diff --git a/certs/certs.go b/certs/certs.go
index 999ca45..b79b3e5 100644
--- a/certs/certs.go
+++ b/certs/certs.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
+// Certs is the certificate loader and management system.
 type Certs struct {
 	cDir fs.FS
 	kDir fs.FS
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type Certs struct {
 	m    map[string]*tls.Certificate
 }
 
+// New creates a new cert list
 func New(certDir fs.FS, keyDir fs.FS) *Certs {
 	a := &Certs{
 		cDir: certDir,
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ func New(certDir fs.FS, keyDir fs.FS) *Certs {
 		s:    &sync.RWMutex{},
 		m:    make(map[string]*tls.Certificate),
 	}
+
+	// run compile to get the initial data
 	a.Compile()
 	return a
 }
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ func (c *Certs) Compile() {
 			log.Printf("[Certs] Compile failed: %s\n", err)
 			return
 		}
+
 		// lock while replacing the map
 		c.s.Lock()
 		c.m = certMap
@@ -69,6 +74,8 @@ func (c *Certs) Compile() {
 	}()
 }
 
+// internalCompile is a hidden internal method for loading the certificate and
+// key files
 func (c *Certs) internalCompile(m map[string]*tls.Certificate) error {
 	// try to read dir
 	files, err := fs.ReadDir(c.cDir, "")
diff --git a/cmd/violet/main.go b/cmd/violet/main.go
index 4094c82..1d51441 100644
--- a/cmd/violet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/violet/main.go
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
+// flags - each one has a usage field lol
 var (
-	databasePath  = flag.String("db", "", "/path/to/database.sqlite")
+	databasePath  = flag.String("db", "", "/path/to/database.sqlite : path to the database file")
 	keyPath       = flag.String("keys", "", "/path/to/keys : path contains the keys with names matching the certificates and '.key' extensions")
 	certPath      = flag.String("certs", "", "/path/to/certificates : path contains the certificates to load in armoured PEM encoding")
 	errorPagePath = flag.String("errors", "", "/path/to/error-pages : path contains the custom error pages")
@@ -30,11 +31,12 @@ var (
 func main() {
 	log.Println("[Violet] Starting...")
 
-	// create paths
+	// create path to cert dir
 	err := os.MkdirAll(*certPath, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[Violet] Failed to create certificate path '%s' does not exist", *certPath)
 	}
+	// create path to key dir
 	err = os.MkdirAll(*keyPath, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[Violet] Failed to create certificate key path '%s' does not exist", *keyPath)
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 	dynamicFavicons := favicons.New(db, *inkscapeCmd)                  // load dynamic favicon provider
 	dynamicErrorPages := errorPages.New(os.DirFS(*errorPagePath))      // load dynamic error page provider
 
+	// struct containing config for the http servers
 	srvConf := &servers.Conf{
 		ApiListen:   *apiListen,
 		HttpListen:  *httpListen,
diff --git a/domains/domains.go b/domains/domains.go
index 3caebca..5ae003b 100644
--- a/domains/domains.go
+++ b/domains/domains.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
+// Domains is the domain list and management system.
 type Domains struct {
 	db *sql.DB
 	s  *sync.RWMutex
@@ -64,12 +65,16 @@ func (d *Domains) IsValid(host string) bool {
 func (d *Domains) Compile() {
 	// async compile magic
 	go func() {
+		// new map
 		domainMap := make(map[string]struct{})
+
+		// compile map and check errors
 		err := d.internalCompile(domainMap)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[Domains] Compile failed: %s\n", err)
 			return
 		}
+
 		// lock while replacing the map
 		d.s.Lock()
 		d.m = domainMap
diff --git a/error-pages/error-pages.go b/error-pages/error-pages.go
index 1175f04..2534e0d 100644
--- a/error-pages/error-pages.go
+++ b/error-pages/error-pages.go
@@ -20,29 +20,40 @@ type ErrorPages struct {
 	dir     fs.FS
 }
 
