diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2826ee7..741a58e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .art*.zip
 __pycache__ 
 .vs
+_deploy
 emsdk
 demos/html5/*.data 
 demos/html5/*.js
diff --git a/MAKE.bat b/MAKE.bat
index 48804bd..1fc6783 100644
--- a/MAKE.bat
+++ b/MAKE.bat
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ rem del ??-*.*                      > nul 2> nul
     rd /q /s _release               > nul 2> nul
     rd /q /s _fwk                   > nul 2> nul
     rd /q /s _cache                 > nul 2> nul
+    rd /q /s _deploy                 > nul 2> nul
 rem rd /q /s _project               > nul 2> nul
     del tcc.bat                     > nul 2> nul
     del sh.bat                      > nul 2> nul
diff --git a/engine/joint/v4k.h b/engine/joint/v4k.h
index a177813..0cbd895 100644
--- a/engine/joint/v4k.h
+++ b/engine/joint/v4k.h
@@ -335374,14 +335374,7 @@ bool cook_start( const char *cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ) {
             char *out = 0; const char *sep = "";
             const char *v4k_title = getenv("V4K_TITLE");
             for each_substring(ART, ",", t) {
-                char *tt = t;
-                if (v4k_title && strlen(v4k_title) > 0) {
-                    const char *symbols[] = { "{{V4K_TITLE}}", getenv("V4K_TITLE") };
-                    tt = (char *)strlerp(1, symbols, t);
-                } else if (strstri(tt, "{{V4K_TITLE}}")) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, tt)) + ART_LEN;
+                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, t)) + ART_LEN;
                 PRINTF("ART mount+=%s\n", tmp);
                 for(int i = 0; tmp[i]; ++i) if(tmp[i]=='\\') tmp[i] = '/';
                 strcatf(&out, "%s%s%s", sep, tmp, strendi(tmp, "/") ? "" : "/");
diff --git a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
index c56d921..a10048f 100644
--- a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
+++ b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
@@ -623,14 +623,7 @@ bool cook_start( const char *cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ) {
             char *out = 0; const char *sep = "";
             const char *v4k_title = getenv("V4K_TITLE");
             for each_substring(ART, ",", t) {
-                char *tt = t;
-                if (v4k_title && strlen(v4k_title) > 0) {
-                    const char *symbols[] = { "{{V4K_TITLE}}", getenv("V4K_TITLE") };
-                    tt = (char *)strlerp(1, symbols, t);
-                } else if (strstri(tt, "{{V4K_TITLE}}")) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, tt)) + ART_LEN;
+                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, t)) + ART_LEN;
                 PRINTF("ART mount+=%s\n", tmp);
                 for(int i = 0; tmp[i]; ++i) if(tmp[i]=='\\') tmp[i] = '/';
                 strcatf(&out, "%s%s%s", sep, tmp, strendi(tmp, "/") ? "" : "/");
diff --git a/engine/v4k.c b/engine/v4k.c
index d7951bd..997aed3 100644
--- a/engine/v4k.c
+++ b/engine/v4k.c
@@ -4438,14 +4438,7 @@ bool cook_start( const char *cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ) {
             char *out = 0; const char *sep = "";
             const char *v4k_title = getenv("V4K_TITLE");
             for each_substring(ART, ",", t) {
-                char *tt = t;
-                if (v4k_title && strlen(v4k_title) > 0) {
-                    const char *symbols[] = { "{{V4K_TITLE}}", getenv("V4K_TITLE") };
-                    tt = (char *)strlerp(1, symbols, t);
-                } else if (strstri(tt, "{{V4K_TITLE}}")) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, tt)) + ART_LEN;
+                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, t)) + ART_LEN;
                 PRINTF("ART mount+=%s\n", tmp);
                 for(int i = 0; tmp[i]; ++i) if(tmp[i]=='\\') tmp[i] = '/';
                 strcatf(&out, "%s%s%s", sep, tmp, strendi(tmp, "/") ? "" : "/");
diff --git a/tools/cook.ini b/tools/cook.ini
index d762020..501682a 100644
--- a/tools/cook.ini
+++ b/tools/cook.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ; syntax: symbols are defined in KEY=value form, as seen below.
 
 TOOLS=./                          ; folder where our pipeline tools are located
-ART=../demos/art/,../engine/art/,../depot/art/common/,../depot/art/{{V4K_TITLE}}/  ; comma-separated folder(s) that store all our asset files
+ART=../demos/art/,../engine/art/  ; comma-separated folder(s) that store all our asset files
 
 ; lines starting with @windows, @linux or @osx will be processed only where OS matches.
 ; we are defining here some symbols differently for each platform.