diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccb99ad..18f2cc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # muzovkantV2
 ### shitty (half-)vibecoded discord bot
 ## overall
-you can use this as a base for your discord bot by writing your own [cogs](/cogs/), or as is.
+you can use this as a base for your discord bot by writing your own [cogs](/cogs/), installing cogs from repositories, or as is.
 
 ## installation
 1. clone the repo
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ cd muzovkantv2
 ```bash
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
-3. insert your discord bot token and [thecatapi](https://thecatapi.com) token into the .env file.
+3. insert your discord bot token into the .env file.
 *it should look something like this:*
 ```
 DISCORD_TOKEN=abc123abc
-CAT_API_KEY=live_abc123abc
 ```
-you can then edit the [config.py](/config.py) to your liking.
+you can then edit the configs of main.py and the configs of each cog to your liking.
 
 ## usage
 the bot is running when the main.py script is running.
@@ -46,10 +45,8 @@ sudo systemctl restart muzovkantv2
 ```
 
 ## contacting
-if you have any feedback, contact me on github issues or/and discord. if you want to add any functions to this bot, make a PR.
+if you have any feedback, contact me on git issues or/and discord. if you want to add any functionality to this bot, make a PR.
 when submitting a bug report, make sure to attach the bot.log files. they generate automatically in root directory.
 
-*discord: rejnronuz*
-
 
 ![yo](readme/pic.jpg)
diff --git a/cogs/help/config.json b/cogs/help/config.json
index 1d1ab45..203872e 100644
--- a/cogs/help/config.json
+++ b/cogs/help/config.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "description": "хмм даже не знаюююююю",
+  "description": "Shows this help message",
   "usages": ["help"],
   "hidden": false,
   "messages": {
-    "upper_desc": "команды:",
-    "footer": "что то поломалось - пинг меня\nесли имеются предложения по улучшению, в лс или пинг",
-    "pfx_message": "префикс:"
+    "upper_desc": "Commands:",
+    "footer": "If something's wrong, contact the bot owner.",
+    "pfx_message": "Prefix:"
   },
   "settings": {
     "command_pfx": "!",
diff --git a/cogs/uptime/config.json b/cogs/uptime/config.json
index 524f63f..b228d1f 100644
--- a/cogs/uptime/config.json
+++ b/cogs/uptime/config.json
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 {
-  "description": "аптайм бота",
+  "description": "Bot Uptime",
   "usages": ["!uptime"],
   "first_seen": null,
   "total_downtime": 0.0,
   "last_start": null,
 
   "labels": {
-    "days":    ["день",    "дня",    "дней"],
-    "hours":   ["час",     "часа",   "часов"],
-    "minutes": ["минуту",  "минуты", "минут"],
-    "seconds": ["секунду", "секунды","секунд"]
+    "days":    ["day",    "days",    "days"],
+    "hours":   ["hour",     "hours",   "hours"],
+    "minutes": ["minute",  "minutes", "minutes"],
+    "seconds": ["second", "seconds","seconds"]
   },
 
   "embed": {
-    "session_field":     "текущая сессия",
-    "availability_field":"тотал аптайм"
+    "session_field":     "Current Session",
+    "availability_field":"Total Uptime"
   },
   "settings": {
     "max_units": 4,
diff --git a/cogs/uptime/uptime_state.json b/cogs/uptime/uptime_state.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1079da5..0000000
--- a/cogs/uptime/uptime_state.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "first_seen": 1775231576.45808,
-  "total_downtime": 1324.356654882431,
-  "last_start": 1775232900.814735
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000