diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cedd37a..da6e26f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ CONDA_ENV=ml_pipeline
 all: help
 
 run: ## run the pipeline (train)
-	python src/pipeline.py \
+	python src/train.py \
 		debug=false
 debug: ## run the pipeline (train) with debugging enabled
-	python src/pipeline.py \
+	python src/train.py \
 		debug=true
 
 data: ## download the mnist data
 	wget https://pjreddie.com/media/files/mnist_train.csv -O data/mnist_train.csv
 	wget https://pjreddie.com/media/files/mnist_test.csv -O data/mnist_test.csv
 
-env_import: environment.yml ## import any changes to env.yml into conda env
+install: environment.yml ## import any changes to env.yml into conda env
 	conda env update -n ${CONDA_ENV} --file $^
 
 env_export: ## export the conda envirnoment without package or name
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f19572a..9f6359c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ Instead of remembering where to put everything and making a different choice for
 
 Think of it like a mini-pytorch lightening, with all the fory internals exposed for extension and modification.
 
+This project lives here: [https://github.com/publicmatt.com/ml_pipeline](https://github.com/publicmatt.com/ml_pipeline).
+
 
 # Usage
 
+```bash
+make help # lists available options.
+```
+
 ## Install:
 
 Install the conda requirements:
@@ -17,10 +23,12 @@ Install the conda requirements:
 make install
 ```
 
-Which is a proxy for calling:
+## Data:
+
+Download mnist data from PJReadie's website:
 
 ```bash
-conda env updates -n ml_pipeline --file environment.yml
+make data
 ```
 
 ## Run:
@@ -31,7 +39,6 @@ Run the code on MNIST with the following command:
 make run
 ```
 
-
 # Tutorial
 
 The motivation for building a template for deep learning pipelines is this: deep learning is hard enough without every code baase being a little different.
@@ -41,33 +48,90 @@ Especially in a research lab, standardizing on a few components makes switching
 In this template, you'll see the following:
 
 ## directory structure
+```
+.
+├── README.md
+├── environment.yml
+├── launch.sh
+├── Makefile
+├── data
+│   ├── mnist_test.csv
+│   └── mnist_train.csv
+├── docs
+│   └── 2023-01-26.md
+├── src
+│   ├── config
+│   │   └── main.yaml
+│   ├── data
+│   │   ├── __init__.py
+│   │   ├── README.md
+│   │   ├── collate.py
+│   │   └── dataset.py
+│   ├── eval.py
+│   ├── __init__.py
+│   ├── model
+│   │   ├── __init__.py
+│   │   ├── README.md
+│   │   ├── cnn.py
+│   │   └── linear.py
+│   ├── pipeline
+│   │   ├── __init__.py
+│   │   ├── README.md
+│   │   ├── logger.py
+│   │   ├── runner.py
+│   │   └── utils.py
+│   ├── sample.py
+│   └── train.py
+└── test
+    ├── __init__.py
+    └── test_pipeline.py
 
-- `src/model`
-- `src/config`
-- `data/`
-- `test/`
-    - pytest: unit testing.
-        - good for data shape
-        - TODO:
-- `docs/`
-    - switching projects is easier with these in place
-    - organize them
+8 directories, 25 files
+
+```
+
+## what and why?
 
-- `**/__init__.py`
-    - creates modules out of dir.
-    - `import module` works with these.
-- `README.md`
-    - root level required.
-    - can exist inside any dir.
 - `environment.yml`
-- `Makefile` 
+    - hutch research has standardized on conda
+    - here's a good tutorial on getting that setup: [seth email](emailto:bassetis@wwu.edu)
+- `launch.sh` or `Makefile`
     - to install and run stuff.
     - houses common operations and scripts.
-- `launch.sh` 
-    - script to dispatch training.
+    - `launch.sh` to dispatch training.
+- `README.md`
+    - explain the project and how to run it.
+    - list authors.
+    - list resources that new collaborators might need.
+    - root level dir.
+    - can exist inside any dir.
+    - reads nicely on github.com.
+- `docs/`
+    - switching projects is easier with these in place.
+    - organize them by meeting, or weekly agenda.
+    - generally collection of markdown files.
+- `test/`
+    - TODO
+    - pytest: unit testing.
+    - good for data shape. not sure what else.
+- `data/`
+    - raw data
+    - do not commit these to repo generally.
+        - `echo "*.csv" >> data/.gitignore`
+- `__init__.py`
+    - creates modules out of dir.
+    - `import module` works b/c of these.
+- `src/model/`
+    - if you have a large project, you might have multiple architectures/models.
+    - small projects might just have `model/VGG.py` or `model/3d_unet.py`.
+- `src/config`
+    - based on hydra python package.
+    - quickly change run variables and hyperparameters.
+- `src/pipeline`
+    - where the magic happens.
+    - `train.py` creates all the objects, hands them off to runner for batching, monitors each epoch.
 
