diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93bbd66..709140d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# object files/output directories
+# executables
+moxerver
+
+# object files
 *.o
-*.dir
 
 # logs directory during development
 logs
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fb156f3..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-language: cpp
-
-compiler:
-- gcc
-- clang
-
-script: make install
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 49f1fee..fa9aaef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,43 @@
-# components
-SERVER = moxerver
-TOOLS = tools
+# target name
+TARGET = moxerver
 
-# system install root directory
-INSTALL_ROOT = $(abspath ./install.dir)
+# special include directories
+INCDIRS = -I.
+# special library directories
+LIBDIRS = -L.
+# used libraries
+#LIBS = -lm
+LIBS = -lpthread
 
-# prefix for /bin directory
-BIN_PREFIX = /usr
+# compiler and flags
+CC = gcc
+CFLAGS = -Wall $(INCDIRS) $(LIBDIRS) $(LIBS)
 
-# ==============================================================================
+# objects are .o files created from all .c files in the directory (same name)
+OBJECTS = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(wildcard *.c))
+# headers are all .h files in the directory
+HEADERS = $(wildcard *.h)
 
-# directories used for local component builds
-BUILDDIR = build.dir
-# directory configuration for local component builds
-DIR_CONFIG = BUILDDIR=$(BUILDDIR) INSTALLDIR=$(INSTALL_ROOT) BIN_PREFIX=$(BIN_PREFIX)
+# all objects are built from their .c files and all headers in the directory
+%.o: %.c $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-# ==============================================================================
+# target is built from all object files
+$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@
 
-# supported make options (clean, install...)
-.PHONY: default install clean
 
-# default builds components
-default:
-	cd $(SERVER) && make $(DIR_CONFIG)
-	cd $(TOOLS) && make $(DIR_CONFIG)
+# support for default, clean and all options
+.PHONY: default all clean
 
-# install handles component installation
-install: default
-	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_ROOT)
-	cd $(SERVER) && make install $(DIR_CONFIG)
-	cd $(TOOLS) && make install $(DIR_CONFIG)
+# all calls all other options
+all: default
 
-# clean removes build and install results
+# default builds target
+default: $(TARGET)
+
+# clean removed object files and target
 clean:
-	cd $(SERVER) && make clean $(DIR_CONFIG)
-	cd $(TOOLS) && make clean $(DIR_CONFIG)
-	-rm -rf $(INSTALL_ROOT)
+	-rm -f *.o
+	-rm -f $(TARGET)
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ede4025..e3f8b1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,40 +1,16 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/socec/moxanix.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/socec/moxanix)
-
-Moxanix
+moxanix
 =======
 
 A serial device server, provides console access to multiple serial devices through telnet connection.
 
-Architecture
-============
-
-The serial device server is broken down into multiple micro servers dedicated to a single serial device and TCP port pair.  
-These micro servers are then managed by a control script. The control script allows the user to start and stop these micro servers or check their status.  
-Connections between serial devices and TCP ports are configured in a separate file.  
-This design allows scalability and customization based on the number of available serial connections and TCP port availability.
 
 moxerver
 --------
-- a light server application handling the session between one TCP port and one serial device
+- server application handling the session between a specific TCP port and a specific serial device
 - allows bidirectional communication
-- it is expected to run a separate instance for every serial device and TCP port pair
+- it is expected to run a separate instance for every serial device
 
-moxerverctl
------------
+moxanix.sh
+----------
 - starts, stops or displays status for different moxervers
 - commands can handle one specific or all moxervers at once
-
-moxerver.cfg
-------------
-- defines connections between serial devices and TCP ports
-- each line corresponds to one micro server handling the defined connection
-
-Build and install
-=================
-
-Run `make` to build the project and `make install` to install it.  
-This default build will produce artifacts in a directory "install.dir" with executables installed in "usr/bin" (default prefix is "usr").  
-
-You can install directly into some other directory with `make INSTALL_ROOT=/some/dir`.  
-You can change the default install prefix for executables with `make BIN_PREFIX=someprefix`.  
-These options can also be combined into `make INSTALL_ROOT=/some/dir BIN_PREFIX=someprefix`
diff --git a/moxerver/client.c b/client.c
similarity index 98%
rename from moxerver/client.c
rename to client.c
index 65ee94a..673c199 100644
--- a/moxerver/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int client_ask_username(client_t *client)
 	
 	/* show username request to the client */
 	snprintf(msg, BUFFER_LEN,
-			 "\nPlease provide a username to identify yourself to "
+			 "\nPlease provide a username to identify yourself to"
 			 "other users (max %d characters):\n", USERNAME_LEN);
 	client_write(client, msg, strlen(msg));
 	
diff --git a/moxerver/client.h b/client.h
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/client.h
rename to client.h
diff --git a/moxerver/common.h b/common.h
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/common.h
rename to common.h
diff --git a/tools/moxerver.cfg b/moxanix.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/moxerver.cfg
rename to moxanix.cfg
diff --git a/tools/moxerverctl b/moxanix.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 94%
rename from tools/moxerverctl
rename to moxanix.sh
index d37eb3e..03b72be
--- a/tools/moxerverctl
+++ b/moxanix.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 # setup
 # =====
 
