diff --git a/add_mirror.sh b/add_mirror.sh
index 579135f393544b6a7a713ec92f6f4975f7b9da18..de5854bc96fe205514c5939cbc2d1f544f2b00c4 100755
--- a/add_mirror.sh
+++ b/add_mirror.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 . "$(dirname $0)/config.sh"
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
-export token_secret gitlab_url gitlab_namespace gitlab_user
+#export env vars for python script
+export gitlab_user_token_secret gitlab_url gitlab_namespace gitlab_user
 
 #Get the remote gitlab url for the specified project.
 #If the project doesn't already exist in gitlab then create it.
-if python lib/create_gitlab_project.py $1 &> /dev/null;then
+echo "Resolving gitlab remote."
+if python lib/create_gitlab_project.py $1 1> /dev/null;then
   gitlab_remote=$(python lib/create_gitlab_project.py $1)
+  echo "gitlab remote ${gitlab_remote}"
 else
   echo "There was an unknown issue with create_gitlab_project.py" 1>&2
   exit 1
@@ -22,14 +25,18 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "${repo_dir}/${gitlab_namespace}"
 
 #create a mirror
+echo "Creating mirror from $2"
 cd "${repo_dir}/${gitlab_namespace}"
 git clone --mirror $2 "$1"
 cd "$1"
 #add the gitlab remote
+echo "Adding gitlab remote to project."
 git remote add gitlab ${gitlab_remote}
 git config --add remote.gitlab.push '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*'
 git config --add remote.gitlab.push '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*'
 #Check the initial repository into gitlab
+echo "Checking the mirror into gitlab."
 git fetch
 git remote prune origin
 git push gitlab
+echo "All done!"
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 9d472712726136ff3d2dd74265c4c3bd5ce0ff7f..21440fab333f30e29d8250730df40d1a79e5aa07 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 #Environment file
 
+#
+# gitlab-mirror settings
+#
 repo_dir="/home/gitmirror/repositories"
-mirror_list=("gitlabhq")
-token_secret="$(head -n1 /home/gitmirror/private_token)"
-#This group will contain all code mirrors
+
+#
+# Gitlab settings
+#
+
+#This is the Gitlab group where all project mirrors will be grouped.
 gitlab_namespace="Mirrors"
+#This is the web url of your Gitlab server. no trailing slash, just the protocol and server name.
 gitlab_url="https://comet.irt.drexel.edu"
+#Special user you created in Gitlab whose only purpose is to update mirror sites and admin the $gitlab_namespace group.
 gitlab_user="gitmirror"
+#Generate a token for your $gitlab_user and set it here.
+gitlab_user_token_secret="$(head -n1 /home/gitmirror/private_token)"
diff --git a/git-mirrors.sh b/git-mirrors.sh
index 3eddef70ea300ad2edcfb534eec35c2c2b05ad46..4a8047ef689d608840b735afcd906e912aa4bcfb 100755
--- a/git-mirrors.sh
+++ b/git-mirrors.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
 . "$(dirname $0)/config.sh"
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
+STATUS=0
+
 ls -1 "${repo_dir}/${gitlab_namespace}" | while read mirror;do
   if ! ./update_mirror.sh "${mirror}" &> /dev/null;then
     echo "Error: ./update_mirror.sh ${mirror}" 1>&2
+    STATUS=1
   fi
 done
+exit ${STATUS}
diff --git a/lib/create_gitlab_project.py b/lib/create_gitlab_project.py
index 6ffd2e89c828fc24942b961ce9ba3e4d9ce48e29..2985b44a962a8c46cccc737453a3425790f4ae93 100755
--- a/lib/create_gitlab_project.py
+++ b/lib/create_gitlab_project.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import gitlab
 
 try:
   project_name=argv[1]
-  token_secret=os.environ['token_secret']
+  token_secret=os.environ['gitlab_user_token_secret']
   gitlab_url=os.environ['gitlab_url']
   gitlab_namespace=os.environ['gitlab_namespace']
   gitlab_user=os.environ['gitlab_user']