diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2fe52f6..7b28496 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // writes out the cluster information it seperate files
 // to make it humanly possible to hand edit things as needed
+// write to ~/.config/forge/ unless ENV{FORGE_HOME} is set
 func (m *Repos) ConfigSave() error {
 	if os.Getenv("FORGE_HOME") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ func (m *Repos) ConfigSave() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
+// load the ~/.config/forge/ files
+func (c *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 	if os.Getenv("FORGE_HOME") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/forge")
@@ -47,8 +49,9 @@ func (m *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 	}
 	var data []byte
 	var err error
-	if m == nil {
-		return errors.New("It's not safe to run ConfigLoad() on a nil ?")
+	if c == nil {
+		// can't safely do c = new(Repo) if c is in a struct from the caller. notsure why
+		return errors.New("It's not safe to run ConfigLoad() on a nil")
 	}
 
 	if data, err = loadFile("forge.pb"); err != nil {
@@ -61,11 +64,11 @@ func (m *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 			// todo: error out if the file is empty?
 			// try forge.text & forge.json?
 		}
-		if err = m.Unmarshal(data); err != nil {
+		if err = c.Unmarshal(data); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("broken forge.pb config file")
 			return err
 		}
-		log.Info("config load found", len(m.Repos), "repos")
+		log.Info("config load found", len(c.Repos), "repos")
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -81,11 +84,11 @@ func (m *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 		if len(data) == 0 {
 			// todo: error out if the file is empty?
 		}
-		if err = m.UnmarshalTEXT(data); err != nil {
+		if err = c.UnmarshalTEXT(data); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("broken forge.text config file")
 			return err
 		}
-		log.Info("config load found", len(m.Repos), "repos")
+		log.Info("config load found", len(c.Repos), "repos")
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -101,16 +104,17 @@ func (m *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 		if len(data) == 0 {
 			// todo: error out if the file is empty?
 		}
-		if err = m.UnmarshalJSON(data); err != nil {
+		if err = c.UnmarshalJSON(data); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("broken forge.json config file")
 			return err
 		}
-		log.Info("config load found", len(m.Repos), "repos")
+		log.Info("config load found", len(c.Repos), "repos")
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	m.SampleConfig()
 	// first time user. make a template config file
+	c.SampleConfig()
+
 	return nil
 }