diff --git a/lib/args.js b/lib/args.js
index e786010..1ccfee6 100644
--- a/lib/args.js
+++ b/lib/args.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 let argRegex = new RegExp('(\-\-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)(=)(.*)');
 
+/**
+ * Parses args from node process
+ * @returns { {[ key: string ]: string | string[]} } parsed args array;
+ * if the arg followed format `--arg=val`, it will be indexed as `args[arg]=val`;
+ * otherwise it will be pushed to an array under `args['_']`
+ */
 const parseArgs = () => {
   let _args = { '_': [] };
   [...process.argv.slice(2)].forEach(arg => {
@@ -16,6 +22,12 @@ const parseArgs = () => {
 
 export const args = parseArgs();
 
+/**
+ * Gets value of specified arg
+ * @param {string} argName the name of the arg to retrieve
+ * @returns {string} value of specified arg
+ * @throws will throw error if arg was not specified
+ */
 export const getArg = (argName) => {
   let arg = args[argName];
   if (!!arg) {
diff --git a/lib/dl.js b/lib/dl.js
index 74ce257..36a68bb 100644
--- a/lib/dl.js
+++ b/lib/dl.js
@@ -5,6 +5,50 @@ import { error, log } from './log.js';
 
 const ctx = 'getUser.js';
 
+/**
+ * Runs {@link getUser} concurrently for many users
+ * @param {{ user: string, logs: string[] }[]} userDb userDb to run {@link getUser} on
+ * @param {number} threadMax max number of threads to run concurrently
+ * @param {string} directory the directory to save the user media folders in
+ * @returns {Promise<void>} promise which resolves once all threads for every user have finished
+ */
+export const getMany = (userDb, threadMax, directory) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  let running = 0;
+  let index = 0;
+
+  const get = () => {
+    const onFinish = (currentIndex) => {
+      log(ctx, `Finished ${userDb[currentIndex].user}/media`);
+      --running;
+      get();
+    }
+
+    while (running < threadMax && index < userDb.length) {
+      ++running;
+      let currentIndex = index++;
+
+      let proc = getUser(userDb[currentIndex].user, directory);
+      proc.stdout.on('data', data => {
+        userDb[currentIndex].logs.push(data);
+      });
+      proc.stderr.on('data', _ => onFinish(currentIndex));
+      proc.on('close', _ => onFinish(currentIndex));
+      proc.on('error', _ => onFinish(currentIndex));
+    }
+
+    if (running === 0) {
+      resolve();
+    }
+  }
+  get();
+});
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves gallery for specified user and saves to the specified parent path
+ * @param {string} user the user to retrieve media from
+ * @param {string} path the path to save the user's media folder in
+ * @returns {ChildProcess} the process that was {@link spawn spawned}
+ */
 export const getUser = (user, path) => {
   const url = `https://twitter.com/${user}/media`;
   let args;
@@ -18,7 +62,7 @@ export const getUser = (user, path) => {
   const proc = spawn(`python3 ~/.local/bin/gallery-dl -c ./config.json${!!args ? ' ' + args + ' ' : ' '}-d ${path} ${url}`, { shell: true });
 
   proc.stdout.on('data', data => {
-    //log(ctx, data);
+    log(ctx, data);
   });
   proc.stderr.on('data', data => {
     error(ctx, data);
diff --git a/lib/io.js b/lib/io.js
index b62b8f8..270d20b 100644
--- a/lib/io.js
+++ b/lib/io.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { readdir } from 'fs/promises'
 
-export const getChildren = async source => 
+/**
+ * Gets the directories under the specified source directory
+ * @param {string} source path to the parent directory
+ * @returns {Promise<string[]>} the names of the child directories
+ */
+export const getChildDirectories = async source => 
   (await readdir(source, { withFileTypes: true }))
     .filter(dirent => dirent.isDirectory())
     .map(dirent => dirent.name)
diff --git a/lib/log.js b/lib/log.js
index 2a13020..0e91329 100644
--- a/lib/log.js
+++ b/lib/log.js
@@ -2,15 +2,29 @@ const options = { year: 'numeric', day: '2-digit', month: '2-digit', hour: '2-di
 const osLocale = (process.env.LANG || process.env.LANGUAGE || process.env.LC_ALL || process.env.LC_MESSAGES).split('.')[0].replace('_', '-');
 const dtFormat = Intl.DateTimeFormat(osLocale, options);
 
+/**
+ * Gets formatted timestamp
+ * @returns {string} timestamp string
+ */
 export const getTime = () => {
   return dtFormat.format(new Date());
 }
 
