diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d73faad..bc0f991 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ license = "EPL-2.0"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 camino = "1.1"
-console = "0.15"
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
-fontconfig = "0.8"
-harfbuzz_rs = "2.0"
 indexmap = "2.2"
 rational = "1.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/question.png b/question.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4172624..0000000
Binary files a/question.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/iotro.rs b/src/iotro.rs
index 98b5a50..94eca89 100644
--- a/src/iotro.rs
+++ b/src/iotro.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
 	str::FromStr
 };
 use svgwriter::{
-	tags::{Group, Rect, TagWithPresentationAttributes as _, Text},
+	tags::{Group, Rect, TagWithPresentationAttributes, Text},
 	Graphic
 };
 
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ impl Debug for Language<'_> {
 }
 
 #[repr(u16)]
-pub(crate) enum FontSize {
+enum FontSize {
 	Huge = 72,
 	Large = 56,
 	Big = 44
 }
 
 #[repr(u16)]
-pub(crate) enum FontWeight {
+enum FontWeight {
 	Normal = 400,
 	SemiBold = 500,
 	Bold = 700
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5b163f2..6c9a7ee 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,19 +3,16 @@
 #![forbid(elided_lifetimes_in_paths, unsafe_code)]
 
 mod iotro;
-mod question;
 mod render;
 mod time;
 
-use self::{
-	iotro::Language,
-	question::Question,
+use crate::{
 	render::{ffmpeg::FfmpegOutputFormat, Renderer},
 	time::{parse_date, parse_time, Date, Time}
 };
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf as PathBuf;
 use clap::Parser;
-use console::style;
+use iotro::Language;
 use rational::Rational;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_with::{serde_as, DisplayFromStr};
@@ -172,15 +169,9 @@ struct ProjectSource {
 	start: Option<Time>,
 	#[serde_as(as = "Option<DisplayFromStr>")]
 	end: Option<Time>,
-
-	#[serde(default)]
 	#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(DisplayFromStr, DisplayFromStr)>")]
 	fast: Vec<(Time, Time)>,
 
-	#[serde(default)]
-	#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(DisplayFromStr, DisplayFromStr, _)>")]
-	questions: Vec<(Time, Time, String)>,
-
 	metadata: Option<ProjectSourceMetadata>
 }
 
@@ -204,22 +195,10 @@ struct ProjectSourceMetadata {
 
 #[derive(Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 struct ProjectProgress {
-	#[serde(default)]
 	preprocessed: bool,
-
-	#[serde(default)]
 	asked_start_end: bool,
-
-	#[serde(default)]
 	asked_fast: bool,
-
-	#[serde(default)]
-	asked_questions: bool,
-
-	#[serde(default)]
 	rendered: bool,
-
-	#[serde(default)]
 	transcoded: BTreeSet<Resolution>
 }
 
@@ -227,44 +206,29 @@ fn ask(question: impl Display) -> String {
 	let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
 	let mut stdin = io::stdin().lock();
 
-	write!(
-		stdout,
-		"{} {} ",
-		style(question).bold().magenta(),
-		style(">").cyan()
-	)
-	.unwrap();
-	stdout.flush().unwrap();
+	writeln!(stdout, "{question}").unwrap();
 	let mut line = String::new();
+	write!(stdout, "> ").unwrap();
+	stdout.flush().unwrap();
 	stdin.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
 	line.trim().to_owned()
 }
 
-fn ask_time(question: impl Display + Copy) -> Time {
+fn ask_time(question: impl Display) -> Time {
 	let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();
 	let mut stdin = io::stdin().lock();
 