+// New creates a new error pages generator
 func New(dir fs.FS) *ErrorPages {
 	return &ErrorPages{
 		s: &sync.RWMutex{},
 		m: make(map[int]func(rw http.ResponseWriter)),
+		// generic error page writer
 		generic: func(rw http.ResponseWriter, code int) {
+			// if status text is empty then the code is unknown
 			a := http.StatusText(code)
 			if a != "" {
+				// output in "xxx Error Text" format
 				http.Error(rw, fmt.Sprintf("%d %s\n", code, a), code)
 				return
 			}
+			// output the code and generic unknown message
 			http.Error(rw, fmt.Sprintf("%d Unknown Error Code\n", code), code)
 		},
 		dir: dir,
 	}
 }
 
+// ServeError writes the error page for the given code to the response writer
 func (e *ErrorPages) ServeError(rw http.ResponseWriter, code int) {
+	// read lock for safety
 	e.s.RLock()
 	defer e.s.RUnlock()
+
+	// use the custom error page if it exists
 	if p, ok := e.m[code]; ok {
 		p(rw)
 		return
 	}
+
+	// otherwise use the generic error page
 	e.generic(rw, code)
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +69,7 @@ func (e *ErrorPages) Compile() {
 			log.Printf("[Certs] Compile failed: %s\n", err)
 			return
 		}
+
 		// lock while replacing the map
 		e.s.Lock()
 		e.m = errorPageMap
@@ -97,6 +109,8 @@ func (e *ErrorPages) internalCompile(m map[int]func(rw http.ResponseWriter)) err
 			log.Printf("[ErrorPages] WARNING: ignoring invalid error page in error pages directory: '%s'\n", name)
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// check if code is in range 100-599
 		if nameInt < 100 || nameInt >= 600 {
 			log.Printf("[ErrorPages] WARNING: ignoring invalid error page in error pages directory must be 100-599: '%s'\n", name)
 			continue
@@ -108,6 +122,7 @@ func (e *ErrorPages) internalCompile(m map[int]func(rw http.ResponseWriter)) err
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read html file '%s': %w", name, err)
 		}
 
+		// create a callback function to write the page
 		m[nameInt] = func(rw http.ResponseWriter) {
 			rw.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; encoding=utf-8")
 			rw.WriteHeader(nameInt)
diff --git a/favicons/favicons.go b/favicons/favicons.go
index aff791b..372c60f 100644
--- a/favicons/favicons.go
+++ b/favicons/favicons.go
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ import (
 
 var ErrFaviconNotFound = errors.New("favicon not found")
 
+// Favicons is a dynamic favicon generator which supports overwriting favicons
+type Favicons struct {
+	db         *sql.DB
+	cmd        string
+	cLock      *sync.RWMutex
+	faviconMap map[string]*FaviconList
+}
+
+// New creates a new dynamic favicon generator
 func New(db *sql.DB, inkscapeCmd string) *Favicons {
 	f := &Favicons{
 		db:         db,
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@ func New(db *sql.DB, inkscapeCmd string) *Favicons {
 	// init favicons table
 	_, err := f.db.Exec(`create table if not exists favicons (id integer primary key autoincrement, host varchar, svg varchar, png varchar, ico varchar)`)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("[WARN] Failed to generate 'domains' table\n")
+		log.Printf("[WARN] Failed to generate 'favicons' table\n")
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -38,22 +47,22 @@ func New(db *sql.DB, inkscapeCmd string) *Favicons {
 	return f
 }
 
-type Favicons struct {
-	db         *sql.DB
-	cmd        string
-	cLock      *sync.RWMutex
-	faviconMap map[string]*FaviconList
-}
-
+// Compile downloads the list of favicon mappings from the database and loads
+// them and the target favicons into memory for faster lookups
 func (f *Favicons) Compile() {
+	// async compile magic
 	go func() {
+		// new map
 		favicons := make(map[string]*FaviconList)
+
+		// compile map and check errors
 		err := f.internalCompile(favicons)
 		if err != nil {
 			// log compile errors
 			log.Printf("[Favicons] Compile failed: %s\n", err)
 			return
 		}
+
 		// lock while replacing the map
 		f.cLock.Lock()
 		f.faviconMap = favicons
@@ -61,22 +70,27 @@ func (f *Favicons) Compile() {
 	}()
 }
 