-ROOT=""
-
 # parameters
-CONFIGURATION_FILE="$ROOT/etc/moxerver.cfg"
-SERVER_BINARY="moxerver"
-LOG_DIRECTORY="$ROOT/var/log/moxerver"
+CONFIGURATION_FILE="./moxanix.cfg"
+SERVER_BINARY="./moxerver"
+LOG_DIRECTORY="./logs"
 
 
 # global variables for configuration
@@ -63,9 +61,9 @@ do_read_config()
 			# configuration lines
 			CONF_LINES[$CONF_SIZE]=$(echo -n $line)
 			# extract configuration arguments
-			tcp=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/tcp=//')
-			tty=$(echo $line | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/tty=//')
-			baud=$(echo $line | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e 's/baud=//')
+			tcp=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}' | tr -d "tcp=")
+			tty=$(echo $line | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d "tty=")
+			baud=$(echo $line | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d "baud=")
 			# compose configuration argument lines for passing to the servers
 			CONF_ARGS[$CONF_SIZE]="-p $tcp -t $tty -b $baud"
 			# increment configuration size (array index)
diff --git a/moxerver/moxerver.c b/moxerver.c
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/moxerver.c
rename to moxerver.c
diff --git a/moxerver/Makefile b/moxerver/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index b04f9d0..0000000
--- a/moxerver/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# target names
-TARGET_BINARY = moxerver
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# directory for build results
-BUILDDIR = $(abspath build.dir)
-# installation root
-INSTALLDIR = $(abspath install.dir)
-# prefix for /bin directory
-BIN_PREFIX = /usr
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# add include directories
-INCDIRS = -I.
-# add library directories
-LIBDIRS = -L.
-# list used libraries
-#LIBS = -lm
-LIBS = -lpthread
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# compiler and flags
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -Wall $(INCDIRS) $(LIBDIRS) $(LIBS)
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# build everything in a dedicated directory $(BUILDDIR)
-
-# objects are .o files created from all .c files in the directory (same name)
-OBJECTS = $(patsubst %.c, $(BUILDDIR)/%.o, $(wildcard *.c))
-# headers are all .h files in the directory
-HEADERS = $(wildcard *.h)
-
-# all objects are built from their .c files in the directory
-$(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.c
-	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
-
-# target binary is built from all object files
-$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET_BINARY): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# supported make options (clean, install...)
-.PHONY: all default install clean
-
-# all calls all other options
-all: default install
-
-# default builds target
-default: $(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET_BINARY)
-
-# install target binary
-install: default
-	install -Dm0755 $(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET_BINARY) $(INSTALLDIR)/$(BIN_PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET_BINARY)
-
-# clean removes object files and target (ignore errors with "-" before commands)
-clean:
-	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
-	-rm -rf $(INSTALLDIR)
diff --git a/moxerver/server.c b/server.c
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/server.c
rename to server.c
diff --git a/moxerver/server.h b/server.h
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/server.h
rename to server.h
diff --git a/moxerver/task_threads.c b/task_threads.c
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/task_threads.c
rename to task_threads.c
diff --git a/moxerver/task_threads.h b/task_threads.h
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/task_threads.h
rename to task_threads.h
diff --git a/moxerver/telnet.c b/telnet.c
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/telnet.c
rename to telnet.c
diff --git a/moxerver/telnet.h b/telnet.h
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/telnet.h
rename to telnet.h
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bc4e54..0000000
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# target names
-TARGET_CONTROL = moxerverctl
-TARGET_CONFIG = moxerver.cfg
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# directory for build results
-BUILDDIR = $(abspath build.dir)
-# installation root
-INSTALLDIR = $(abspath install.dir)
-# prefix for /bin directory
-BIN_PREFIX = /usr
-
-# ==============================================================================
-
-# supported make options (clean, install...)
-.PHONY: default install clean
-
-# default does nothing
-default:
-
-# install targets
-install:
-	# install configuration file
-	install -Dm0644 $(TARGET_CONFIG) $(INSTALLDIR)/etc/$(TARGET_CONFIG)
-	# install control script, referring to the configuration file
-	install -Dm0755 $(TARGET_CONTROL) $(INSTALLDIR)/$(BIN_PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET_CONTROL)
-	sed -i -e 's#ROOT=\"\"#ROOT=$(INSTALLDIR)#' $(INSTALLDIR)/$(BIN_PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET_CONTROL)
-
-# clean removes object files and target (ignore errors with "-" before commands)
-clean:
-	-rm -rf $(INSTALLDIR)
diff --git a/moxerver/tty.c b/tty.c
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/tty.c
rename to tty.c
diff --git a/moxerver/tty.h b/tty.h
similarity index 100%
rename from moxerver/tty.h
rename to tty.h