diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 103dd2f..64111e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Resize-Api
 
-The resize API allow to place images into your frontend with the size set via URL parameters for rapid prototyping
+The resize API allow to place images into your frontend with the size set via URL parameters for rapid prototyping.
 
-A library to serve properly scaled versions of your images to the front end to reduce page load size
+A library to serve properly scaled versions of your images to the front end to reduce page load size.
+
+Rather than needing to resize and upload multiple copies of the same image to be used throughout your site, the API handle resizing and serving stored images. 
 
 
 # Installation
@@ -19,7 +21,8 @@ A library to serve properly scaled versions of your images to the front end to r
 You can also run the code through the nodemon devepement server
 `npm run start`
 
-When the server is running, you can resize an image by going to this url and adding parameters to resize the image `http://localhost:5000/api/image?filename=encenadaport&width=200&height=200`
+When the server is running, you can resize an image availible in the `images/full` folder by going to this url and adding parameters to resize the image 
+`http://localhost:5000/api/image?filename=encenadaport&width=200&height=200`
 
 # Built with 
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 41bf9cf..8df87af 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@ import routes from './routes/index'
 const app = express();
 const port = 3000;
 
-
-// app.get('/api', (req, res) => {
-//     res.send('welcome to api');
-// })
-
+// get routes
 app.use('/api', routes)
 
 // start Express server
-
 app.listen(port, () => {
     console.log(`server started at http://localhost:${port}`);
 })