@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ "github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
+const HiddenFolder = ".hidden"
+const GemlogFolder = "gemlog"
+
 type Config struct {
 	FilesDirectory     string
 	TemplatesDirectory string

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Failure accessing a path %q: %v\n", thepath, err)
 			return err // think about
 		}
-		if !admin && info.IsDir() && info.Name() == HIDDEN_FOLDER {
+		if !admin && info.IsDir() && info.Name() == HiddenFolder {
 			return filepath.SkipDir
 		}
 		// make this do what it should

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ "strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
-const gemlogFolder = "gemlog"
-
 type Gemfeed struct {
 	Title   string
 	Creator string
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@
 // Non-standard extension
 // Requires yyyy-mm-dd formatted files
 func generateFeedFromUser(user string) *Gemfeed {
-	gemlogFolderPath := path.Join(c.FilesDirectory, user, gemlogFolder)
+	gemlogFolderPath := path.Join(c.FilesDirectory, user, GemlogFolder)
 	// NOTE: assumes sanitized input
 	u := urlFromPath(gemlogFolderPath)
 	feed := Gemfeed{

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ userName := filepath.Clean(strings.Split(r.URL.Host, ".")[0]) // clean probably unnecessary
 	fileName := filepath.Clean(r.URL.Path)
 	if fileName == "/" {
 		fileName = "index.gmi"
-	} else if strings.HasPrefix(fileName, "/.hidden") {
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(fileName, "/"+HiddenFolder) {
 		w.WriteStatus(gmi.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}

@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ if strings.HasSuffix(p, "index.gmi") {
 		http.Redirect(w, r, path.Dir(p), http.StatusMovedPermanently)
 	}
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(p, "/"+HIDDEN_FOLDER) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(p, "/"+HiddenFolder) {
 		renderDefaultError(w, http.StatusForbidden)
 		return
 	}

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ )
 
 var c Config // global var to hold static configuration
 
-const HIDDEN_FOLDER = ".hidden"
-
 func main() {
 	configPath := flag.String("c", "flounder.toml", "path to config file") // doesnt work atm
 	flag.Parse()