+	writeln!(stdout, "{question}").unwrap();
 	let mut line = String::new();
 	loop {
 		line.clear();
-		write!(
-			stdout,
-			"{} {} ",
-			style(question).bold().magenta(),
-			style(">").cyan()
-		)
-		.unwrap();
+		write!(stdout, "> ").unwrap();
 		stdout.flush().unwrap();
 		stdin.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
 		let line = line.trim();
 		match parse_time(line) {
 			Ok(time) => return time,
-			Err(err) => writeln!(
-				stdout,
-				"{} {line:?}: {err}",
-				style("Invalid Input").bold().red()
-			)
-			.unwrap()
+			Err(err) => writeln!(stdout, "Invalid Input {line:?}: {err}").unwrap()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -308,14 +272,10 @@ fn main() {
 
 		print!("I found the following source files:");
 		for f in &files {
-			print!(" {}", style(f).bold().yellow());
+			print!(" {f}");
 		}
 		println!();
-		println!(
-			"{} Which source files would you like to use? (specify multiple files separated by whitespace)",
-			style("?").bold().yellow()
-		);
-		files = ask("files")
+		files = ask("Which source files would you like to use? (specify multiple files separated by whitespace)")
 			.split_ascii_whitespace()
 			.map(String::from)
 			.collect();
@@ -335,7 +295,6 @@ fn main() {
 				start: None,
 				end: None,
 				fast: Vec::new(),
-				questions: Vec::new(),
 				metadata: None
 			},
 			progress: Default::default()
@@ -355,21 +314,14 @@ fn main() {
 		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
 	}
 
-	println!();
-	println!(
-		" {} Preprocessed video: {}",
-		style("==>").bold().cyan(),
-		style(recording).bold().yellow()
-	);
-
 	// ask the user about start and end times
 	if !project.progress.asked_start_end {
-		println!(
-			"{} What is the first/last second you want included?",
-			style("?").bold().yellow()
-		);
-		project.source.start = Some(ask_time("first"));
-		project.source.end = Some(ask_time("last "));
+		project.source.start = Some(ask_time(format_args!(
+			"Please take a look at the file {recording} and tell me the first second you want included"
+		)));
+		project.source.end = Some(ask_time(format_args!(
+			"Please take a look at the file {recording} and tell me the last second you want included"
+		)));
 		project.progress.asked_start_end = true;
 
 		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
@@ -377,16 +329,16 @@ fn main() {
 
 	// ask the user about fast forward times
 	if !project.progress.asked_fast {
-		println!(
-			"{} Which sections of the video do you want fast-forwarded? (0 to finish)",
-			style("?").bold().yellow()
-		);
 		loop {
-			let start = ask_time("from");
+			let start = ask_time(format_args!(
+				"Please take a look at the file {recording} and tell me the first second you want fast-forwarded. You may reply with `0` if there are no more fast-forward sections"
+			));
 			if start.seconds == 0 && start.micros == 0 {
 				break;
 			}
-			let end = ask_time("to  ");
+			let end = ask_time(format_args!(
+				"Please tell me the last second you want fast-forwarded"
+			));
 			project.source.fast.push((start, end));
 		}
 		project.progress.asked_fast = true;
@@ -394,26 +346,6 @@ fn main() {
 		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
 	}
 
