diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 67900ba..bab6a79 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ async fn main() {
     pool.close().await;
 }
 
+//-************************************************************************
+// the two route hanlders
+//-************************************************************************
+
+/// This is the main handler. It counts the hit and returns the latest count.
 #[debug_handler]
 async fn register_hit(
     Path(slug): Path<String>,
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ async fn register_hit(
     format!("{hits}")
 }
 
+/// fer fancy people what want to be a little finer
 #[axum::debug_handler]
 async fn get_hits(
     State(db): State<SqlitePool>,
@@ -120,17 +126,6 @@ async fn get_hits(
     format!("{count}")
 }
 
-async fn get_period_hits(db: &SqlitePool, page: &str, when: &str) -> i32 {
-    sqlx::query_scalar!(
-        "select count(*) from hits where page = ? and accessed > ?",
-        page,
-        when
-    )
-    .fetch_one(db)
-    .await
-    .unwrap_or(0)
-}
-
 //-************************************************************************
 // li'l helpers
 //-************************************************************************
@@ -226,3 +221,14 @@ fn shasum(input: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
     context.update(input);
     context.finish().as_ref().to_vec()
 }
+
+async fn get_period_hits(db: &SqlitePool, page: &str, when: &str) -> i32 {
+    sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        "select count(*) from hits where page = ? and accessed > ?",
+        page,
+        when
+    )
+    .fetch_one(db)
+    .await
+    .unwrap_or(0)
+}