diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5059345..1a002c1 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-#installs any commands set in the command input value
+##
+# installs commands using "go install" if any are set in the commands input
+##
 function installCommands {
-  #if commands input is set pull the input and install them all using 'go install'
-  if [[ "$GO_INSTALL_COMMANDS" != "." ]]; then # "." is used as a default
-    #allows for multiple cmds using |
+  # "." is used as a default, meaning no commands were added
+  if [[ "$GO_INSTALL_COMMANDS" != "." ]]; then 
+    #splitting into an array allows for multiple cmds using |
     INPUT_ARR=( $GO_INSTALL_COMMANDS )
     for i in "${INPUT_ARR[@]}"; do
         echo "Installing go command from ${i}"
         if go install ${i}; then
-          echo "Command setup for ${i}"
+          echo "Installed ${i}"
         else
           echo "FATAL: Unable to install ${i} with go"
           exit 1
@@ -18,11 +20,13 @@ function installCommands {
   fi
 }
 
+##
+# fix version ensures we have a patch level version on our go version string from the go.mod file
+##
 function fixVersion {
   DL_VSPL=( $DL_VERSION_RAW )
   DL_VERSION="${DL_VSPL[1]}"
 
-  #ensure we have patch-level version, if not add 0 for stable releases
   # -P uses perl syntax
   DL_VERSION_PAD_CHECK="$(grep "^go [0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" go.mod -P)"
   if [[ -z "$DL_VERSION_PAD_CHECK" ]]; then
@@ -31,10 +35,12 @@ function fixVersion {
   fi
 }
 
-#start script
+#start
+
 echo "Parsing go version"
 #check install version field first
 if [[ -z $GO_INSTALL_VERSION ]]; then
+  echo "No version input found, checking go.mod files"
   # -P uses perl syntax
   DL_VERSION_RAW="$(grep "^go [0-9]+.[0-9]+" go.mod -P)"
   if [[ -z "$DL_VERSION_RAW" ]]; then
@@ -44,31 +50,22 @@ if [[ -z $GO_INSTALL_VERSION ]]; then
     fixVersion
   fi
 else
+  echo "Version input found"
   DL_VERSION=$GO_INSTALL_VERSION
 fi
 
-
 echo "Found go version: ${DL_VERSION}"
 
 DL_ARCH=$GO_INSTALL_ARCH
-
-#ensure we have patch-level version, if not add 0 for stable releases
-# -P uses perl syntax
-# DL_VERSION_PAD_CHECK="$(grep "^go [0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" go.mod -P)"
-# if [[ -z "$DL_VERSION_PAD_CHECK" ]]; then
-#   DL_VERSION="$DL_VERSION"".0"
-#   echo "Fixing version number to ${DL_VERSION}"
-# fi
-
 echo "Checking if go is already installed"
 #check if go is already present before starting install process and delete files if purge input is set
-# -v writes string that indicates command or command path to output, prevents command not found error
+# -v writes string that indicates command or command path to output, prevents command not found error if go isn't installed
 GO_CHECK=$(command -v go)
 if [[ "$GO_CHECK" ]]; then
   #if the version of go matches the requested version, skip
   GVC=$(go version)
   if [[ "$GVC" == "go version go${DL_VERSION} linux/${DL_ARCH}" ]]; then
-    echo "Go ${DL_VERSION} already installed, skipping!"
+    echo "Go ${DL_VERSION} already installed, skipping go setup"
     installCommands
     exit 0
   fi
@@ -83,11 +80,11 @@ if [[ "$GO_CHECK" ]]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-echo "Ready for install"
-
+echo "Ready to install"
 echo "Downloading go files for ${DL_VERSION}/${DL_ARCH}"
 PATH_FOR_FILES=/usr/local/go
 PATH_FOR_TAR=/usr/local
+#creating our files with proper file perms
 sudo mkdir -v -m 0777 -p "$PATH_FOR_FILES"
 
 #wget
@@ -100,12 +97,13 @@ sudo mkdir -v -m 0777 -p "$PATH_FOR_FILES"
 # - extract from pipe as a file
 # -C change to GOPATH directory
 if sudo wget -qO- "https://golang.org/dl/go${DL_VERSION}.linux-${DL_ARCH}.tar.gz" | sudo tar -zxf - -C "$PATH_FOR_TAR"; then
-  echo "Files downloaded"
+  echo "Files downloaded successfully"
 else
   echo "FATAL: Unable to download and extract files"
+  exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Setting path for go command"
+echo "Adding go to path"
 export PATH=$PATH:$PATH_FOR_FILES/bin
 echo "$PATH_FOR_FILES/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH" #set action path too