diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ce874b..678493a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 
-# Pride! for the tty
+# Pride! for the tty (minimal)
 
 A C utility to display flags in 8-color terminals.
 
+The goal of the minimal branch is to be as small as possible.
+
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 24dfbb1..2974b18 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 build:
-	gcc main.c basic.c full.c -o pride-c
+	gcc -s main.c -o pride-c
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6127588..41bd050 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1,134 +1,125 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
 
 #define VERSION		"0.0.1"
-#define INDENT		"   "
+
+#define ANSI		"\x1b[38;5;"
+#define BLACK		0
+#define RED			1
+#define GREEN		2
+#define YELLOW		3
+#define BLUE		4
+#define MAGENTA		5
+#define CYAN		6
+#define GRAY		7
+#define L_BLACK		8
+#define L_RED		9
+#define L_GREEN		10
+#define L_YELLOW	11
+#define L_BLUE		12
+#define L_MAGENTA	13
+#define L_CYAN		14
+#define WHITE		15
 
 #define RESET		"\x1b[0m"
-
-#define COLOR(n)	"\x1b[38;5;" #n "m"
-#define BLACK		COLOR(0)
-#define RED			COLOR(1)
-#define GREEN		COLOR(2)
-#define YELLOW		COLOR(3)
-#define BLUE		COLOR(4)
-#define MAGENTA		COLOR(5)
-#define CYAN		COLOR(6)
-#define GRAY		COLOR(7)
-#define L_BLACK		COLOR(8)
-#define L_RED		COLOR(9)
-#define L_GREEN		COLOR(10)
-#define L_YELLOW	COLOR(11)
-#define L_BLUE		COLOR(12)
-#define L_MAGENTA	COLOR(13)
-#define L_CYAN		COLOR(14)
-#define WHITE		COLOR(15)
-
-#define STRIPE		"██████████████████\n"
-
-#define RAINBOW		"rainbow"
-#define AROACE		"aroace"
-#define BISEXUAL	"bisexual"
-#define LESBIAN		"lesbian"
-#define NONBINARY	"nonbinary"
-#define PANSEXUAL	"pansexual"
-#define TRANSGENDER	"transgender"
+#define STRIPE		"█████████████████\n"
 
 void version() {
-	printf("pride-c v" VERSION "\n");
+	printf("pride-c min v" VERSION "\n");
 }
 
 void help() {
 	version();
 	printf(
 		"Valerie Wolfe <sleeplessval@gmail.com>\n"
-		"Display 256-color pride flags in the terminal.\n\n"
+		"Display 8-color pride flags in the terminal.\n\n"
 
-		"usage: pride [name]\n\n"
+		"usage: pride [symbol]\n\n"
 
-		"flag names:\n"
-		INDENT AROACE "\n"
-		INDENT BISEXUAL "\n"
-		INDENT LESBIAN "\n"
-		INDENT NONBINARY "\n"
-		INDENT PANSEXUAL "\n"
-		INDENT RAINBOW "\n"
-		INDENT TRANSGENDER "\n"
+		"symbols:\n"
+		"   l   lesbian flag\n"
+		"   g   gay flag\n"
+		"   b   bisexual flag\n"
+		"   t   transgender flag\n"
+		"   n   nonbinary flag\n"
+		"   p   pansexual flag\n"
+		"   r   rainbow flag\n"
+		"   h   help text\n"
+		"   v   version text\n"
 	);
 }
 
+void stripe(const unsigned short int color) {
+	printf(ANSI "%dum" STRIPE, color);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	//	get argv[1] or fall back to RAINBOW
-	char *flag;
-	if(argc > 1) { flag = argv[1]; }
-	else { flag = RAINBOW; }
+	char sym;
+	if(argc > 1) { sym = argv[1][0]; }
+	else { sym = 'r'; }
 
