diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index dc5c55b..ad6115b 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+;;; init.el --- The Emacs init file
+;;
+;;; Commentary:
+;; This is the main configuration file for Emacs.
+;; In this file:
+;; - Set the bootstratp for straight.el
+;; - Load use-package
+;; - Load no-littering
+;; - Set user-init-directory to ~/.cache/emacs
+;; - Install the latest release of org
+;; - Load the file ~/.emacs.d/myconfig.org
+;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; set up straight package manager
 (defvar bootstrap-version)
@@ -24,11 +36,11 @@
   "load the elisp file only if it exists and is readable"
   (if (file-readable-p f)
       (load-file f)))
-
-;; (defun load-orgfile-if-exists (f)
-;;   "load the elisp file only if it exists and is readable"
-;;   (if (file-readable-p f)
-;;       (org-babel-load-file (f))))
+;; Helper function for loading org-mode files
+(defun load-orgfile-if-exists (f)
+  "load the elisp file only if it exists and is readable"
+  (if (file-readable-p f)
+      (org-babel-load-file f)))
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Keep emacs clean!
@@ -37,6 +49,9 @@
       url-history-file (expand-file-name "url/history" user-emacs-directory))
 ;; Use no-littering to automatically set common paths to the new user-emacs-directory
 (use-package no-littering)
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; This is a patch for using emacs with fake home directories
 (setq custom-file (expand-file-name "custom.el" user-emacs-directory))
 (load-elisp-if-exists custom-file)   ;; custom-file not loaded with fancy home variables
 
@@ -54,3 +69,7 @@
                         (file-attribute-modification-time (file-attributes config-el))))
       (load-file config-el)
     (org-babel-load-file config-org)))
+
+(provide 'init)
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;; init.el ends here