diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index 31b6d8c..a054ba0 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 const htmlmin = require("html-minifier");
 const rimraf = require("rimraf");
-
+const cleancss = require("clean-css");
 
 module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
   rimraf.windows.sync("public/")
-  
+
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/_assets/css");
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/_assets/img");
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/_assets/fonts");
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/_assets/js");
-  
+
   eleventyConfig.addCollection("tagsList", function (collectionApi) {
     const tagsList = new Set();
     collectionApi.getAll().map(item => {
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
     });
     return tagsList;
   });
-  
+
   eleventyConfig.addTransform("htmlmin", function (content) {
-    // Prior to Eleventy 2.0: use this.outputPath instead
     if (this.page.outputPath && this.page.outputPath.endsWith(".html")) {
       let minified = htmlmin.minify(content, {
         useShortDoctype: true,
@@ -30,10 +29,13 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
       });
       return minified;
     }
-
     return content;
   });
 
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("cssmin", function(code) {
+    return new cleancss({}).minify(code).styles;
+  });
+
   return {
     passthroughFileCopy: true,
     dir: {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9d03251..2014d61 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@11ty/eleventy": "^2.0.0",
         "bootstrap": "^5.2.3",
+        "clean-css": "^5.3.2",
         "html-minifier": "^4.0.0",
         "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
         "rimraf": "^4.1.3",
@@ -534,14 +535,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/clean-css": {
-      "version": "4.2.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-css/-/clean-css-4.2.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EJUDT7nDVFDvaQgAo2G/PJvxmp1o/c6iXLbswsBbUFXi1Nr+AjA2cKmfbKDMjMvzEe75g3P6JkaDDAKk96A85A==",
+      "version": "5.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-css/-/clean-css-5.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JVJbM+f3d3Q704rF4bqQ5UUyTtuJ0JRKNbTKVEeujCCBoMdkEi+V+e8oktO9qGQNSvHrFTM6JZRXrUvGR1czww==",
       "dependencies": {
         "source-map": "~0.6.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 4.0"
+        "node": ">= 10.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/color-convert": {
@@ -1261,6 +1262,17 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/html-minifier/node_modules/clean-css": {
+      "version": "4.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-css/-/clean-css-4.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EJUDT7nDVFDvaQgAo2G/PJvxmp1o/c6iXLbswsBbUFXi1Nr+AjA2cKmfbKDMjMvzEe75g3P6JkaDDAKk96A85A==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "source-map": "~0.6.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 4.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/html-minifier/node_modules/commander": {
       "version": "2.20.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz",
@@ -3539,9 +3551,9 @@
       }
     },
     "clean-css": {
-      "version": "4.2.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-css/-/clean-css-4.2.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EJUDT7nDVFDvaQgAo2G/PJvxmp1o/c6iXLbswsBbUFXi1Nr+AjA2cKmfbKDMjMvzEe75g3P6JkaDDAKk96A85A==",
+      "version": "5.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-css/-/clean-css-5.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JVJbM+f3d3Q704rF4bqQ5UUyTtuJ0JRKNbTKVEeujCCBoMdkEi+V+e8oktO9qGQNSvHrFTM6JZRXrUvGR1czww==",
       "requires": {
         "source-map": "~0.6.0"
       }
@@ -4062,6 +4074,14 @@
         "uglify-js": "^3.5.1"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "clean-css": {
+          "version": "4.2.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-css/-/clean-css-4.2.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-EJUDT7nDVFDvaQgAo2G/PJvxmp1o/c6iXLbswsBbUFXi1Nr+AjA2cKmfbKDMjMvzEe75g3P6JkaDDAKk96A85A==",
+          "requires": {
+            "source-map": "~0.6.0"
+          }
+        },
         "commander": {
           "version": "2.20.3",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 75ee15e..c3e0ad3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@11ty/eleventy": "^2.0.0",
     "bootstrap": "^5.2.3",
+    "clean-css": "^5.3.2",
     "html-minifier": "^4.0.0",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "rimraf": "^4.1.3",
diff --git a/src/_includes/layout/base.njk b/src/_includes/layout/base.njk
index dbeaf4a..6314e19 100644
--- a/src/_includes/layout/base.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/layout/base.njk
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
   <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <meta property="og:image" content="/_assets/img/cropped.png" />
+    <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
+    <meta property="og:image" content="/_assets/img/cropped.png"/>
     <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/_assets/img/fav.png">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/css/normalize.css" />
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/css/styles.css" />
+    {# <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/css/normalize.css" /> #}
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_assets/css/styles.css"/>
+
+    {% set css %}
+    {% include "styles.css" %}
+    {% endset %}
+    <!-- feed it through our cssmin filter to minify -->
+    <style>
+      {{css | cssmin | safe}}
+    </style>
+
     {% if title %}
       <title>{{ site.title }} - {{ title }}</title>
     {% else %}
@@ -24,8 +33,8 @@
         {# <header>{% include 'partials/header.njk' %}</header> #}
         {# <hr/> #}
         <article>
-            <h2>{{ title }}</h2>
-            {{ content | safe }}
+          <h2>{{ title }}</h2>
+          {{ content | safe }}
         </article>
       </div>
       <footer>
@@ -34,8 +43,7 @@
       </footer>
     </main>
     <aside>{% include 'partials/sidebar.njk' %}</aside>
-    </div>
-    </div>
-  </body>
-</html>
-
+  </div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/_assets/css/normalize.css b/src/_includes/normalize.css
similarity index 100%
rename from src/_assets/css/normalize.css
rename to src/_includes/normalize.css
diff --git a/src/_assets/css/styles.css b/src/_includes/styles.css
similarity index 99%
rename from src/_assets/css/styles.css
rename to src/_includes/styles.css
index dc6ebd3..7ecc135 100644
--- a/src/_assets/css/styles.css
+++ b/src/_includes/styles.css
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Bootstrap
 // @import './vendor/bootstrap'; */
 
-/* @import './reset.css'; */
+@import './normalize.css';
 
 /* / */