diff --git a/utils/common b/utils/common
index 99d8b77..3856543 100755
--- a/utils/common
+++ b/utils/common
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 #        common - Utility file with common functions for updater        #
 #                                                                       #
 #                             Dependencies:                             #
+#                                 bash                                  #
+#                          coreutils (>=8.32)                           #
 #                                  tar                                  #
 #                                                                       #
 #                                                                       #
 #                       Author: Ethan Smith-Coss                        #
 #                            Version: 0.1.4                             #
 #                    Created: 2021-05-20T16:47+0100                     #
-#                 Last Modified: 2021-06-21T15:06+0100                  #
+#                 Last Modified: 2021-06-22T16:57+0100                  #
 #                                                                       #
 #                 ####################################                  #
 #                                                                       #
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
 #                                                                       #
 #########################################################################
 
+# logging function called to log information to a file.
 function log {
 	local log_out=$(realpath "${0%/*}/.log.1")
 	[[ $# -eq 0 ]] && log "ERROR" "Log function was called without any arguments. Returning 1." "$log_out" && return 1
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ function log {
 	return 0
 }
 
+# archive function used to create an archive compression of Microsoft Edge
 function archive_system {
 	local log_out=$(realpath "${0%/*}/.log.1")
 	[[ -e $1 ]] && log "ERROR" "Archive function was called without any arguments." "$log_out"
@@ -48,10 +52,11 @@ function archive_system {
 	local archive_output="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/$(echo $1 | sed 's/\//_/').tar.gz"
 	[[ -f "$archive_output" ]] && return 0
 	
+	## identify the files required for compressing
 	usr_files="$(grep -E '^usr/.*beta.*$' "/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/Contents-amd64" | awk '{print "/" $1}')"
 	opt_files="$(ls -1 "/opt/$1/" | sed -E "s/^(.*)$/\/opt\/"$(echo $1 | sed 's/\//\\\//')"\/\1/g")"
-	## :@Ethan: we need to identify all the symlinked files and store them in a record. When we decompress we reinstate the symlinks.
-	## This file is included in the archive and tar will dereference symlink files.
+	### :@Ethan: we need to identify all the symlinked files and store them in a record. When we decompress we reinstate the symlinks.
+	## This file is only stored temporarily and any symlinks will be removed from the identified files for compression.
 	symlink_record="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/symlink-record"
 	ls -l $opt_files $usr_files | grep -Eo ':.*->.*$' | sed 's/\s->\s/:/g' | cut -d' ' -f2- > "$symlink_record"
 
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ function archive_system {
 		[[ "$record" =~ \/opt\/ ]] && record=$(echo $record | sed 's/\//\\\//g') && opt_files=$(echo "$opt_files" | sed "s/^"$record"$//")
 	done < <(cat $symlink_record)
 
+	## use gzip compression to create the tarball archive
 	tar --overwrite -czf "$archive_output" $opt_files $usr_files  > "/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/tar_dump.log" 2>>"$log_out"
 	exit_code=$?
 	[[ ! $exit_code -eq 0 ]] && { log "ERROR" "(Archive) There was an issue creating the archive file of system. Returning...(10)" "$log_out" ; return 10 ; }
@@ -69,23 +75,26 @@ function archive_system {
 	return 0
 }
 
+# restoration function called at any point when the update fails during an installation process.
 function restore_files {
 	local log_out=$(realpath "${0%/*}/.log.1")
 	[[ -e $1 ]] && log "ERROR" "Restore function was called without any arguments." "$log_out"
-	local backup_file="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/$1.tar.gz"
+	backup_file="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/$1.tar.gz"
 	[[ ! -f "$backup_file" ]] && { log "ERROR" "There is no backup of Microsoft Edge (Beta) identified. Restoration not possible." "$log_out" ; return 12 ; }
 
+	## decompress the tarball archive using gzip and overwrite all files in the archive on the system
 	tar --overwrite -xzf "$backup_file" -C "/" > "/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/tar_dump.log" 2>>"$log_out"
 	exit_code=$?
 	[[ ! $exit_code -eq 0 ]] && { log "ERROR" "There was an issue restoring pervious files to system." \
 		"The backup created will not be removed to allow for manual restoration. Returning...(12)" ; return 12 ; }
 
+	## recreate the symlinks
 	log "DEBUG" "Re-establishing symlinks..." "$log_out"
 	symlink_record="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/symlink-record"
 	while read -r record ; do
 		symlink="$(echo $record | cut -d':' -f1)"
 		symlink_to="$(echo $record | cut -d':' -f2)"
-		## :NOTE: symlinks may already exist from new update and theoretically could be different in a newer version. Remove them first
+		### :NOTE: symlinks may already exist from new update and theoretically could be different in a newer version. Remove them first
 		rm "$symlink"
 		## create new sylinks based on the restored files
 		ln -s "$symlink_to" "$symlink" >/dev/null 2>>"$log_out"
@@ -98,8 +107,8 @@ function restore_files {
 	return 0
 }
 
+# notification function used to send the user a notification via the dbus
 function notify {
-	## :@TODO: implement notification system.
 	local log_out=$(realpath "${0%/*}/.log.1")
 	[[ $# -eq 0 ]] && log "ERROR" "Notify function was called without any arguments. Returning 1." "$log_out" && return 1
 	[[ ! $# -eq 2 ]] && log "ERROR" "Notify function expected at least 2 arguments, recieved $#. Returning 1." "$log_out" && return 1