-func (f *Favicons) GetIcons(host string) (*FaviconList, bool) {
+// GetIcons returns the favicon list for the provided host or nil if no
+// icon is found or generated
+func (f *Favicons) GetIcons(host string) *FaviconList {
+	// read lock for safety
 	f.cLock.RLock()
 	defer f.cLock.RUnlock()
-	if a, ok := f.faviconMap[host]; ok {
-		return a, true
-	}
-	return nil, false
+
+	// return value from map
+	return f.faviconMap[host]
 }
 
+// internalCompile is a hidden internal method for loading and generating all
+// favicons.
 func (f *Favicons) internalCompile(faviconMap map[string]*FaviconList) error {
 	// query all rows in database
-	query, err := f.db.Query(`select * from favicons`)
+	query, err := f.db.Query(`select host, svg, png, ico from favicons`)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to prepare query: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// loop over rows and scan in data using error group to catch errors
 	var g errgroup.Group
 	for query.Next() {
 		var host, rawSvg, rawPng, rawIco string
@@ -85,12 +99,17 @@ func (f *Favicons) internalCompile(faviconMap map[string]*FaviconList) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to scan row: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		// create favicon list for this row
 		l := &FaviconList{
 			Ico: CreateFaviconImage(rawIco),
 			Png: CreateFaviconImage(rawPng),
 			Svg: CreateFaviconImage(rawSvg),
 		}
+
+		// save the favicon list to the map
 		faviconMap[host] = l
+
+		// run the pre-process in a separate goroutine
 		g.Go(func() error {
 			return l.PreProcess(f.convertSvgToPng)
 		})
@@ -98,16 +117,19 @@ func (f *Favicons) internalCompile(faviconMap map[string]*FaviconList) error {
 	return g.Wait()
 }
 
+// convertSvgToPng calls svg2png which runs inkscape in a subprocess
 func (f *Favicons) convertSvgToPng(in []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return svg2png(f.cmd, in)
 }
 
+// FaviconList contains the ico, png and svg icons for separate favicons
 type FaviconList struct {
 	Ico *FaviconImage // can be generated from png with wrapper
 	Png *FaviconImage // can be generated from svg with inkscape
 	Svg *FaviconImage
 }
 
+// ProduceIco outputs the bytes of the ico icon or an error
 func (l *FaviconList) ProduceIco() ([]byte, error) {
 	if l.Ico == nil {
 		return nil, ErrFaviconNotFound
@@ -115,6 +137,7 @@ func (l *FaviconList) ProduceIco() ([]byte, error) {
 	return l.Ico.Raw, nil
 }
 
+// ProducePng outputs the bytes of the png icon or an error
 func (l *FaviconList) ProducePng() ([]byte, error) {
 	if l.Png == nil {
 		return nil, ErrFaviconNotFound
@@ -122,6 +145,7 @@ func (l *FaviconList) ProducePng() ([]byte, error) {
 	return l.Png.Raw, nil
 }
 
+// ProduceSvg outputs the bytes of the svg icon or an error
 func (l *FaviconList) ProduceSvg() ([]byte, error) {
 	if l.Svg == nil {
 		return nil, ErrFaviconNotFound
@@ -129,6 +153,8 @@ func (l *FaviconList) ProduceSvg() ([]byte, error) {
 	return l.Svg.Raw, nil
 }
 
+// PreProcess takes an input of the svg2png conversion function and outputs
+// an error if the SVG, PNG or ICO fails to download or generate
 func (l *FaviconList) PreProcess(convert func(in []byte) ([]byte, error)) error {
 	var err error
 
@@ -178,10 +204,13 @@ func (l *FaviconList) PreProcess(convert func(in []byte) ([]byte, error)) error
 			return fmt.Errorf("[Favicons] Failed to generate ICO icon: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// generate sha256 hashes for svg, png and ico
 	l.genSha256()
 	return nil
 }
 
+// genSha256 generates sha256 hashes
 func (l *FaviconList) genSha256() {
 	if l.Svg != nil {
 		l.Svg.Hash = genSha256(l.Svg.Raw)
@@ -194,6 +223,8 @@ func (l *FaviconList) genSha256() {
 	}
 }
 
