diff --git a/docs/mkdocs.yml b/docs/mkdocs.yml
index d8953105..3d122df0 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/docs/mkdocs.yml
@@ -158,13 +158,10 @@ nav:
     - Conventions: 'about/conventions.md'
     - Tags: 'about/tags.md'
     - Changelog: 'about/changelog.md'
-    - Backers: 'backers/index.md'
 
 plugins:
   - search:
       separator: '[\s\u200b\-_,:!=\[\]()"`/]+|\.(?!\d)|&[lg]t;|(?!\b)(?=[A-Z][a-z])'
-  - tags:
-      tags_file: about/tags.md
   - group:
       plugins:
         - optimize
diff --git a/docs/run-mkdocs.bat b/docs/run-mkdocs.bat
index cab615ab..b0e0708f 100644
--- a/docs/run-mkdocs.bat
+++ b/docs/run-mkdocs.bat
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ MODE        con:cols=125 lines=120
 MODE        125,40
 GOTO        comment_end
 
-Starts up mkdocs from a windows system.
-Ensure you have defined `GH_TOKEN` or the git-committers plugin will rate limit you.
+    @usage              Starts up mkdocs from a windows system.
+                        Ensure you have defined `GH_TOKEN` or the git-committers plugin will rate limit you.
 
-    setx /m GH_TOKEN "github_pat_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+                            setx /m GH_TOKEN "github_pat_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
 
-If using a Github Workflow, create a new secret in the repo settings named `GH_TOKEN`
-and give it your Github fine-grained personal access token.
+                        If using a Github Workflow, create a new secret in the repo settings named `GH_TOKEN`
+                        and give it your Github fine-grained personal access token.
 
-The token variable is defined in mkdocs.yml
+                        The token variable is defined in mkdocs.yml
+
+    @update             use the following commands to update mkdocs and the mkdocs-material theme:
+                            pip install --upgrade mkdocs
+                            pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall mkdocs-material
 
 :comment_end
 
@@ -30,28 +34,33 @@ set dir_home=%~dp0
 ::  define:     env variable
 :: #
 
-set TOKEN=%GH_TOKEN2%
-
-echo  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+echo  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 echo    Mkdocs Launcher
-echo  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-IF [!TOKEN!]==[]  (
-    echo  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    echo    GH_TOKEN not defined. Open %0%
-    echo    Create a new one at https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens
-    echo  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    set /P TOKEN= Enter Github Personal Access Token (fine-grained):
+echo  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+IF "!GH_TOKEN!"==""  (
+    echo    GH_TOKEN not defined.
+    echo        Open %0%
+    echo    Create a new one at:
+    echo        https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens
+    echo  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    set /p TOKEN=" Enter Github Personal Access Token (fine-grained): "
 )
 
-echo    GH_TOKEN: !TOKEN!
+echo    GH_TOKEN: !GH_TOKEN!
 echo.
 echo.
 
+echo Creating environment variable GH_TOKEN
+setx GH_TOKEN "!GH_TOKEN!"
+
+timeout 2 > NUL
+
 :: #
 ::  start mkdocs
 :: #
 
 echo Starting mkdocs ...
 start cmd /k "mkdocs serve --clean"
+
+timeout 5 > NUL