diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..fb581c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tally/target/
+tally/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/tally/src/main.rs b/tally/src/main.rs
index bae1212..20d838c 100644
--- a/tally/src/main.rs
+++ b/tally/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 // https://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/8jcffg/20180514_challenge_361_easy_tally_program/
+// this is pretty much my first rust program
 
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
     let input = "EbAAdbBEaBaaBBdAccbeebaec";
+    println!("Tallying {}", input);
     let player_list = String::from(init_player_list(input.to_string()));
-    println!("{}", player_list);
+    println!("These people are playing: {}", player_list);
 
     let tally = tally(player_list, input.to_string());
-    print!("{:?}", tally);
+    println!("These are their scores:");
+    println!("{:?}", tally);
 }
 
+// get all distinct characters
 fn init_player_list(input: String) -> String{
     let mut result = String::new();
     let ch = input.chars();
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ fn init_player_list(input: String) -> String{
     return result
 }
 
+// tally each players scores
+// lowercase => +1 point
+// uppercase => -1 point
 fn tally(player_list: String, tally: String)  -> Vec<(char, i32)>{
     let mut v: Vec<(char, i32)> = Vec::new();
     for (_i, player) in player_list.chars().enumerate() {