diff --git a/installer.py b/installer.py
index bce0a5e..4a2eb2f 100644
--- a/installer.py
+++ b/installer.py
@@ -6,65 +6,23 @@ import time
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
-#detect operating system and find home, minecraft, & mod folders
-homedir = os.path.expanduser("~")
-os.chdir(homedir)
-
-# `global` sets these variables to exist outside of the scope of these specific `if` statements.
-global mcfolder
-global modfolder
-
-if platform.system() == "Linux":
-    print("Operating system detected: Linux")
-    os.chdir(homedir + '/.minecraft')
-    mcfolder = Path.cwd()
-    modfolder = mcfolder + '/mods'
-
-elif platform.system() == "Windows":
-    print("Operating system detected: Windows")
-    os.chdir("AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/mods")
-    mcfolder = Path.cwd()
-    modfolder = mcfolder + '/mods'
 
 
-os.chdir(mcfolder) 
-print("Changed current working directory to '" + str(mcfolder) + "'")
-time.sleep(2)
+#define some functions ahead of time
 
-# delete previous mods
-# WARN: THIS DOESN'T CURRENTLY BACK UP EXISTING MODS.
-def del_dir():
+def delete_directory(directory):
     try:
-        shutil.rmtree(str("mods"))
-        print("Cleared previous mods.")
+        shutil.rmtree(str(directory))
     except OSError as e:
         print("Error: %s - %s." % (e.filename, e.strerror))
-del_dir()
+#this defines a function to delete a directory (no shit)
 
-os.mkdir(str("mods"))
-
-
-
-# download mod archive from https://git.adolin.xyz/saru and extract
-#this snippet below defines a tar extract FUNCTION
 def extract_tar_archive(tar_file_path, extract_to):
     with tarfile.open(tar_file_path, 'r') as tar:
         tar.extractall(extract_to)
+#this defines a function to decompress a tar.gz file
 
-print("Starting install...")
-
-print("Fetching mods...")
-#  #this is the SIMPLEST implementation of curl i have ever seen i just NUTTED SO FUCKING HARD
-# take the last one back, this is fucking insane. wget the fucking goat. who knew windows package manager was so damn cool?
-wget.download('https://git.adolin.xyz/saru/lobotomy-mod-pack/raw/branch/main/mods.tar.gz')
-
-print("Extracting and writing to disk...")
-
-tar_file_path = 'mods.tar.gz'
-extract_to = 'mods'
-extract_tar_archive(tar_file_path, extract_to)
-
-def ascii():
+def ascii_art():
     print()
     print()
     print("      :+++++=")
@@ -100,11 +58,61 @@ def ascii():
     print("                                        =:     =:")
     print("                                         --::.--")
     print("                                           ....")
-    #someone's gonna think im a furry or a femboy or some shit because of this.
     print()
-ascii()
+#someone's gonna think im a furry or a femboy or some shit because of this.
 
-print("sigma")
+
+
+#detect operating system and find home, minecraft, & mod folders
+homedir = os.path.expanduser("~")
+os.chdir(homedir)
+
+global mcfolder
+global modfolder
+    # `global` sets these variables to exist outside of the scope of these specific `if` statements.
+
+if platform.system() == "Linux":
+    print("Operating system detected: Linux")
+    os.chdir(homedir + '/.minecraft')
+    mcfolder = Path.cwd()
+    modfolder = mcfolder + '/mods'
+
+elif platform.system() == "Windows":
+    print("Operating system detected: Windows")
+    os.chdir("AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/mods")
+    mcfolder = Path.cwd()
+    modfolder = mcfolder + '/mods'
+
+
+os.chdir(mcfolder) 
+print("Changed current working directory to '" + str(mcfolder) + "'")
+time.sleep(2)
+
+
+
+#clear out preexisting mods
+delete_directory("mods")
+print("Deleted mod folder contents.")
+os.mkdir(str("mods"))
+
+
+
+# download mod archive from https://git.adolin.xyz/saru and extract
+print("Starting install...")
+print("Fetching mods...")
+wget.download('https://git.adolin.xyz/saru/lobotomy-mod-pack/raw/branch/main/mods.tar.gz')
+    #  #this is the SIMPLEST implementation of curl i have ever seen i just NUTTED SO FUCKING HARD
+    # take the last one back, this is fucking insane. `wget` the fucking goat. who knew windows package manager was so damn cool?
+
+print("Extracting and writing to disk...")
+
+extract_tar_archive('mods.tar.gz', 'mods')
+    #              ('tarfile', 'directory to extract to')
+
+ascii_art()
+    #call func to print ascii art to console
+
+print("sigma!")
 print("all done!")
 print("This script will exit and close in ten seconds. :)")
 time.sleep(10)
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