+// getFaviconViaRequest uses the standard http request library to download
+// icons, outputs the raw bytes from the download or an error.
 func getFaviconViaRequest(url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -210,21 +241,27 @@ func getFaviconViaRequest(url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return rawBody, nil
 }
 
+// genSha256 generates a sha256 hash as a hex encoded string
 func genSha256(in []byte) string {
+	// create sha256 generator and write to it
 	h := sha256.New()
 	_, err := h.Write(in)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
+	// encode as hex
 	return hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
 }
 
+// FaviconImage stores the url, hash and raw bytes of an image
 type FaviconImage struct {
 	Url  string
 	Hash string
 	Raw  []byte
 }
 
+// CreateFaviconImage outputs a FaviconImage with the specified URL or nil if
+// the URL is an empty string.
 func CreateFaviconImage(url string) *FaviconImage {
 	if url == "" {
 		return nil
diff --git a/favicons/svg2png.go b/favicons/svg2png.go
index 269322b..de2caf1 100644
--- a/favicons/svg2png.go
+++ b/favicons/svg2png.go
@@ -6,24 +6,31 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 )
 
+// svg2png takes an input inkscape binary path and svg image bytes and outputs
+// the png image bytes or an error.
 func svg2png(inkscapeCmd string, in []byte) (out []byte, err error) {
+	// create stdout and stderr buffers
 	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
 
+	// prepare inkscape command and attach buffers
 	cmd := exec.Command(inkscapeCmd, "--export-type", "png", "--export-filename", "-", "--export-background-opacity", "0", "--pipe")
 	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewBuffer(in)
 	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 
+	// run the command and return errors
 	if e := cmd.Run(); e != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("%s\nSTDERR:\n%s", e.Error(), stderr.String())
 		return
 	}
 
+	// error if there is no output
 	if stdout.Len() == 0 {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("got no data from inkscape")
 		return
 	}
 
+	// return the raw bytes
 	out = stdout.Bytes()
 	return
 }
diff --git a/servers/api.go b/servers/api.go
index f26963b..292ebc2 100644
--- a/servers/api.go
+++ b/servers/api.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewApiServer(conf *Conf, compileTarget utils.MultiCompilable) *http.Server
 
 	// Create and run http server
 	s := &http.Server{
-		Addr:              listen,
+		Addr:              conf.ApiListen,
 		Handler:           r,
 		ReadTimeout:       time.Minute,
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: time.Minute,
diff --git a/utils/domain-utils.go b/utils/domain-utils.go
index 2762c53..fee486f 100644
--- a/utils/domain-utils.go
+++ b/utils/domain-utils.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// SplitDomainPort takes an input host and default port then outputs the domain,
+// port and true or empty values and false if the split failed
 func SplitDomainPort(host string, defaultPort int) (domain string, port int, ok bool) {
 	a := strings.SplitN(host, ":", 2)
 	switch len(a) {
@@ -21,42 +23,63 @@ func SplitDomainPort(host string, defaultPort int) (domain string, port int, ok
 	return
 }
 
+// GetDomainWithoutPort takes an input domain + port and outputs the domain
+// without the port.
+//
+// example.com:443 => example.com
 func GetDomainWithoutPort(domain string) (string, bool) {
-	a := strings.SplitN(domain, ":", 2)
-	if len(a) == 2 {
-		return a[0], true
-	}
-	if len(a) == 0 {
+	// if a valid index isn't found then return false
+	n := strings.LastIndexByte(domain, ':')
+	if n == -1 {
 		return "", false
 	}
-	return a[0], true
+	return domain[:n], true
 }
 
+// ReplaceSubdomainWithWildcard returns the domain with the subdomain replaced
+// with a wildcard '*' character.
+//
+// www.example.com => *.example.com
 func ReplaceSubdomainWithWildcard(domain string) (string, bool) {
-	a, b := GetBaseDomain(domain)
-	return "*." + a, b
+	// if a valid index isn't found then return false
+	n := strings.IndexByte(domain, '.')
+	if n == -1 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return "*" + domain[n:], true
 }
 