-	//	handle flags
-	if(strcmp(flag, "--version") == 0) {
-		version();
-		return 0;
-	} else if(strcmp(flag, "--help") == 0) {
-		help();
-		return 0;
+	switch(sym) {
+
+		case 'b':	//	- BISEXUAL -
+			stripe(RED);
+			stripe(MAGENTA);
+			stripe(BLUE);
+			break;
+
+		case 'h':	//	- HELP TEXT -
+			help();
+			break;
+
+		case 'g':	//	- GAY -
+			stripe(CYAN);
+			stripe(L_CYAN);
+			stripe(WHITE);
+			stripe(L_BLUE);
+			stripe(BLUE);
+			break;
+
+		case 'l':	//	- LESBIAN -
+			stripe(RED);
+			stripe(L_RED);
+			stripe(WHITE);
+			stripe(L_MAGENTA);
+			stripe(MAGENTA);
+			break;
+
+		case 'n':	//	- NON-BINARY -
+			stripe(L_YELLOW);
+			stripe(WHITE);
+			stripe(MAGENTA);
+			stripe(BLACK);
+			break;
+
+		case 'p':	//	- PANSEXUAL -
+			draw(MAGENTA);
+			draw(L_YELLOW);
+			draw(CYAN);
+			break;
+
+		case 'r':	//	- RAINBOW -
+			draw(RED);
+			draw(L_RED);
+			draw(L_YELLOW);
+			draw(GREEN);
+			draw(BLUE);
+			draw(MAGENTA);
+			break;
+
+		case 't':	//	- TRANSGENDER -
+			stripe(L_CYAN);
+			stripe(L_MAGENTA);
+			stripe(WHITE);
+			stripe(L_MAGENTA);
+			stripe(L_CYAN);
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			printf("pride-c: no flag '%c' found", sym
 	}
 
-	if(strcmp(flag, RAINBOW) == 0) {			//	- RAINBOW -
-		printf(RED STRIPE);
-		printf(L_RED STRIPE);
-		printf(L_YELLOW STRIPE);
-		printf(GREEN STRIPE);
-		printf(BLUE STRIPE);
-		printf(MAGENTA STRIPE);
-	}
-
-	else if(strcmp(flag, AROACE) == 0) {		//	- ARO/ACE -
-		printf(YELLOW STRIPE);
-		printf(L_YELLOW STRIPE);
-		printf(WHITE STRIPE);
-		printf(L_CYAN STRIPE);
-		printf(BLUE STRIPE);
-	}
-
-	else if(strcmp(flag, BISEXUAL) == 0) {		//	- BISEXUAL -
-		printf(RED STRIPE STRIPE);
-		printf(MAGENTA STRIPE);
-		printf(BLUE STRIPE STRIPE);
-	}
-
-	else if(strcmp(flag, LESBIAN) == 0) {		//	- LESBIAN -
-		printf(RED STRIPE);				//	orange
-		printf(L_RED STRIPE);				//	tangerine
-		printf(WHITE STRIPE);					//	white
-		printf(L_MAGENTA STRIPE);				//	pink
-		printf(MAGENTA STRIPE);				//	magenta
-	}
-
-	else if(strcmp(flag, NONBINARY) == 0) {		//	- NONBINARY -
-		printf(L_YELLOW STRIPE);				//	yellow
-		printf(WHITE STRIPE);					//	white
-		printf(MAGENTA STRIPE);				//	purple
-		printf(BLACK STRIPE);					//	black
-	}
-
-	else if(strcmp(flag, PANSEXUAL) == 0) {		//	- PANSEXUAL -
-		printf(MAGENTA STRIPE STRIPE);
-		printf(L_YELLOW STRIPE STRIPE);
-		printf(CYAN STRIPE STRIPE);
-	}
-
-	else if(strcmp(flag, TRANSGENDER) == 0) {	//	- TRANSGENDER -
-		printf(L_CYAN STRIPE);
-		printf(L_MAGENTA STRIPE);
-		printf(WHITE STRIPE);
-		printf(L_MAGENTA STRIPE);
-		printf(L_CYAN STRIPE);
-	}
-
-
-	else {
-		printf("pride-c: no flag '%s' found.", flag);
-		return 1;
-	}
 	printf(RESET);
 	return 0;
 }