diff --git a/my-patterns/README.md b/my-patterns/README.md
index 153d198c..63d2b3f4 100644
--- a/my-patterns/README.md
+++ b/my-patterns/README.md
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ This directory can be used to save your own patterns.
 1. Save one or more .txt files here.
 2. and run `npm run repl`
 3. open `http://localhost:3000/my-patterns` !
+
+## deploy
+
+1. in your fork, go to settings -> pages and select "Github Actions" as source
+2. edit `website/public/CNAME` to contain `<your-username>.github.io/strudel`
+3. go to Actions -> "Build and Deploy" and click "Run workflow"
+4. view your patterns at `<your-username>.github.io/strudel/my-patterns`
diff --git a/website/src/pages/my-patterns/index.astro b/website/src/pages/my-patterns/index.astro
index 15ea7da4..c73e2572 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/my-patterns/index.astro
+++ b/website/src/pages/my-patterns/index.astro
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ const myPatterns = await getMyPatterns();
   <div class="grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3 md:grid-cols-4 lg:grid-cols-6 gap-2 p-2 select-none">
     {
       Object.entries(myPatterns).map(([name, tune]) => (
-        <a class="rounded-md bg-slate-900 hover:bg-slate-700 cursor-pointer relative" href={`/#${btoa(tune)}`}>
+        <a
+          class="rounded-md bg-slate-900 hover:bg-slate-700 cursor-pointer relative"
+          href={`/#${btoa(tune as string)}`}
+        >
           <div class="absolute w-full h-full flex justify-center items-center">
             <span class="bg-slate-800 p-2 rounded-md text-white">{name}</span>
           </div>
diff --git a/website/src/pages/my-patterns/list.json.js b/website/src/pages/my-patterns/list.json.js
index e310eacf..6d86e384 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/my-patterns/list.json.js
+++ b/website/src/pages/my-patterns/list.json.js
@@ -1,36 +1,13 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import { dirname } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-
-const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-async function readTextFiles(folder) {
-  const absolutePath = path.resolve(__dirname, folder);
-
-  // Use `fs.promises.readdir()` to get a list of all the files in the folder
-  const files = await fs.promises.readdir(absolutePath);
-
-  // Filter the list of files to only include those with a `.txt` extension
-  const textFiles = files.filter((file) => file.endsWith('.txt'));
-  // Initialize an empty object to store the file contents
-  const fileContents = {};
-
-  // Use `fs.promises.readFile()` to read the contents of each text file
-  for (const file of textFiles) {
-    const filePath = `${absolutePath}/${file}`;
-    const data = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
-    fileContents[file] = data;
-  }
-  // Return the object with the filenames as keys and the file contents as values
-  return fileContents;
-}
-
 export function getMyPatterns() {
-  return readTextFiles('../../../../my-patterns');
+  const my = import.meta.glob('../../../../my-patterns/**', { as: 'raw', eager: true });
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(my) //
+      .filter(([name]) => name.endsWith('.txt')) //
+      .map(([name, raw]) => [name.split('/').slice(-1), raw]), //
+  );
 }
 
-export async function get({ params, request }) {
+export async function get() {
   const all = await getMyPatterns();
   return {
     body: JSON.stringify(all),