diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b7b8c4..7c9bd2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -129,4 +129,6 @@ dmypy.json
 .pyre/
 
 # login credentials
-login.json
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+login.json
+# logged messages 
+messages.txt
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diff --git a/index.py b/index.py
index 0ac6ab3..ec55655 100644
--- a/index.py
+++ b/index.py
@@ -2,52 +2,70 @@ from time import sleep
 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
 import json
+from os.path import exists
+# add needed libraries
 
 with open('login.json', 'r') as file:
     json_object = json.load(file)
 
 username = json_object['username']
 password = json_object['password']
+# get account credentials from json file
 
 browser = webdriver.Firefox()
 browser.implicitly_wait(5)
 browser.get('https://www.instagram.com/')
 sleep(2)
+# start browser and go to site
 
 browser.find_element_by_css_selector("input[name='username']").send_keys(username)
 browser.find_element_by_css_selector("input[name='password']").send_keys(password)
-
 browser.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@type='submit']").click()
-print('login successful')
 sleep(5)
+# login 
 
 browser.get('https://www.instagram.com/direct/inbox/')
 sleep(2)
+# go to dms
 
 browser.find_element_by_css_selector("button.aOOlW:nth-child(2)") .click()
-print("click on `not now` for notifications") 
 sleep(2)
+# close notification pop up
 
-browser.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div[3]/a").click()
-print("open one of the dms")
+browser.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div[1]/a").click()
 sleep(2)
+# open first direct message chat
+
+if exists('messages.txt'):
+    pass
+else:
+    open('messages.txt', "a+").writelines("##### LOG FILE #####")
+# if log file does not exist create it
 
 while True:
-    increment_message = "/html/body/div[1]/section/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/div/div[last()]/div[2]/div"
-    try:    
-        message = browser.find_element_by_xpath(increment_message).text
-        print(message)
-    except NoSuchElementException as exception:
-        print("no message to display")
-        #? error handling if a specifc element does not exist
+    last_message =  str(browser.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/div/div[last()]/div[2]/div").text)
+    # get last message from site
+    last_line = ''
+    with open('messages.txt', "r") as f:
+        for line in f:
+            pass
+        last_line = line
+        print(last_line)
+        f.close()
+        #get last entry from log file
 
-# textfield = browser.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/textarea")
-# textfield.send_keys("this message is sent through a selenium bot by Array in a Matrix™")
-#? find textbox and types a message 
+    if last_message == last_line:
+        pass
+    else:
+        with open('messages.txt', "a+") as f:
+            f.writelines('\n')
+            f.writelines(last_message)
+        f.close()
+        # if last dm is already logged, do nothing, else log it
 
-# browser.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/section/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[3]/button").click()
-#? sends whatever message was in text field
-
-# sleep(10) 
-
-# browser.close()
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+#* try:    
+#*     message = browser.find_element_by_xpath(xpath_here).text
+#*     print(message)
+#* except NoSuchElementException as exception:
+#*     print("no message to display")
+#*? error handling if a specifc element does not exist, might need this later
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