diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/fragments/RouteDetailFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/fragments/RouteDetailFragment.java
index 5fded7c..1f0259c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/fragments/RouteDetailFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/fragments/RouteDetailFragment.java
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ public class RouteDetailFragment extends Fragment {
         return view;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Button onclick method that starts the route that is being viewed.
+     * @param view the button
+     */
     public void startRoute(View view) {
         ApiHandler.INSTANCE.getDirections(route);
         RouteHandler.INSTANCE.followRoute(route);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/network/ApiHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/network/ApiHandler.java
index 46d3830..61f3176 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/network/ApiHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/a1/nextlocation/network/ApiHandler.java
@@ -20,43 +20,72 @@ import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.RequestBody;
 import okhttp3.Response;
 
+/**
+ * Singleton that handles all API calls
+ */
 public enum ApiHandler {
     INSTANCE;
 
 
     private static String TAG = ApiHandler.class.getCanonicalName();
+
     public static final MediaType JSON = MediaType.get("application/json; charset=utf-8");
     private final String BASE_URL = "https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/";
     private final String API_KEY = "5b3ce3597851110001cf6248d4eee2099f724255918adc71cc502b2a";
     private final String DIRECTIONS_MODE = "foot-walking";
+
     private List<DirectionsListener> listeners = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
 
+    /**
+     * gets directions from the start location to the end location
+     * @param startLocation the start location
+     * @param endLocation the end location
+     */
     public void getDirections(Location startLocation, Location endLocation) {
         getDirections(startLocation.getCoordinates(),endLocation.getCoordinates());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * gets directions from the start location latitude and longitude and the end location latitude and longitude
+     * @param startLat the start latitude
+     * @param startLong the start longitude
+     * @param endLat the end latitude
+     * @param endLong the end longitude
+     */
     public void getDirections(double startLat, double startLong, double endLat, double endLong) {
         getDirections(startLong + "," + startLat, endLong + "," + endLat);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the directions from the start location to the end location. An example location would be "3.543543,5.7675765"
+     * @param startLocation the start location represented as <i>startlat,startlong</i>
+     * @param endLocation the end location represented as <i>endlat,endlong</i>
+     */
     public void getDirections(String startLocation, String endLocation) {
 
+        // build the url
         String requestUrl = BASE_URL + DIRECTIONS_MODE + "?api_key=" + API_KEY + "&start=" +startLocation + "&end=" + endLocation;
+
+        // start a new thread to do the request, because we don't want to be networking on our main thread
         Thread t = new Thread(() -> {
 
+            // build a request from the url
             Request request = new Request.Builder().url(requestUrl).build();
 
+            // try to get the response
             try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
                 if (response.body() != null) {
                     String responseString = Objects.requireNonNull(response.body()).string();
                     Log.d(TAG, "getDirections: got response: " + responseString);
 
+                    // convert the response into a result object
                     DirectionsResult result = new DirectionsResult();
                     result.parse(responseString);
                     Log.d(TAG, "getDirections: " + result.getSteps().size());
 
+                    // notify the listeners
                     for (DirectionsListener listener : listeners) {
                         listener.onDirectionsAvailable(result);
                     }
@@ -77,29 +106,35 @@ public enum ApiHandler {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * adds a listener for when a result of an api call is available
+     * @param listener the new listener
+     */
     public void addListener(DirectionsListener listener) {
         this.listeners.add(listener);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * gets directions for the given {@link Route}
+     * @param route the route to get directions for
+     */
     public void getDirections(Route route) {
-//        for (int i = 0; i < route.getLocations().size()-1; i+= 2) {
-//            Location start = route.getLocations().get(i);
-//            Location end = route.getLocations().get(i+1);
-//            getDirections(start,end);
-//        }
 
+        // add the coordinates to the list
         ArrayList<double[]> allCoords = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Location location : route.getLocations()) {
             allCoords.add(location.getCoordinatesAsDoubles());
         }
 
+        // convert it to a json string
         String body = "{\"coordinates\":" + new Gson().toJson(allCoords) + "}";
 
-
         String requestUrl = BASE_URL + DIRECTIONS_MODE + "?api_key=" + API_KEY;
 
+        // new thread, because we don't want to be networking on our main thread
         Thread t = new Thread(() -> {
 
+            // add the body to the request
             RequestBody requestBody = RequestBody.create(body,JSON);
             Request request = new Request.Builder()
                     .url(requestUrl)
@@ -110,15 +145,19 @@ public enum ApiHandler {
                 if (response.body() != null) {
                     String responseString = Objects.requireNonNull(response.body()).string();
                     Log.d(TAG, "getDirections: got response: " + responseString);
+
+                    // kinda lazy, but we had time pressure
                     if (responseString.startsWith("{\"error")) {
                         Log.e(TAG, "getDirections: ERROR IN REQUEST!");
                         return;
                     }
 
+                    // convert the result into a DirectionsResult
                     DirectionsResult result = new DirectionsResult();
                     result.parseRoute(responseString);
                     Log.d(TAG, "getDirections: " + result.getSteps().size());
 
+                    //notify the listeners
                     for (DirectionsListener listener : listeners) {
                         listener.onDirectionsAvailable(result);
                     }
@@ -132,11 +171,12 @@ public enum ApiHandler {
 
         t.start();
 
-        try {
-            t.join();
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+//
+//        try {
+//            t.join();
+//        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+//            e.printStackTrace();
+//        }
 
 
     }