diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38f95ce..82f6cc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,22 +13,21 @@ The converted Gemini document should exist inside the `<body>`. Consider if shar
 <blockquote>  ↔  >
 ````
 
-`<li>` must be wrapped in `<ul>`. Take care to render `<pre>` blocks with their original formatting, _do not_ indent the generated
-HTML for these tags.
+`<li>` must be wrapped in `<ul>`. Take care to render `<pre>` blocks with their original formatting, _do not_ indent the generated HTML for these tags.
 
 `<a>` tags are categorized as inline which CSS [Normal Flow](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Normal_Flow) presents vertically—Gemini only deals with horizontally flowing content, this can be addressed by using [`display: block;` at the CSS level.](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Flow_Layout/Block_and_Inline_Layout_in_Normal_Flow#changing_the_formatting_context_an_element_participates_in)
 
 ## optional: inline media
 
-If a link is consumable by `<img>`, `<audio>` or `<video>` you may insert the respective tag inline, instead of an `<a>`. It's a good idea to also include the `controls` property.
+If a URL is consumable by `<img>`, `<audio>` or `<video>` you may insert the respective tag inline, instead of an `<a>`. It's a good idea to also include the `controls` property.
 
 These are categorized as inline just like `<a>` and will need `display: block;` styling. Images and video should also have `max-width: 100%;` so they don't overflow the body.
 
 ## `<html>` and `<head>`
 
-When producing a complete and valid HTML5 document the first declaration is the required `<!DOCTYPE html>`. At the root of a document is the `<html>` tag which should have a [`lang` attribute which declares the overall language of the page](https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-language-declarations) and if necessary should also include `dir="rtl"`.
+When producing a complete and valid HTML5 document the first declaration is the required `<!DOCTYPE html>`. At the root of a document is the `<html>` tag which should have a [`lang` attribute declaring the overall language of the page](https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-language-declarations) as well as `dir="rtl"` if necessary.
 
-Additionally a `<head>` tag with at least the following must also be included:
+A `<head>` tag with at least the following must be included:
 
 ```html
 <meta charset="utf-8" />
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ The `--foreground` and `--background` variables will be inverted when
 
 # gmi-web(1)
 
-A command-line utility that pulls together all of the above into a unix-like API.
+A command-line utility that pulls all of the above together into a unix-like API for creating HTML from Gemini documents.
 
 ```sh
 npm install --global gmi-web-cli && gmi-web --help
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index ec46781..406aa63 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const cli = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
     },
   });
 
-const CSS_VARS = CSS.rootVariables(CSS.FULL);
+const CSS_VARS = CSS.rootVariables(CSS.load({ css: "web" }));
 Object.keys(CSS_VARS).map((key) => {
   cli.option(key, { default: CSS_VARS[key] });
   cli.conflicts(key, "core");
diff --git a/css.js b/css.js
index 83abfab..49b99cf 100644
--- a/css.js
+++ b/css.js
@@ -1,85 +1,101 @@
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from "fs";
 // TODO import.meta.resolve is supposed to accomplish this without "path"
 import path from "path";
 import { stringify, parse } from "css";
 
-export const CORE = parse(
-  readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname), "./core.css"),
-    "utf-8"
-  )
-);
-
-export const FULL = parse(
-  readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname), "./gmi.css"),
-    "utf-8"
-  )
-);
-
-export function rootVariables({ stylesheet }) {
-  return stylesheet.rules
-    .find(
-      ({ type, selectors }) => type === "rule" && selectors.includes(":root")
-    )
-    .declarations.reduce(
-      (obj, { property, value }) =>
-        !/^\-\-/.test(property)
-          ? obj
-          : Object.assign(obj, { [property.replace("--", "")]: value }),
-      {}
-    );
+export function style(options) {
