diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml
index 9fb8cb15ee..dca5ce5a7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Tools
         run: sudo apt-get install mtools
 
-      - name: Generate Configs to survive meta info change
+      - name: Generate Configs, Enums & Live Documentation
         working-directory: ./firmware/
-        run: ./gen_config_default.sh
+        run: ./gen_default_everything.sh
 
-      - name: Generate Live Documentation to survive meta info change
-        working-directory: ./firmware/
-        run: ./gen_live_documentation.sh
 
       - name: Test Compiler
         run: javac -version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml
index d11639d8d4..f9ed503a62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Tools
         run: sudo apt-get install sshpass mtools
 
-      - name: Generate Configs to survive meta info change
+      - name: Generate Configs, Enums & Live Documentation
         working-directory: ./firmware/
-        run: ./gen_config_default.sh
-
-      - name: Generate Live Documentation to survive meta info change
-        working-directory: ./firmware/
-        run: ./gen_live_documentation.sh
+        run: ./gen_default_everything.sh
 
       - name: Generate Java (Antlr)
         working-directory: ./android
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-simulator.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-simulator.yaml
index ca8ce85a97..6137834e2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-simulator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-simulator.yaml
@@ -25,17 +25,9 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib mtools dosfstools zip
 
-    - name: Generate Configs for simulator
+    - name: Generate Configs, Enums & Live Documentation
       working-directory: ./firmware/
-      run: ./gen_config_default.sh
-
-    - name: Generate Enums
-      working-directory: ./firmware/
-      run: ./gen_enum_to_string.sh
-
-    - name: Generate Live Documentation
-      working-directory: ./firmware/
-      run: ./gen_live_documentation.sh
+      run: ./gen_default_everything.sh
 
     - name: Compile Simulator
       working-directory: ./simulator/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml
index 788dc65232..e0747de141 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yaml
@@ -31,17 +31,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         brew install mtools zip dosfstools
 
-    - name: Generate Configs for unit tests
+    - name: Generate Configs, Enums & Live Documentation
       working-directory: ./firmware/
-      run: ./gen_config_default.sh
-
-    - name: Generate Enums
-      working-directory: ./firmware/
-      run: ./gen_enum_to_string.sh
-
-    - name: Generate Live Documentation
-      working-directory: ./firmware/
-      run: ./gen_live_documentation.sh
+      run: ./gen_default_everything.sh
 
     - name: Print Compiler version
       # NOTE: on mac, this is actually symlink'd to clang, not gcc, but that's ok - we want to build on both
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hardware-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/hardware-ci.yaml
index dbeb13df9d..542541a9d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hardware-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hardware-ci.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Identify Agent
       run: uname -a
 
+# huh? why do we gen_config_default here if we gen_config_board later?
     - name: Generate Configs for HW CI
       working-directory: ./firmware/
       run: ./gen_config_default.sh
diff --git a/firmware/gen_default_everything.sh b/firmware/gen_default_everything.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b50809a82a..428e3c6604
--- a/firmware/gen_default_everything.sh
+++ b/firmware/gen_default_everything.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# is order of operations important here or not really?
+
 echo "gen_enum_to_string.sh as part of everything"
 ./gen_enum_to_string.sh
 
 echo "gen_live_documentation.sh as part of everything"
 ./gen_live_documentation.sh
+
+echo "gen_config_default.sh as part of everything"
+./gen_config_default.sh
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