diff --git a/content/en/index.mdx b/content/en/index.mdx
index 0a4684e4e..886b8d250 100644
--- a/content/en/index.mdx
+++ b/content/en/index.mdx
@@ -11,45 +11,13 @@ hideScrollCTA: true
 
 <Box>
 
-# <span style="font-size:larger;">Kernel</span> is a peer-learning institution
-
-A Kernel Block welcomes you into Kernel with ~200 unique, talented, and diverse peers.
-
-In a block, fellows hone a craft, further projects, and explore fundamental ideas related to the web.
-
-Each block is a unique experience - co-directed by fellows, dedicated to building a better web, together.
-
-<Flex sx={{alignItems: 'center'}}>
-
-  <Button to='/start/' secondary inline>
-    Curious?
-  </Button>
-
-  <Button to='https://apply.kernel.community' inline>
-    Apply
-  </Button>
-
-</Flex>
-
-**Kernel Block 9 runs July-September 2024.**
-
-</Box>
-
-<Image src="/images/kernel_lp.png" title="Welcome to Kernel" />
-
-</InfoBlock>
-
-<InfoBlock>
-
-<Image src="/images/kernel_learn.png" title="Learn" />
-
-<Box>
-
 # Learn & Craft
 
-Our web is our shared environment. The Kernel book displays how decentralized, peer-to-peer, open-source, and onchain technologies help us relate and serves as a source of dialogue for Kernel Fellows during a block.
+We are each others environment. Kernel demonstrates how decentralized, peer-to-peer, open-source, and onchain technologies help us relate. The book serves as a starting point for dialogue during each block.
 
-<Button to="/start/">Explore the Kernel Book</Button>
+<Button primary to="/start/">Get Oriented</Button>
+
+<Button secondary to="/learn/">Read the Book</Button>
 
 </Box>
 
@@ -130,46 +98,4 @@ Giving is sacred.
 
 </Column>
 
-</Box>
-
-
-<InfoBlock sx={{width:'80%'}}>
-
-<Flex sx={{flexDirection:"column"}}>
-
-<Aligner center sx={{marginTop:"-4rem"}}>
-
-## Meet The Kernel Fellows
-
-</Aligner>
-
-</Flex>
-
-</InfoBlock>
-
-<Aligner center>
-
-<Fellows />
-
-</Aligner>
-
-
-<InfoBlock sx={{width:'80%'}}>
-
-<Flex sx={{flexDirection:"column"}}>
-
-<Aligner center sx={{marginTop:"-4rem"}}>
-
-## Projects & Teams
-
-</Aligner>
-
-</Flex>
-
-</InfoBlock>
-
-<Aligner center>
-
-<Projects />
-
-</Aligner>
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+</Box>
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diff --git a/src/gatsby-plugin-theme-ui/index.js b/src/gatsby-plugin-theme-ui/index.js
index 951aa33ea..791744fb6 100644
--- a/src/gatsby-plugin-theme-ui/index.js
+++ b/src/gatsby-plugin-theme-ui/index.js
@@ -257,22 +257,22 @@ export default {
   }, //<- Icon package
   colors: {
     ...maker.colors, //<- Deconstruct maker.colors so default colors aren't lost.
-    primary: '#6166DC',
-    primaryEmphasis: '#2f2f59',
+    primary: '#4B5B33',
+    primaryEmphasis: '#3A4729',
     primaryAlt: '#1AAA9B',
-    primaryMuted: '#bbbded',
-    secondary: '#FFB400',
+    primaryMuted: '#A0AE84',
+    secondary: '#76845D',
     secondaryEmphasis: '#e09f00',
     secondaryAlt: '#FBA615',
     secondaryMuted: '#FFF3DD',
     background: '#fafafa',
-    backgroundAlt: '#212144',
+    backgroundAlt: '#4B5B33',
     surface: '#E7FCFA',
     surfaceAlt: '#fafafa',
-    surfaceDark: '#212144',
+    surfaceDark: '#4B5B33',
     muted: '#D0D3D7',
-    link: '#6166DC',
-    linkAlt: '#6166DC',
+    link: '#4B5B33',
+    linkAlt: '#4B5B33',
     mutedAlt: '#90969C',
     // mutedAlt: '',
     mutedDark: '#757087',
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export default {
     bubblegum: '#F2B9FF',
     grape: '#9B9FFF',
     onPrimary: '#fafafa',
-    onSecondary: '#212144',
+    onSecondary: '#3A4729',
     lemon: '#F3FF64',
     flashCard: '#212145',
     flashText: '#fff',
diff --git a/static/CNAME b/static/CNAME
index 6efd41cae..b831c7349 100644
--- a/static/CNAME
+++ b/static/CNAME
@@ -1 +1 @@
-www.kernel.community
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+read.kernel.community
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