diff --git a/stsg/build.py b/stsg/build.py
index 0afedc4..b97e3e6 100644
--- a/stsg/build.py
+++ b/stsg/build.py
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ class ArticleOverview:
         self.slug = self.directory.name
 
         self.article_written = self.directory.stat().st_mtime
-        print(self.article_written)
 
         self.location_in_tree: List[str] = location_in_tree or []
         self.location_in_tree.append(self.slug)
@@ -145,6 +144,8 @@ class ArticleOverview:
         self.article_translations.sort(key=lambda a: a.priority, reverse=True)
         self.overview_cards = "\n".join(a.get_overview_card() for a in self.article_translations)
 
+        logger.info("found %s at %s with the translations %s", self.slug, ".".join(list(self.location_in_tree)), ",".join(self.article_translations_map.keys()))
+
     def build(self):
         # builds the tree structure to the dist directory
         self.dist_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -183,39 +184,6 @@ class ArticleOverview:
         return replace_values(TEMPLATE.overview, self._get_values())
     
 
-def copy_static():
-    src = str(Path(config.setup.source_directory, "static"))
-    dst = str(Path(config.setup.dist_directory, "static"))
-
-
-    if not os.path.exists(src):
-        logger.warn("The static folder '%s' wasn't defined.", src)
-        return
-
-    logger.info("copying static files from '%s' to '%r'", src, dst) 
-
-    os.makedirs(dst, exist_ok=True)
-
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):
-        if any(p.startswith(".") for p in Path(root).parts):
-            continue 
-
-        # Compute relative path from the source root
-        rel_path = os.path.relpath(root, src)
-        dest_dir = os.path.join(dst, rel_path)
-
-        os.makedirs(dest_dir, exist_ok=True)
-  
-
-        for file in files:
-            if file.startswith("."):
-                continue
-
-            src_file = os.path.join(root, file)
-            dest_file = os.path.join(dest_dir, file)
-            shutil.copy2(src_file, dest_file)
-            
-
 # GLOBALS
 logger = logging.getLogger("stsg.build")
 TEMPLATE = Template(Path(config.setup.source_directory, "templates"))
@@ -223,17 +191,19 @@ ARTICLE_LAKE: Dict[str, ArticleOverview] = {}
 ARTICLE_REFERENCE_VALUES: DefaultDict[str, Dict[str, str]] = defaultdict(dict)
 
 def build():
-    logger.info("building static page")  
+    logger.info("starting build process...")  
 
-    copy_static()
+    logger.info("copying static folder...")
+    shutil.copytree(Path(config.setup.source_directory, "static"), Path(config.setup.dist_directory, "static"), dirs_exist_ok=True)
+
+    logger.info("reading page tree...")
     tree = ArticleOverview(directory=Path(config.setup.source_directory, "articles"))
 
     # build article reverence values
     for article_overview in ARTICLE_LAKE.values():
-        logger.info("found article %s", article_overview.slug)
-
         ARTICLE_REFERENCE_VALUES[""].update(article_overview.get_article_values())
         for language_code, at in article_overview.article_translations_map.items():
             ARTICLE_REFERENCE_VALUES[language_code].update(at.get_article_values())
-    
+
+    logger.info("writing page tree...")
     tree.build()
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