+  if (options.inline || options.css === "none") return "";
+  const rules = load(options);
+  const schemes = rules.find(({ media }) => media === "preferes-color-scheme")
+    ? `<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">\n`
+    : "";
+  return `<style>${stringify(
+    {
+      stylesheet: { rules: reduceVariables(rules, options) },
+    },
+    { compress: true }
+  )}</style>`;
 }
 
-export function override(options) {
-  if (options.css !== "full") return "";
-  const vars = rootVariables(FULL);
-
-  return Object.keys(vars).reduce((styles, key) => {
-    if (typeof options[key] !== undefined && options[key] !== vars[key]) {
-      let value = options[key];
-      if (["a-prefix", "ul-bullet"].includes(key) && value !== "none") {
-        value = `"${value}"`;
-      }
-      styles += `--${key}:${value};`;
-    }
-    return styles;
-  }, " ");
-}
-
-export function style({ inline, css }) {
-  if (css === "full")
-    return `
-<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
-<style>${stringify(FULL, { compress: true })}</style>`;
-
-  if (css === "core")
-    return `<style>${stringify(CORE, { compress: true })}</style>`;
-
-  if (inline || css === "none") return "";
-
-  return `<style>${stringify(load(css, { compress: true }))}</style>`;
-}
-
-export function inline(tag, { inline, css }) {
-  if (!inline || css === "full") return "";
-  const { stylesheet } = css === "core" ? CORE : load(css);
-  const styles = stylesheet.rules
-    .filter(({ type, selectors }) => type === "rule" && selectors.includes(tag))
+export function inline(options, tag) {
+  if (!options.inline || options.css === "none") return "";
+  const styles = reduceVariables(load(options), options)
+    .filter(({ selectors }) => selectors && selectors.includes(tag))
     .reduce((style, { declarations }) => {
       declarations.forEach(({ property, value }) => {
         style = `${style}${property}:${value};`;
       });
       return style;
     }, "");
-
   return styles !== "" ? ` style="${styles}"` : "";
 }
 
-export function load(file, options) {
-  if (fs.existsSync(file)) {
-    return parse(readFileSync(path.resolve(file), "utf-8"));
+export function load(options) {
+  console.log("load:", options.css);
+  options.css =
+    options.css || (!options.body || !options.inline ? "web" : "core");
+  if (
+    ["gmi", "web", "gmi.css", "gmi-web.css"].includes(options.css) ||
+    existsSync(options.css)
+  ) {
+    const packageRoot = (file) =>
+      path.resolve(path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname), file);
+    return resolveImports(
+      parse(
+        readFileSync(
+          path.resolve(
+            ["gmi-web.css", "web"].includes(options.css)
+              ? packageRoot("gmi-web.css")
+              : ["gmi.css", "gmi"].includes(options.css)
+              ? packageRoot("gmi.css")
+              : resolve(options.css)
+          ),
+          "utf-8"
+        )
+      ).stylesheet.rules
+    );
   } else {
-    throw new Error(`Cannot find file ${file}.`);
+    throw new Error(`Cannot find file ${options.css}.`);
   }
 }
+
+export function rootVariables(rules) {
+  const root = rules.find(
+    ({ selectors }) => selectors && selectors.includes(":root")
+  );
+  if (!root) return {};
+  return root.declarations.reduce(
+    (obj, { property, value }) =>
+      !/^\-\-/.test(property) ? obj : Object.assign(obj, { [property]: value }),
+    {}
+  );
+}
+
+function resolveImports(rules) {
+  const imports = rules
+    .filter(({ type }) => type === "import")
+    .map((rule) => load({ css: rule.import.replace(/\"/g, "") }));
+
+  return []
+    .concat(...imports)
+    .concat(rules.filter(({ type }) => type !== "import"));
+}
+
+function reduceVariables(rules, options) {
+  const defaultVariables = rootVariables(rules);
+  const CSS_VAR = /(^var\((?<key>.+)\)|(?<val>.+))/;
+  return rules
+    .filter(({ selectors }) => selectors && !selectors.includes(":root"))
+    .map((rule) => {
+      return Object.assign(rule, {
+        declarations: rule.declarations.map((declaration) => {
+          let { key, val } = CSS_VAR.exec(declaration.value).groups;
+          // only one level of variable referencing is supported
+          key = CSS_VAR.exec(options[key] || defaultVariables[key]).groups.key || key;
+          return Object.assign(declaration, {
