diff --git a/quartz.layout.ts b/quartz.layout.ts
index 53e1f695c..6e9032da4 100644
--- a/quartz.layout.ts
+++ b/quartz.layout.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ export const sharedPageComponents: SharedLayout = {
 
 // components for pages that display a single page (e.g. a single note)
 export const defaultContentPageLayout: PageLayout = {
-  beforeBody: [Component.ArticleTitle(), Component.ContentMeta(), Component.TagList()],
+  beforeBody: [
+    Component.ArticleTitle(),
+    // Component.ContentMeta(),
+    Component.TagList()
+  ],
   left: [
     Component.PageTitle(),
     Component.MobileOnly(Component.Spacer()),
diff --git a/quartz/components/Footer.tsx b/quartz/components/Footer.tsx
index f33617e42..becc191a3 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ export default ((opts?: Options) => {
     return (
       <footer>
         <hr />
-        <p>
-          Created with <a href="https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/">Quartz v{version}</a>, © {year}
+        <p>© {year} Miguel Pimentel · Created with <a href="https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/">Quartz</a>.
         </p>
         <ul>
           {Object.entries(links).map(([text, link]) => (
@@ -28,5 +27,6 @@ export default ((opts?: Options) => {
   }
 
   Footer.css = style
+
   return Footer
 }) satisfies QuartzComponentConstructor
diff --git a/quartz/components/styles/footer.scss b/quartz/components/styles/footer.scss
index 9c8dbf8c1..259246539 100644
--- a/quartz/components/styles/footer.scss
+++ b/quartz/components/styles/footer.scss
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 footer {
-  text-align: left;
+  text-align: center; // was left
   margin-bottom: 4rem;
   opacity: 0.7;
-
+  & p {
+    margin: auto; // eliminates spacing between p and ul
+  }
   & ul {
     list-style: none;
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
-    display: flex;
+    display: inline-flex; // was flex
     flex-direction: row;
     gap: 1rem;
     margin-top: -1rem;