-	// ask the user about questions from the audience that should be subtitled
-	if !project.progress.asked_questions {
-		println!(
-			"{} In which sections of the video were questions asked you want subtitles for? (0 to finish)",
-			style("?").bold().yellow()
-		);
-		loop {
-			let start = ask_time("from");
-			if start.seconds == 0 && start.micros == 0 {
-				break;
-			}
-			let end = ask_time("to  ");
-			let text = ask("text");
-			project.source.questions.push((start, end, text));
-		}
-		project.progress.asked_questions = true;
-
-		fs::write(&project_path, toml::to_string(&project).unwrap().as_bytes()).unwrap();
-	}
-
 	// render the video
 	let mut videos = Vec::new();
 	videos.push(if project.progress.rendered {
@@ -446,18 +378,9 @@ fn main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	println!();
-	println!(
-		" {} {}",
-		style("==>").bold().cyan(),
-		style("DONE :)").bold()
-	);
+	println!("\x1B[1m ==> DONE :)\x1B[0m");
 	println!("     Videos:");
 	for v in &videos {
-		println!(
-			"     {} {}",
-			style("->").bold().cyan(),
-			style(v).bold().yellow()
-		);
+		println!("     -> {v}");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/question.rs b/src/question.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index daf25bb..0000000
--- a/src/question.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{iotro::Language, Resolution};
-use fontconfig::Fontconfig;
-use harfbuzz_rs::{Face, Font, Owned, UnicodeBuffer};
-use std::sync::OnceLock;
-use svgwriter::{
-	tags::{Group, Path, Rect, TSpan, TagWithPresentationAttributes as _, Text},
-	Data, Graphic, Transform
-};
-
-pub(crate) struct Question {
-	res: Resolution,
-	g: Group
-}
-
-impl Question {
-	pub(crate) fn new(res: Resolution, lang: &Language<'_>, str: String) -> Self {
-		static FONT: OnceLock<Owned<Font<'static>>> = OnceLock::new();
-		let font = FONT.get_or_init(|| {
-			let fc = Fontconfig::new().unwrap();
-			let font_path = fc.find("Noto Sans", None).unwrap().path;
-			let face = Face::from_file(font_path, 0).unwrap();
-			Font::new(face)
-		});
-		let upem = font.face().upem();
-
-		// constants
-		let border_r = 12;
-		let font_size = 44;
-		let line_height = font_size * 6 / 5;
-		let padding = font_size / 2;
-		let margin_x = 240;
-		let margin_y = padding * 3 / 2;
-		let question_offset = 64;
-		let question_width = 240;
-
-		// calculated
-		let box_width = 1920 - 2 * margin_x;
-		let text_width = box_width - 2 * padding;
-
-		// calculates the width of the given string
-		let width_of = |s: &str| {
-			let width: i32 =
-				harfbuzz_rs::shape(font, UnicodeBuffer::new().add_str(s), &[])
-					.get_glyph_positions()
-					.iter()
-					.map(|glyph_pos| glyph_pos.x_advance)
-					.sum();
-			(width * font_size) / upem as i32
-		};
-		let space_width = width_of(" ");
-
-		// lay out the text
-		let mut text = Text::new()
-			.with_dominant_baseline("hanging")
-			.with_transform(
-				Transform::new().translate(padding, padding + font_size / 2 + border_r)
-			);
-		let words = str.split_whitespace();
-		let mut text_height = 0;
-		let mut text_x = 0;
-		for word in words {
-			let word_width = width_of(word);
-			if text_x + word_width > text_width {
-				text_x = 0;
-				text_height += line_height;
-			}
-			text.push(
-				TSpan::new()
-					.with_x(text_x)
-					.with_y(text_height)
-					.append(word.to_owned())
-			);
-			text_x += word_width + space_width;
-		}
-		text_height += font_size;
-
-		// calculated
-		let box_height = text_height + 2 * padding + font_size / 2 + border_r;
-
-		let mut g = Group::new()
-			.with_fill("white")
-			.with_font_family("Noto Sans")
-			.with_font_size(font_size)
-			.with_transform(
-				Transform::new().translate(margin_x, 1080 - margin_y - box_height)
-			);
-
-		let mut outline = Data::new();
-		outline.move_by(border_r, 0).horiz_line_to(question_offset);
-		outline
-			.vert_line_by(-font_size / 2)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, -border_r)
-			.horiz_line_by(question_width)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, border_r)
-			.vert_line_by(font_size)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, border_r)
-			.horiz_line_by(-question_width)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, -border_r)
-			.vert_line_by(-font_size / 2)
-			.move_by(question_width + 2 * border_r, 0);
-		outline
-			.horiz_line_to(box_width - border_r)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, border_r)
-			.vert_line_by(box_height - 2 * border_r)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, border_r)
-			.horiz_line_to(border_r)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, -border_r, -border_r)
-			.vert_line_to(border_r)
-			.arc_by(border_r, border_r, 0, false, true, border_r, -border_r);
-		g.push(
-			Path::new()
-				.with_stroke("#fff")
-				.with_stroke_width(3)
-				.with_fill("#000")
-				.with_fill_opacity(".3")
-				.with_d(outline)
-		);
-		g.push(
-			Text::new()
-				.with_x(question_offset + question_width / 2 + border_r)
-				.with_y(0)
-				.with_dominant_baseline("middle")
-				.with_text_anchor("middle")
-				.with_font_weight(600)
-				.append("Question")
-		);
-		g.push(text);
-
-		Self { res, g }
-	}
-
-	pub(crate) fn finish(self) -> Graphic {
-		let mut svg = Graphic::new();
-		svg.set_width(self.res.width());
-		svg.set_height(self.res.height());
-		svg.set_view_box("0 0 1920 1080");
-		svg.push(
-			Rect::new()
-				.with_fill("#040")
-				.with_x(0)
-				.with_y(0)
-				.with_width(1920)
-				.with_height(1080)
-		);
-		svg.push(self.g);
-		svg
-	}
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-#[test]
-fn question() {
-	let svg = Question::new(
-		Resolution::FullHD,
-		&Language::default(),
-		"Hallo Welt! Dies ist eine sehr kluge Frage aus dem Publikum. Die Frage ist nämlich: Was ist eigentlich die Frage?".into()
-	)
-	.finish();
-	std::fs::write("question.svg", svg.to_string_pretty()).unwrap();
-}
diff --git a/src/render/mod.rs b/src/render/mod.rs
index bd22aff..012ff2c 100644
--- a/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::{Utf8Path as Path, Utf8PathBuf as PathBuf};
-use console::style;
 use std::{
 	borrow::Cow,
 	collections::VecDeque,
@@ -228,13 +227,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 		}
 		drop(file);
 