-func GetBaseDomain(domain string) (string, bool) {
-	a := strings.SplitN(domain, ".", 2)
-	l := len(a)
-	if l == 2 {
-		return a[1], true
+// GetParentDomain returns the parent domain stripping off the subdomain.
+//
+// www.example.com => example.com
+func GetParentDomain(domain string) (string, bool) {
+	// if a valid index isn't found then return false
+	n := strings.IndexByte(domain, '.')
+	if n == -1 {
+		return "", false
 	}
-	if l == 1 {
-		return a[0], true
-	}
-	return "", false
+	return domain[n+1:], true
 }
 
+// GetTopFqdn returns the top domain stripping off multiple layers of subdomains.
+//
+// hello.world.example.com => example.com
 func GetTopFqdn(domain string) (string, bool) {
-	a := strings.Split(domain, ".")
-	l := len(a)
-	if l >= 2 {
-		return strings.Join(a[l-2:], "."), true
+	var countDot int
+	n := strings.LastIndexFunc(domain, func(r rune) bool {
+		// return true if this is the second '.'
+		// otherwise counts one and continues
+		if r == '.' {
+			if countDot == 1 {
+				return true
+			}
+			countDot++
+		}
+		return false
+	})
+	// if a valid index isn't found then return false
+	if n == -1 {
+		return "", false
 	}
-	if l == 1 {
-		return domain, true
-	}
-	return "", false
+	return domain[n+1:], true
 }
diff --git a/utils/domain-utils_test.go b/utils/domain-utils_test.go
index 4eca7d9..46251e1 100644
--- a/utils/domain-utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/domain-utils_test.go
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ func TestReplaceSubdomainWithWildcard(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetBaseDomain(t *testing.T) {
-	domain, ok := GetBaseDomain("www.example.com")
+	domain, ok := GetParentDomain("www.example.com")
 	assert.True(t, ok, "Output should be true")
 	assert.Equal(t, "example.com", domain)
 
-	domain, ok = GetBaseDomain("www.example.com:5612")
+	domain, ok = GetParentDomain("www.example.com:5612")
 	assert.True(t, ok, "Output should be true")
 	assert.Equal(t, "example.com:5612", domain)
 }
diff --git a/utils/fast-redirect.go b/utils/fast-redirect.go
index e82784b..1e51b21 100644
--- a/utils/fast-redirect.go
+++ b/utils/fast-redirect.go
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-var (
-	a1 = []byte("<a href=\"")
-	a2 = []byte("\">")
-	a3 = []byte("</a>.\n")
-)
-
+// FastRedirect adds a location header, status code and if the method is get,
+// outputs the status text.
 func FastRedirect(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, url string, code int) {
 	rw.Header().Add("Location", url)
 	rw.WriteHeader(code)
diff --git a/utils/multi-compilable.go b/utils/multi-compilable.go
index ec76a8f..5c5ace9 100644
--- a/utils/multi-compilable.go
+++ b/utils/multi-compilable.go
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 package utils
 
+// Compilable is an interface for structs with an asynchronous compile method.
 type Compilable interface {
 	Compile()
 }
 
+// MultiCompilable is a slice of multiple Compilable interfaces.
 type MultiCompilable []Compilable
 
+// Compile loops over the slice of Compilable interfaces and calls Compile on
+// each one.
 func (m MultiCompilable) Compile() {
 	for _, i := range m {
 		i.Compile()
diff --git a/utils/server-utils.go b/utils/server-utils.go
index 30f4ca6..e390693 100644
--- a/utils/server-utils.go
+++ b/utils/server-utils.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ func RunBackgroundHttps(prefix string, s *http.Server) {
 	logHttpServerError(prefix, s.ListenAndServeTLS("", ""))
 }
 
+// GetBearer returns the bearer from the Authorization header or an empty string
+// if the authorization is empty or doesn't start with Bearer.
 func GetBearer(req *http.Request) string {
 	a := req.Header.Get("Authorization")
 	if t, ok := strings.CutPrefix(a, "Bearer "); ok {