+/**
+ * Logs formatted output to the console
+ * @param {string} src the source script doing the logging
+ * @param {string} msg the message to log
+ */
 export const log = (src, msg) => {
   const time = getTime();
   console.log(`${time} : ${src} : ${msg}`);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Logs formatted output to the console as an error
+ * @param {string} src the source script doing the logging
+ * @param {string} msg the message to log
+ */
 export const error = (src, msg) => {
   const time = new Date().toISOString();
   console.error(`${time} : ${src} : ${msg}`);
diff --git a/run-buildDb.js b/run-buildDb.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d631924..0000000
--- a/run-buildDb.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
-
-import { getArg } from './lib/args.js';
-import { getUser } from './lib/dl.js';
-import { error, log } from './lib/log.js';
-
-const ctx = 'buildDb.js';
-
-const getMany = (processes, threadMax, directory) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-  let running = 0;
-  let index = 0;
-
-  const get = () => {
-    const onFinish = (currentIndex) => {
-      log(ctx, `Finished ${processes[currentIndex].user}/media`);
-      --running;
-      get();
-    }
-
-    while (running < threadMax && index < processes.length) {
-      ++running;
-      let currentIndex = index++;
-
-      let proc = getUser(processes[currentIndex].user, directory);
-      proc.stdout.on('data', data => {
-        processes[currentIndex].logs.push(data);
-      });
-      proc.stderr.on('data', _ => onFinish(currentIndex));
-      proc.on('close', _ => onFinish(currentIndex));
-      proc.on('error', _ => onFinish(currentIndex));
-    }
-
-    if (running === 0) {
-      resolve();
-    }
-  }
-  get();
-});
-
-const buildDb = async () => {
-  log(ctx, 'Grabbing db');
-  let directory = '', threadMax = 1, db;
-  try {
-    directory = getArg('path');
-  } catch (err) {
-    error(ctx, err);
-    return;
-  }
-  try {
-    threadMax = getArg('threads');
-    log(ctx, `Using ${threadMax} threads`);
-  } catch (err) {
-    log(ctx, 'Using 1 thread');
-  }
-  try {
-    let file = await readFile(`${directory}/db.json`, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    db = JSON.parse(file);
-  } catch (err) {
-    error(ctx, err);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  let processes = db.map(entry => ({
-    ...entry,
-    logs: [],
-  }));
-
-  log(ctx, `Building db using <user>/media for ${processes.length} users`);
-  await getMany(processes, threadMax, directory);
-
-  log(ctx, 'Building db using /search');
-}
-
-buildDb();
diff --git a/run-downloadDb.js b/run-downloadDb.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccacb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-downloadDb.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
+
+import { getArg } from './lib/args.js';
+import { getMany } from './lib/dl.js';
+import { error, log } from './lib/log.js';
+
+const ctx = 'downloadDb.js';
+
+/**
+ * Downloads all media possible for the users stored in db.json at the specified `--path`.
+ * Useful for first run or for augmenting existing media
+ * if it may be only partially archived in an uncertain state.
+ */
+const downloadDb = async () => {
+  log(ctx, 'Grabbing db');
+  let directory = '', threadMax = 1, db;
+  try {
+    directory = getArg('path');
+  } catch (err) {
+    error(ctx, err);
+    return;
+  }
+  try {
+    threadMax = getArg('threads');
+    log(ctx, `Using ${threadMax} threads`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    log(ctx, 'Using 1 thread');
+  }
+  try {
+    let file = await readFile(`${directory}/db.json`, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    db = JSON.parse(file);
+  } catch (err) {
+    error(ctx, err);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let processes = db.map(entry => ({
+    ...entry,
+    logs: [],
+  }));
+
+  log(ctx, `Building db using <user>/media for ${processes.length} users`);
+  await getMany(processes, threadMax, directory);
+
+  log(ctx, 'Building db using /search');
+}
+
+downloadDb();
diff --git a/run-initDb.js b/run-initDb.js
index 29adb6c..18db851 100644
--- a/run-initDb.js
+++ b/run-initDb.js
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 
 import { getArg } from './lib/args.js';
-import { getChildren } from './lib/io.js';
+import { getChildDirectories } from './lib/io.js';
 import { error, log } from './lib/log.js';
 
 const ctx = 'initDb.js';
 
+/**
+ * Initializes a user db from a list of existing directories
+ * at the specified `--path` parameter when executing the command.
+ * Useful when there is already a collection of folders.
+ */
 const initDb = async () => {
   log(ctx, 'Grabbing existing directories');
   let directory = '';
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@ const initDb = async () => {
     error(ctx, err);
     return;
   }
-  const children = await getChildren(directory);
+  const children = await getChildDirectories(directory);
   const db = children.map(child => ({
     'user': child,
     'lastUpdated': 'never',