diff --git a/nix/modules/default.nix b/nix/modules/default.nix
index 3ef1bb43..fca7b160 100644
--- a/nix/modules/default.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/default.nix
@@ -87,13 +87,15 @@
               [ cfg.domain ]
             ]
           );
+          # HTTPs URL, used frequently
           baseUrl = "https://${fullDomain}";
         in
         lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
 
+          # configure the user that runs the continuwuity server
           users.users.${cfg.user} = {
-            inherit (cfg) group;
             isSystemUser = true;
+            inherit (cfg) group;
             home = cfg.dataDir;
             createHome = true;
             shell = "${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}";
@@ -114,6 +116,9 @@
                   server = "${fullDomain}:443";
                 };
               };
+              # this applies the default config options as well as the extra config options
+              # NOTE: It might be possible to overwrite the defaults through the extraConfig, in this case the user of
+              # this module is on her own
               mergedConfig =
                 builtins.foldl' lib.recursiveUpdate (builtins.removeAttrs cfg.settings [ "extraConfig" ])
                   [
@@ -215,6 +220,7 @@
               };
             };
 
+          # optionally configure nginx if enabled
           services.nginx =
             let
               clientConfig = {
diff --git a/nix/modules/test.nix b/nix/modules/test.nix
index 676e88d5..68840073 100644
--- a/nix/modules/test.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/test.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This system sole purpose is to test the nixosModules.continuwuity module from ../modules/default.nix
 { inputs, ... }:
 {
   testSystem = inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {