diff --git a/updater b/updater
index 2174288..dd01743 100755
--- a/updater
+++ b/updater
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 #                         and potentially both.                         #
 #                                                                       #
 #                       Author: Ethan Smith-Coss                        #
-#                            Version: 0.1.3                             #
+#                            Version: 0.1.4                             #
 #                    Created: 2021-05-20T16:47+0100                     #
-#                 Last Modified: 2021-05-28T12:54+0100                  #
+#                 Last Modified: 2021-06-05T16:45+0100                  #
 #                                                                       #
 #                 ####################################                  #
 #                                                                       #
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ## program name
 prog_name="Microsoft Edge Updater"
 ## version
-version="0.1.3"
+version="0.1.4"
 ## usage statement
 usage="Usage: $(basename $0) [OPTION]
 $prog_name ($version) - An updater program which can install the latest available version of Microsoft Edge to non-Debian-based Linux distros.
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ if [[ $upgradeable -eq 1 ]] ; then
 	
 	exit 1
 fi
-log "DEBUG" "There is a more recent release of Microsoft Edge (Beta) available for download (v$release_version). Continuing with update."
+log "DEBUG" "There is a more recent release of Microsoft Edge (Beta) available for download (v$release_version). Continuing with update." "$log_file"
 echo "Identified a new release of Microsoft Edge (Beta) [Current: v$current_version. New: v$release_version]. Starting the download and installation process..."
 
 ## check if msedge process is already running
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ exit_code=$(ar vx "$tmp_path/$filename" --output "$tmp_path" >/dev/null 2>&1)
 	log "ERROR" "There was an issue when unarchiving $filename. Exiting...(8)" "$log_file" ; exit 8 ; }
 log "DEBUG" "Successfully unarchived $filename, decompressing the data.tar.gz file..." "$log_file"
 ## extract data from data.tar.gz
-exit_code=$(tar --overwrite -xvf "$tmp_path/data.tar.xz" --directory "$tmp_path" >>"$log_file" 2>&1)
+exit_code=$(tar --overwrite -xvf "$tmp_path/data.tar.xz" --directory "$tmp_path" 2>>"$log_file")
 [[ ! $exit_code -eq 0 ]] && { echo -e "incomplete.\nThere was an extracting data.tar.gz. Exiting updater...\n" ;
 	log "ERROR" "There was an issue when decompressing data.tar.gz using tar -xvf. Exiting...(8)" "$tmp_path" ; exit 8 ; }
 log "DEBUG" "Successfully extracted files from data.tar.gz." "$log_file"
diff --git a/utils/common b/utils/common
index 07045f7..d68c699 100755
--- a/utils/common
+++ b/utils/common
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 #                                                                       #
 #                                                                       #
 #                       Author: Ethan Smith-Coss                        #
-#                            Version: 0.1.3                             #
+#                            Version: 0.1.4                             #
 #                    Created: 2021-05-20T16:47+0100                     #
-#                 Last Modified: 2021-05-27T15:34+0100                  #
+#                 Last Modified: 2021-06-05T16:45+0100                  #
 #                                                                       #
 #                 ####################################                  #
 #                                                                       #
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function archive_system {
 	local archive_output="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/$(echo $1 | sed 's/\//_/').tar.gz"
 	[[ -f "$archive_output" ]] && return 0
 	
-	exit_code=$(grep 'usr/.*' "/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/Contents-amd64" | tar --overwrite -cvzf "$archive_output" "/opt/$1/" 2>>"$log_out")
+	exit_code=$(grep 'usr/.*' "/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/Contents-amd64" | tar --overwrite -cvzf "$archive_output" "/opt/$1/" 2>>"$log_out" ; echo $?)
 	[[ ! $exit_code -eq 0 ]] && { log "ERROR" "(Archive) There was an issue creating the archive file of system. Returning...(10)" "$log_out" ; return 10 ; }
 
 	return 0
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function restore_files {
 	[[ -e $1 ]] && log "ERROR" "Restore function was called without any arguments." "$log_out"
 	local backup_file="/tmp/microsoft-edge-autoupdater/$(echo $1 | 's/\//_/').tar.gz"
 	[[ -f "$backup_file" ]] && { log "ERROR" "There is no backup of Microsoft Edge (Beta) identified. Restoration not possible." "$log_out" ; return 12 ; }
-	exit_code=$( tar -xvzf "$backup_file" "/" 2>>"$log_out")
+	exit_code=$(tar -xvzf "$backup_file" "/" 2>>"$log_out" ; echo $?)
 	[[ ! $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 ; }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function notify {
 	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
-	exit_code=$(notify-send "$1" "$2" >>"$log_out" 2>&1) && tput bel
+	exit_code=$(notify-send "$1" "$2" >>"$log_out" 2>&1 ; echo $?) && tput bel
 	[[ ! $exit_code -eq 0 ]] && log "ERROR" "There was an issue send a notification to the system." "$log_out"
 
 	return 0