-		println!();
-		println!(
-			" {} {}",
-			style("==>").bold().cyan(),
-			style("Concatenating Video and Normalising Audio ...").bold()
-		);
-
+		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Concatenating Video and Normalising Audio ...\x1B[0m");
 		let source_sample_rate =
 			ffprobe_audio("stream=sample_rate", &recording_txt)?.parse()?;
 		let recording_mkv = self.recording_mkv();
@@ -268,12 +261,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 		});
 		let metadata = project.source.metadata.as_ref().unwrap();
 
-		println!();
-		println!(
-			" {} {}",
-			style("==>").bold().cyan(),
-			style("Preparing assets ...").bold()
-		);
+		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Preparing assets ...\x1B[0m");
 
 		// render intro to svg then mp4
 		let intro_svg = self.target.join("intro.svg");
@@ -520,13 +508,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
 	) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
 		let input = self.video_file_output();
 		let output = self.video_file_res(res);
-
-		println!();
-		println!(
-			" {} {}",
-			style("==>").bold().cyan(),
-			style(format!("Rescaling to {}p", res.height())).bold()
-		);
+		println!("\x1B[1m ==> Rescaling to {}p\x1B[0m", res.height());
 
 		let mut ffmpeg = Ffmpeg::new(FfmpegOutput {
 			video_bitrate: Some(res.bitrate()),
diff --git a/tmp.sh b/tmp.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index df71030..0000000
--- a/tmp.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/busybox ash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-rm tmp.mkv || true
-
-ffmpeg -hide_banner \
-	-loop 1 -r 25 -t 4 -i question.png \
-	-filter_complex "
-		gradients=s=2560x1440:d=4:c0=#000055:c1=#005500:x0=480:y0=540:x1=1440:y1=540[input];
-		[0]fade=t=in:st=0:d=1:alpha=1,fade=t=out:st=3:d=1:alpha=1[overlay];
-		[input][overlay]overlay=eval=frame:x=0:y=0[v]
-	" \
-	-map "[v]" \
-	-c:v libsvtav1 -preset 1 -crf 18 \
-	"tmp.mkv"