diff --git a/scripts/acrl b/scripts/acrl
deleted file mode 100755
index 7e6a32c3..00000000
--- a/scripts/acrl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-article_md "https://$1" --format=html | hxnormalize -e | grep -v -e '^$' | pygmentize -l html
diff --git a/scripts/hcrl b/scripts/hcrl
index c48b6613..6c95103b 100755
--- a/scripts/hcrl
+++ b/scripts/hcrl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-torsocks curl -s https://{$1} | hxnormalize -e | grep -v -e '^$' | pygmentize -l html
+curl -s https://{$1} | hxnormalize -e | grep -v -e '^$' | pygmentize -l html
diff --git a/scripts/mcrl b/scripts/mcrl
index f9ea469c..ae452e9b 100755
--- a/scripts/mcrl
+++ b/scripts/mcrl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-torsocks curl -sL https://${1} | pandoc -f html -t markdown | grep -v -e '^$' | grep -v -e ":::" | pygmentize -l markdown
+curl -sL https://${1} | pandoc -f html -t markdown | grep -v -e '^$' | grep -v -e ":::" | pygmentize -l markdown
diff --git a/scripts/sdir b/scripts/sdir
index bce278e6..47f26e87 100755
--- a/scripts/sdir
+++ b/scripts/sdir
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ fi
 # save our current working directory
 sdir=$(pwd)
 
+# make sure we don't overwrite our .zshrc
+set -o noclobber
+
 # and write that directory temporarily, appending it onto the end of our .zshrc
 echo 'export sdir='$sdir >> $HOME/.zshrc
 # immediately source it to use it in this shell session