 ## testing
-    
 - `if __name__ == "__main__"`.
     - good way to test things
 - enables lots breakpoints.
@@ -81,6 +145,8 @@ In this template, you'll see the following:
 
 ## data
 - collate functions!
+- datasets.
+- dataloader.
 
 ## formatting python
 - python type hints.
@@ -88,6 +154,8 @@ In this template, you'll see the following:
 
 ## running
 - tqdm to track progress.
+- wandb for logging.
 
 ## architecture
 - dataloader, optimizer, criterion, device, state are constructed in main, but passed to an object that runs batches.
+
diff --git a/docs/2023-01-26.md b/docs/2023-01-26.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/launch.sh b/launch.sh
index 69139e4..a1097da 100755
--- a/launch.sh
+++ b/launch.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-python src/pipeline.py \
+python src/train.py \
     debug=false
diff --git a/src/data/README.md b/src/data/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/data/__init__.py b/src/data/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/collate.py b/src/data/collate.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/collate.py
rename to src/data/collate.py
diff --git a/src/data.py b/src/data/dataset.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/data.py
rename to src/data/dataset.py
diff --git a/src/eval.py b/src/eval.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/mpv.py b/src/mpv.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bc08c8..0000000
--- a/src/mpv.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-# pytorch mlp for multiclass classification
-from numpy import vstack
-from numpy import argmax
-from pandas import read_csv
-from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder
-from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score
-from torch import Tensor
-from torch.utils.data import Dataset
-from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
-from torch.utils.data import random_split
-from torch.nn import Linear
-from torch.nn import ReLU
-from torch.nn import Softmax
-from torch.nn import Module
-from torch.optim import SGD
-from torch.nn import CrossEntropyLoss
-from torch.nn.init import kaiming_uniform_
-from torch.nn.init import xavier_uniform_
- 
-# dataset definition
-class CSVDataset(Dataset):
-    # load the dataset
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        # load the csv file as a dataframe
-        df = read_csv(path, header=None)
-        # store the inputs and outputs
-        self.X = df.values[:, :-1]
-        self.y = df.values[:, -1]
-        # ensure input data is floats
-        self.X = self.X.astype('float32')
-        # label encode target and ensure the values are floats
-        self.y = LabelEncoder().fit_transform(self.y)
- 
-    # number of rows in the dataset
-    def __len__(self):
-        return len(self.X)
- 
-    # get a row at an index
-    def __getitem__(self, idx):
-        return [self.X[idx], self.y[idx]]
- 
-    # get indexes for train and test rows
-    def get_splits(self, n_test=0.33):
-        # determine sizes
-        test_size = round(n_test * len(self.X))
-        train_size = len(self.X) - test_size
-        # calculate the split
-        return random_split(self, [train_size, test_size])
- 
-# model definition
-class MLP(Module):
-    # define model elements
-    def __init__(self, n_inputs):
-        super(MLP, self).__init__()
-        # input to first hidden layer
-        self.hidden1 = Linear(n_inputs, 10)
-        kaiming_uniform_(self.hidden1.weight, nonlinearity='relu')
-        self.act1 = ReLU()
-        # second hidden layer
-        self.hidden2 = Linear(10, 8)
-        kaiming_uniform_(self.hidden2.weight, nonlinearity='relu')
-        self.act2 = ReLU()
-        # third hidden layer and output
-        self.hidden3 = Linear(8, 3)
-        xavier_uniform_(self.hidden3.weight)
-        self.act3 = Softmax(dim=1)
- 
-    # forward propagate input
-    def forward(self, X):
-        # input to first hidden layer
-        X = self.hidden1(X)
-        X = self.act1(X)
-        # second hidden layer
-        X = self.hidden2(X)
-        X = self.act2(X)
-        # output layer
-        X = self.hidden3(X)
-        X = self.act3(X)
-        return X
- 
-# prepare the dataset
-def prepare_data(path):
-    # load the dataset
-    dataset = CSVDataset(path)
-    # calculate split
-    train, test = dataset.get_splits()
-    # prepare data loaders
-    train_dl = DataLoader(train, batch_size=32, shuffle=True)
-    test_dl = DataLoader(test, batch_size=1024, shuffle=False)
-    return train_dl, test_dl
- 
-# train the model
-def train_model(train_dl, model):
-    # define the optimization
-    criterion = CrossEntropyLoss()
-    optimizer = SGD(model.parameters(), lr=0.01, momentum=0.9)
-    # enumerate epochs
-    for epoch in range(500):
-        # enumerate mini batches
-        for i, (inputs, targets) in enumerate(train_dl):
-            # clear the gradients
-            optimizer.zero_grad()
-            # compute the model output
-            yhat = model(inputs)
-            # calculate loss
-            loss = criterion(yhat, targets)
-            # credit assignment
-            loss.backward()
-            # update model weights
-            optimizer.step()
- 
-# evaluate the model
-def evaluate_model(test_dl, model):
-    predictions, actuals = list(), list()
-    for i, (inputs, targets) in enumerate(test_dl):
-        # evaluate the model on the test set
-        yhat = model(inputs)
-        # retrieve numpy array
-        yhat = yhat.detach().numpy()
-        actual = targets.numpy()
-        # convert to class labels
-        yhat = argmax(yhat, axis=1)
-        # reshape for stacking
-        actual = actual.reshape((len(actual), 1))
-        yhat = yhat.reshape((len(yhat), 1))
-        # store
-        predictions.append(yhat)
-        actuals.append(actual)
-    predictions, actuals = vstack(predictions), vstack(actuals)
-    # calculate accuracy
-    acc = accuracy_score(actuals, predictions)
-    return acc
- 
-# make a class prediction for one row of data
-def predict(row, model):
-    # convert row to data
-    row = Tensor([row])
-    # make prediction
-    yhat = model(row)
-    # retrieve numpy array
-    yhat = yhat.detach().numpy()
-    return yhat
- 
-# prepare the data
-path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbrownlee/Datasets/master/iris.csv'
-train_dl, test_dl = prepare_data(path)
-print(len(train_dl.dataset), len(test_dl.dataset))
-# define the network
-model = MLP(4)
-# train the model
-train_model(train_dl, model)
-# evaluate the model
-acc = evaluate_model(test_dl, model)
-print('Accuracy: %.3f' % acc)
-# make a single prediction
-row = [5.1,3.5,1.4,0.2]
-yhat = predict(row, model)
-print('Predicted: %s (class=%d)' % (yhat, argmax(yhat)))
diff --git a/src/pipeline/README.md b/src/pipeline/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/logger.py b/src/pipeline/logger.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/logger.py
rename to src/pipeline/logger.py
diff --git a/src/runner.py b/src/pipeline/runner.py
similarity index 68%
rename from src/runner.py
rename to src/pipeline/runner.py
index fea43ce..97bd575 100644
--- a/src/runner.py
+++ b/src/pipeline/runner.py
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ import torch
 from torch import nn
 from torch import optim
 from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
-from data import MnistDataset
 from tqdm import tqdm
-from utils import Stage
+from pipeline.utils import Stage
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
 
