diff --git a/cscweb.xsl b/cscweb.xsl
index 5a9ddbe..e6d129a 100644
--- a/cscweb.xsl
+++ b/cscweb.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/default.mk.in b/default.mk.in
index def8502..e9bfb25 100644
--- a/default.mk.in
+++ b/default.mk.in
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ XSLTARGS=g_date=`date -I` g_time=`date +%H:%M:%S` \
 CLASSPATH=/users/www/saxon8/saxon8.jar
 
 all: $(OUTPUTS)
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do (cd $$i && ($(MAKE) || exit 1)  && cd ..) ; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do cd $$i && ($(MAKE) || exit 1) && cd .. ; done
 
-clean-recurse: clean
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do (cd $$i && ($(MAKE) clean-recurse || exit 1) && cd ..) ; done
 clean:
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do cd $$i && ($(MAKE) clean || exit 1) && cd .. ; done
 	rm -f *.html events.ics
 
 %.html: %.xml $(ROOT)/csc.dtd $(ROOT)/cscweb.xsl $(ROOT)/xsl/*.xsl $(ROOT)/events.xml $(ROOT)/news.xml $(ROOT)/menu.xml $(ROOT)/default.mk directory.xml
-	java -classpath $(CLASSPATH) net.sf.saxon.Transform $< $(ROOT)/cscweb.xsl $(XSLTARGS) > $@ || exit 1;
+	java -classpath $(CLASSPATH) net.sf.saxon.Transform -o $@ $< $(ROOT)/cscweb.xsl $(XSLTARGS)
+	# mad mad hacks
+	sed -i 's| xmlns=""||' $@
diff --git a/xsl/books.xsl b/xsl/books.xsl
index 6d4ec81..8b07488 100644
--- a/xsl/books.xsl
+++ b/xsl/books.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/common.xsl b/xsl/common.xsl
index 6c1a764..fdb677c 100644
--- a/xsl/common.xsl
+++ b/xsl/common.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/directory.xsl b/xsl/directory.xsl
index 37b86b1..9b213d1 100644
--- a/xsl/directory.xsl
+++ b/xsl/directory.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/events.xsl b/xsl/events.xsl
index 47e2375..73be7a6 100644
--- a/xsl/events.xsl
+++ b/xsl/events.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/exec.xsl b/xsl/exec.xsl
index a5eceb8..17de9e6 100644
--- a/xsl/exec.xsl
+++ b/xsl/exec.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/functions.xsl b/xsl/functions.xsl
index b323b4f..2d91a73 100644
--- a/xsl/functions.xsl
+++ b/xsl/functions.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/media.xsl b/xsl/media.xsl
index 552f21a..83dd007 100644
--- a/xsl/media.xsl
+++ b/xsl/media.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/members.xsl b/xsl/members.xsl
index a60ac37..d9ec509 100644
--- a/xsl/members.xsl
+++ b/xsl/members.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/menu.xsl b/xsl/menu.xsl
index f9d2e24..07a7a1e 100644
--- a/xsl/menu.xsl
+++ b/xsl/menu.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">
diff --git a/xsl/news.xsl b/xsl/news.xsl
index b396a77..b02d2eb 100644
--- a/xsl/news.xsl
+++ b/xsl/news.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:csc="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xslt">