diff --git a/app/controllers/feeds_controller.rb b/app/controllers/feeds_controller.rb
index 70f68d9..24d05e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/feeds_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/feeds_controller.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ class FeedsController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @feeds = Feed.all.order(id: :desc).page params[:page]
+    @total_feeds = Feed.all.count
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index 62b3478..d005ebc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   include RestrictedAccess
   def index
     @stories = Story.all.order(id: :desc).page params[:page]
+    @total_stories = Story.all.count
   end
 
   def show
diff --git a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
index 4874128..b2ad7cd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
   def index
     grouped_tags = Tag.joins(:taggings).group(:name).order('count_id DESC').count(:id)
     @tags = Kaminari.paginate_array(grouped_tags.to_a).page(params[:page])
+    @total_tags = Tag.all.count
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/assemble_job.rb b/app/jobs/assemble_job.rb
index 6b8f537..b903e85 100644
--- a/app/jobs/assemble_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/assemble_job.rb
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@ def perform(*args)
     # Process SubTopics into Stories
     Stories::ProcessSubtopicsJob.perform_now
 
+    # Create Stemmed Stories
+    Stories::ProcessStoryStemsJob.perform_now
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/feed_items/process_job.rb b/app/jobs/feed_items/process_job.rb
index 2c3808d..dd1efc9 100644
--- a/app/jobs/feed_items/process_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/feed_items/process_job.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ class ProcessJob < ApplicationJob
     queue_as :default
 
     def perform(*_args)
-      # feeds = Feed.where("created_at >= ? AND created_at <= ?",
-      #                    Time.zone.now.utc.beginning_of_day, Time.zone.now.utc.end_of_day)
       feeds = Feed.where(processed: false)
 
       feeds.each do |feed|
diff --git a/app/jobs/stories/create_stories_job.rb b/app/jobs/stories/create_stories_job.rb
index baf9a80..d372b8f 100644
--- a/app/jobs/stories/create_stories_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/stories/create_stories_job.rb
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ def process_sub_topic(sub_topic:)
                                      .group(:name).count(:id)
       sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency = unprocessed_tag_frequency.sort { |a, b| b.last <=> a.last }
 
+      # Removing excluded tags
+      if Settings.excluded_tags.present?
+        entries_to_remove = Settings.excluded_tags
+        sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency.delete_if { |entry| entries_to_remove.include?(entry[0]) }
+      end
 
       # too few tags don't do anything
       return if sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency.size < MINIMUM_TAG_ARRAY_SIZE
-      return if sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency[1][1] < sub_topic.min_tags_for_story
+      return if sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency[0][1] < sub_topic.min_tags_for_story
 
-      story_tag_name = sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency[1][0]
-      story_tag_frequency = sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency[1][1]
+      story_tag_name = sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency[0][0]
+      story_tag_frequency = sorted_unprocessed_tag_frequency[0][1]
       tag = Tag.find_by(name: story_tag_name)
 
       available_feed_items = FeedItem.joins(taggings: :tag)
diff --git a/app/jobs/stories/make_stem_job.rb b/app/jobs/stories/make_stem_job.rb
index 60c6b21..883fa98 100644
--- a/app/jobs/stories/make_stem_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/stories/make_stem_job.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def perform(story:)
       SYSTEM_ROLE
 
       question = <<~QUESTION
-        - You have received the following as a news brief about `#{story.tag.name}`.
+        - You have received the following as a news brief about `#{story.sub_topic.name}` and `#{story.tag.name}`.
         - It is your job to write an article consisting of 6 sections, each section has the following format:
         ```
         + header
diff --git a/app/jobs/stories/process_stories_job.rb b/app/jobs/stories/process_story_stems_job.rb
similarity index 82%
rename from app/jobs/stories/process_stories_job.rb
rename to app/jobs/stories/process_story_stems_job.rb
index 23a773b..a738f7c 100644
--- a/app/jobs/stories/process_stories_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/stories/process_story_stems_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Stories
-  class ProcessStoriesJob < ApplicationJob
+  class ProcessStoryStemsJob < ApplicationJob
     queue_as :default
 
     def perform(*args)
diff --git a/app/views/feeds/index.html.slim b/app/views/feeds/index.html.slim
index 2c76ff7..76d5239 100644
--- a/app/views/feeds/index.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/feeds/index.html.slim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
       =r ux.h2 'center aligned !font-mono'
         | Feeds
-        =r ux.label text: @feeds.count, class: 'circular !bg-orange-700 !text-white'
+        =r ux.label text: @total_feeds, class: 'circular !bg-orange-700 !text-white'
 
