diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fbec5efd..1faa661d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 source 'http://rubygems.org'
 ruby "~> 3.3"
 
+gem 'jekyll', '~> 3.10.0'
+
+# liquid former stdlibs
+gem 'base64'
+gem 'bigdecimal'
+
 group :jekyll_plugins do
-  gem 'github-pages'
   gem 'jekyll-compose'
+  gem 'jekyll-github-metadata'
+  gem 'jekyll-include-cache'
+  gem 'jekyll-optional-front-matter'
+  gem 'jekyll-paginate'
   gem 'jekyll-redirect-from'
+  gem 'jekyll-relative-links'
+  gem 'jekyll-titles-from-headings'
+  gem 'kramdown-parser-gfm'
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 64480862..0c018d6e 100755
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ kramdown:
   auto_id_prefix: h-
 
 defaults:
+  - scope:
+      type: posts
+    values:
+      layout: post
   - scope:
       type: blog_categories
     values: