests==2.27.1
-rich==12.4.4
-six==1.16.0
-toml==0.10.1
-tqdm==4.64.0
-typed-ast==1.4.1
-typing_extensions==4.2.0
-update-checker==0.18.0
-urllib3==1.26.9
-websocket-client==1.3.2
-websockets==10.1
diff --git a/video_creation/background.py b/video_creation/background.py
index e866c85..ac276b0 100644
--- a/video_creation/background.py
+++ b/video_creation/background.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from random import randrange
 from pytube import YouTube
 from moviepy.video.io.ffmpeg_tools import ffmpeg_extract_subclip
 from moviepy.editor import VideoFileClip
-from rich.progress import track, Progress
+from rich.progress import Progress
 
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ def download_background():
     Path("./assets/backgrounds/").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     background_options = [  # uri , filename , credit
         ("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Dv4JMiwK8", "parkour.mp4", 'bbswitzer'),
-        # note: make sure the file name doesn't include a - in it
         ("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9QGY__0II", "rocket_league.mp4", 'Orbital Gameplay'), ]
+        # note: make sure the file name doesn't include a - in it
     print(listdir('./assets/backgrounds'), 'podsods', len(background_options))
     if listdir('./assets/backgrounds') != len(background_options):
         print_step("We need to download the backgnrounds videos. they are fairly large but it's only done once. 😎")
diff --git a/video_creation/final_video.py b/video_creation/final_video.py
index 877d66a..f125b28 100644
--- a/video_creation/final_video.py
+++ b/video_creation/final_video.py
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ def make_final_video(number_of_clips):
     cleanups = cleanup()
     print_substep(f"Removed {cleanups} temporary files 🗑")
 
-    print_step(f"Reddit title: {os.getenv('VIDEO_TITLE')} | Background Credit {os.getenv('background_credit')}")
+    print_step(f"Reddit title: {os.getenv('VIDEO_TITLE')} \n Background Credit: {os.getenv('background_credit')}")