@@ -51,29 +50,3 @@ class Runner:
         pred_y = self.model(true_x)
         loss = self.criterion(pred_y, true_y)
         return loss
-
-
-def main():
-    model = nn.Conv2d(1, 64, 3)
-    criterion = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
-    optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=2e-4)
-    path = "mnist_train.csv"
-    dataset = MnistDataset(path)
-    batch_size = 16
-    num_workers = 1
-    loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
-        dataset, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=False, num_workers=num_workers
-    )
-    batch = Batch(
-        Stage.TRAIN,
-        device=torch.device("cpu"),
-        model=model,
-        criterion=criterion,
-        optimizer=optimizer,
-        loader=loader,
-    )
-    batch.run("test")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/pipeline/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/utils.py
rename to src/pipeline/utils.py
diff --git a/src/sample.py b/src/sample.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/pipeline.py b/src/train.py
similarity index 93%
rename from src/pipeline.py
rename to src/train.py
index 4de5794..96df051 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/train.py
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ coordinates:
 - runner
 
 """
-from runner import Runner
+from pipeline.runner import Runner
 from model.linear import DNN
 from model.cnn import VGG16, VGG11
-from data import MnistDataset
-from utils import Stage
+from data.dataset import MnistDataset
+from pipeline.utils import Stage
 import torch
 from pathlib import Path
-from collate import channel_to_batch
+from data.collate import channel_to_batch
 import hydra
 from omegaconf import DictConfig