       =r ux.div 'text-center'
         = paginate @feeds
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
index 28f4c0a..4f18efd 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ html lang="en"
     meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=1"
 
     = vite_stylesheet_tag 'admin.sass', 'data-turbo-track': 'reload'
-    / = stylesheet_link_tag *'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Space Grotesk:wght@400;600;700&display=swap', media: 'none', onload: "if(media!='all')media='all'"
     = vite_javascript_tag 'admin', 'data-turbo-track': 'reload'
     = csrf_meta_tags
     = canonical_tag
diff --git a/app/views/stories/index.html.slim b/app/views/stories/index.html.slim
index a0192df..1d3cf19 100644
--- a/app/views/stories/index.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/stories/index.html.slim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
       =r ux.h2 'center aligned !font-mono'
         | Stories
-        =r ux.label text: @stories.count, class: 'circular !bg-blue-700 !text-white'
+        =r ux.label text: @total_stories, class: 'circular !bg-blue-700 !text-white'
 
       =r ux.div 'text-center'
         = paginate @stories
diff --git a/app/views/tags/index.html.slim b/app/views/tags/index.html.slim
index c9a1258..04d59c1 100644
--- a/app/views/tags/index.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/tags/index.html.slim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
       =r ux.h2 'center aligned !font-mono'
         | Tags
-        =r ux.label text: @tags.count, class: 'circular !bg-purple-700 !text-white'
+        =r ux.label text: @total_tags, class: 'circular !bg-purple-700 !text-white'
 
       =r ux.div 'text-center'
         = paginate @tags
diff --git a/blueprints/topics.yml b/blueprints/topics.yml
index d5fde38..10119cb 100644
--- a/blueprints/topics.yml
+++ b/blueprints/topics.yml
@@ -4,43 +4,43 @@ topics:
     sub_topics:
       - name: Action
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/84708e45-f057-41bb-87e8-99df56d358e9
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Adventure
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/627b968a-3473-4d4f-ade7-321976996695
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Puzzle
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/55b44c1b-b0a7-47b0-8100-67c0cd9a914e
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Role Playing
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/45bf01b0-96ad-4d26-a17a-9866aa0fb92d
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Simulation
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/05785e57-c996-4d63-b6e9-158ebaf106fd
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Strategy
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/575682bc-bd36-46ab-bd33-90a40357e93c
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
   - name: Team Sports
     maximum_topics: 6
     sub_topics:
       - name: American Football
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/c84be72f-892f-48d0-9ec6-a9ced03f6065
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Soccer
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/f38eef1e-1feb-4899-b164-e401a1ee463a
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Basketball
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/aa390cd3-71d3-4793-8265-3971122b802b
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Baseball
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/d6c2b0d8-67cd-4a7c-910a-dcde54a4ebe7
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Cricket
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/383f7f0a-c212-4d39-9381-09d4712114e3
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Rugby
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/80849568-f621-4c53-ad75-02b1215a284e
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
       - name: Volleyball
         stream_id: feed/https://feedly.com/f/alert/df0497a0-23e9-45a8-869a-951ef3ec8022
-        min_tags_for_story: 3
+        min_tags_for_story: 2
diff --git a/blueprints/tuning.yml b/blueprints/tuning.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b832a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blueprints/tuning.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+excluded_tags:
+  - Games
+  - Video Games
+  - Sports
+  - Sport
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/initializers/01_config_bootloader.rb b/config/initializers/01_config_bootloader.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26cdcc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/01_config_bootloader.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# find all files in core directory
+Dir.chdir('blueprints')
+files = Dir['**/**']
+
+# select only YML files
+files.select! { |entry| entry.include?('yml') == true }
+
+# add all file as a source to the settings
+files.each { |entry| Settings.add_source!(Rails.root.join('blueprints', entry).to_s) }
+
+Settings.reload!
+
+# Backup a directory
+Dir.chdir('..')
diff --git a/lib/tasks/stories.rake b/lib/tasks/stories.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe848f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/stories.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace :stories do
+  desc 'Resetting stories'
+  task reset: :environment do
+    puts 'resetting stories'
+
+    # Feed.update_all(processed: false)
+    FeedItem.update_all(processed: false)
+    StoryTag.delete_all
+    Assignment.delete_all
+    Story.delete_all
+  end
+end