+            value: key ? options[key] || defaultVariables[key] : declaration.value,
+          });
+        }),
+      });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/gmi-web.css b/gmi-web.css
index 2611503..048d8c4 100644
--- a/gmi-web.css
+++ b/gmi-web.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@import ("gmi.css");
+@import "gmi.css";
 
 img,
 audio,
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ video {
   --ul-family: var(--serif);
   --ul-size: var(--p-size);
   --ul-height: 1.25;
+  --ul-style: circle;
 
   --quote-family: var(--serif);
   --quote-size: var(--p-size);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ a {
   font-size: var(--a-size);
   font-style: var(--a-style);
   font-family: var(--serif);
-  line-height: var(--a-line-height);
+  line-height: var(--a-height);
   text-decoration: var(--a-decoration);
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ pre::selection {
 }
 
 blockquote {
-  border-left: 0.5rem solid var(--foreground);
+  border-color: var(--foreground);
 }
 
 pre,
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ a:hover {
   }
 
   blockquote {
-    border-left: 0.5rem solid var(--background);
+    border-color: var(--background);
   }
 
   pre,
diff --git a/html.js b/html.js
index 02d5b01..644f0c8 100644
--- a/html.js
+++ b/html.js
@@ -42,21 +42,21 @@ export function block(
       exts.some((ext) => new RegExp(`\.${ext}$`).test(url));
     if (options.image && matchesExt(href, options.image)) {
       type = "img";
-      props += ` src=${href}` + alt ? ` title=${alt}` : "";
+      props += ` src="${href}"` + alt ? ` title="${alt}"` : "";
     } else if (options.audio && matchesExt(href, options.audio)) {
       type = "audio";
-      props += ` controls src=${href}` + alt ? ` title=${alt}` : "";
+      props += ` controls src="${href}"` + alt ? ` title="${alt}"` : "";
     } else if (options.video && matchesExt(href, options.video)) {
       type = "video";
-      props += ` controls src=${href}` + alt ? ` title=${alt}` : "";
+      props += ` controls src="${href}"` + alt ? ` title="${alt}"` : "";
     } else {
       type = "a";
       content = title || href;
-      props += ` href=${href}`;
+      props += ` href="${href}"`;
     }
   }
   if (options.body || options.inline)
-    content !== "" ? (props += CSS.inline(type, options)) : "";
+    content !== "" ? (props += CSS.inline(options, type)) : "";
 
   return `<${type}${props}>${escape(content)}</${type}>`;
 }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function body(tokens, options) {
     if (cursor.pre) {
       blocks.push(
         `<pre${cursor.alt ? ` title="${cursor.alt}"` : ""}${
-          options.body || options.inline ? CSS.inline("ul", options.css) : ""
+          options.body || options.inline ? CSS.inline(options, "pre") : ""
         }>`
       );
       const closing = tokens.findIndex((token) => token.pre);
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ export function body(tokens, options) {
       tokens = tokens.slice(closing + 1);
     } else if (cursor.li) {
       blocks.push(
-        `<ul${
-          options.body || options.inline ? CSS.inline("ul", options.css) : ""
-        }>`
+        `<ul${options.body || options.inline ? CSS.inline(options, "ul") : ""}>`
       );
       const closing = tokens.findIndex((token) => !token.li);
       blocks = blocks
@@ -100,17 +98,19 @@ export function toHTML(gemtext, options) {
 
   if (options.body) return body(tokens, options);
 
+  console.log(options)
   return `<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="${options.language}" dir="${options.dir}" style='${
-    CSS.inline("html", options) + CSS.override(options)
-  }'>
+<html lang="${options.language}" dir="${options.dir}" style='${CSS.inline(
+    options,
+    "html"
+  )}'>
 <head>${head(
     Object.assign(options, {
       title: tokens[0].h1,
       description: description(tokens, options),
     })
   )}</head>
-<body${CSS.inline("body", options)}>
+<body${CSS.inline(options, "body")}>
 ${body(tokens, options)}
 </body>
 </html>
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ export function streamHTML(options) {
       toHTML(file.contents.toString("utf-8"), options)
     );
     file.path = file.path.replace(GMI_EXT, ".html");
-    if (options.verbose) console.log(file.path);
     return cb(null, file);
   });
 }
