diff --git a/autinerd/keys b/autinerd/keys
deleted file mode 100644
index 48f9a7b..0000000
--- a/autinerd/keys
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDJIN3GrRR5suQHnWBL7b/W4gu2CoZZK+eXOsicnHct3 sidney
diff --git a/autinerd/meta.toml b/autinerd/meta.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b46eed..0000000
--- a/autinerd/meta.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-name = "autinerd"
-email = "autinerd@noreply.localhost"
diff --git a/autinerd/wireguard b/autinerd/wireguard
deleted file mode 100644
index c42a696..0000000
--- a/autinerd/wireguard
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fugelNyT7VVriZgB6gwebHH/JfsZGQ8G34xjb6uVY0k=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/denny/keys b/denny/keys
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d4fa32..0000000
--- a/denny/keys
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIGo9RUJ7MiKAsWdBKaYqUFYZAFl6qsOlSv+GEN5Z5Bdu denny
diff --git a/denny/meta.toml b/denny/meta.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 71feaa6..0000000
--- a/denny/meta.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-name = "denny"
-email = "denny@dennybertus.de"
-
diff --git a/denny/wireguard b/denny/wireguard
deleted file mode 100644
index 06f9bab..0000000
--- a/denny/wireguard
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-oMTiAkSRrvqxLuy59YzjXPgy8R5CuGvwDW6/vorOHgk=
diff --git a/lilian/keys b/lilian/keys
deleted file mode 100644
index da1fe7b..0000000
--- a/lilian/keys
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINTt9fIKrXhfUYCKdpkI8etdvNgn8jubA2YxvdFj4Rn5 lilian@metis
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFc/fKL52XHMx2oM9YE9o20zQ/Y+JAwx+YSUPdT+Y7Vf lilian@cordelia
diff --git a/lilian/meta.toml b/lilian/meta.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bc0780..0000000
--- a/lilian/meta.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-name = "lilian"
-email = "lilian.no-reply@chaostreff-backnang.de"
diff --git a/lilian/wireguard b/lilian/wireguard
deleted file mode 100644
index 283ba50..0000000
--- a/lilian/wireguard
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-PSnR3Z+O9ChkFsQSsFzYk23fnyeCaqzF2cH+4MnK5xI=
diff --git a/verify.py b/verify.py
index a04a3ae..8d7330c 100755
--- a/verify.py
+++ b/verify.py
@@ -28,15 +28,14 @@ def collect_user_dirs():
 
 def last_commit_for(dir: Path, ref: git.Reference):
     """Returns the Git commit signature for the last commit on this path."""
-    last_commit_hash = str(ref.repo.git.rev_list("--max-count=1", ref, dir))
+    last_commit_hash = str(ref.repo.git.rev_list("--max-count=1", action_ref, dir))
     return ref.repo.commit(last_commit_hash)
 
 
 def keylist_to_principals(keyfile_text: str, email: str) -> str:
-    # trailing newline, otherwise git may get confused and reject the key
     return "\n".join(
         f"{email} {public_key}" for public_key in keyfile_text.splitlines()
-    ) + "\n"
+    )
 
 
 def get_forgejo_keys(username: str) -> str:
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@ def verify_dir(dir: Path, ref: git.Reference):
         raise Exception("Missing keyfile")
     commit = last_commit_for(dir, ref)
     log.debug(f"Found last commit: {commit.name_rev}")
-    # ignore author casing
-    if commit.author.name.lower() != username.lower():
+    if commit.author.name != username:
         raise Exception(
             f"Commit author {commit.author.name} is not the owner of this directory."
         )
@@ -82,10 +80,9 @@ def verify_dir(dir: Path, ref: git.Reference):
             config.set_value("gpg.ssh", "allowedSignersFile", temp_keyfile.name)
 
         temp_keyfile_contents = keylist_to_principals(remote_keys, email)
+        log.debug(f"temp keyfile:\n{temp_keyfile_contents}")
         temp_keyfile.write(temp_keyfile_contents)
         temp_keyfile.flush()
-
-        log.debug(f"temp keyfile:\n{Path(temp_keyfile.name).read_text()}")
         # Check whether one of the user keys signed this commit.
         # throws an exception automatically if verification fails, nothing else to do
         ref.repo.git.verify_commit("--raw", commit.hexsha)
@@ -101,18 +98,7 @@ def verify_dir(dir: Path, ref: git.Reference):
 
 
 def current_ref(repo: git.Repo) -> git.Reference:
-    log.debug(f"{repo.references}")
-    # some of this logic stolen from https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout/src/branch/main/src/ref-helper.ts - the ref names github provides are beyond fucked
-    global action_ref
-    if (action_ref.startswith('refs/heads/')):
-        branch = action_ref.removeprefix('refs/heads/')
-        action_ref = branch
-    # refs/pull/
-    elif (action_ref.startswith('refs/pull/')):
-        branch = action_ref.removeprefix('refs/pull/')
-        action_ref = f'refs/remotes/pull/{branch}'
-
-    for ref in repo.refs:
+    for ref in repo.references:
         if ref.name == action_ref or ref.path == action_ref:
             return ref
     raise Exception(f"No ref named {action_ref} found")