diff --git a/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_sidebar.scss b/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_sidebar.scss
index 3e53171..0686b42 100644
--- a/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_sidebar.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_sidebar.scss
@@ -72,9 +72,17 @@
 	font-style: italic;
 }
 
+%small-center-text {
+  font-size: $font-scale-dot7;
+  line-height: 1.1rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
 .copyright {
   padding-top: 1rem;
-  text-align: center;
-	font-size: $copyright-font-size;
-  line-height: 1.1rem;
+	@extend %small-center-text;
+}
+.builtwith {
+  padding-top: .2rem;
+  @extend %small-center-text;
 }
diff --git a/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_variables.scss b/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_variables.scss
index e10be37..e7ae6e5 100644
--- a/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_variables.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/hyde-hyde/_variables.scss
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ $border-color: #e5e5e5;
 
 $large-breakpoint: 38em;
 $large-font-size: 20px;
+$font-scale-dot7: .7rem;
+$font-scale-dot8: .8rem;
 //
 
 // hyde-hyde
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ $large-device-font-size: $large-font-size;
 // https://www.client9.com/css-system-font-stack-monospace-v2
 $code-font-family: "SF-Mono", "SFMono-Regular", Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Roboto Mono", "Ubuntu Mono", "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
 $code-font-size: .9rem;
-$code-fence-font-size: .9rem;
+$code-fence-font-size: .8rem;
 $code-color: #bf616a;
 $code-background-color: #f9f2f4;
 $code-line-height: 1.4;
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ $gradient-color-1: #ff2c2c;
 $gradient-color-2: #7a5e91;
 
 // post meta
-$meta-font-size: .8rem;
+$meta-font-size: $font-scale-dot8;
 $meta-font-weight: 300;
 $meta-color: $gray-6;
 
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ $h5-font-size:1rem;
 $sidebar-color: #300030;
 $sidebar-width: 16rem;
 $site__title-font-size: 2.5rem;
-$copyright-font-size: 0.7rem;
+$copyright-font-size: $font-scale-dot7;
 
 // content
 $content-max-width: 38rem; // @ ~70 CPL
diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 9368df2..05db08a 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,17 @@ theme = "hyde-hyde"
     # description = "..."
     authorimage = "/img/hugo.png"
     dateformat = "Jan 2, 2006"
+
+    # sidebar, copyright & license
+    copyright = "htr3n"
+    license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
+    licenseURL = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
+    showBuiltWith = true
+
+    # https://highlightjs.org
     highlightjs = true
     highlightjsstyle = "github"
+    
     # please choose either GraphComment or Disqus or Utterances
     #GraphCommentId = "..."
     #UtterancesRepo = "..." # https://utteranc.es/
diff --git a/layouts/partials/sidebar/copyright.html b/layouts/partials/sidebar/copyright.html
index 59beb37..e9227d8 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/sidebar/copyright.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/sidebar/copyright.html
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+{{ with .Site.Params.copyright }}
 <div class="copyright">
-  {{ with .Site.Params.copyright }}{{.|safeHTML}}{{ else }}&copy; {{ now.Format "2006"}} {{.Site.Params.author}}.
-  <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">Some Rights Reserved</a>.
-  Built with <a href="https://gohugo.io">Hugo</a> ❤️ <a href="https://github.com/htr3n/hyde-hyde">hyde-hyde</a>.
+  &copy; {{ now.Format "2006"}} {{ . | safeHTML }}
+  {{ with $.Site.Params.license }}
+    <a href="{{$.Site.Params.licenseURL | safeHTML}}">{{ . | safeHTML }}</a>
   {{end}}
 </div>
+{{ end }}
+{{ with .Site.Params.showBuiltWith }}
+<div class="builtwith">
+Built with <a href="https://gohugo.io">Hugo</a> ❤️ <a href="https://github.com/htr3n/hyde-hyde">hyde-hyde</a>.
+</div>
+{{ end }}