diff --git a/api b/api
index d3ae8bd..d11827a 100755
--- a/api
+++ b/api
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-DIRECTORY="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")"
-
 error() {
   echo -e "\e[91m$1\e[39m" 1>&2
   exit 1
 }
 
+#if this script is being run standalone, not sourced
+if [[ "$0" == */api ]];then
+  DIRECTORY="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")"
+fi
+
 #echo "API script thinks directory is $DIRECTORY" 1>&2
 
 repo_url="$(cat "${DIRECTORY}/etc/git_url" || echo 'https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps')"
@@ -314,13 +317,68 @@ runonce() { #run command only if it's never been run before. Useful for one-time
   
 }
 
+format_log_file() { #remove ANSI escape sequences from a given file, and add OS information to beginning of file
+  [ -z "$1" ] && error "format_log_file: no filename given!"
+  [ ! -f "$1" ] && error "format_log_file: given filename ($1) does not exist or is not a file!"
+  
+  echo -e "$(get_device_info)\n\nBEGINNING OF ERROR LOG:\n-----------------------\n\n$(cat "$1" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*//g')" > "$1"
+  
+}
+
+get_device_info() { #returns information about current install and hardware
+  echo "OS: $(cat /etc/os-release | grep PRETTY_NAME | tr -d '"' | awk -F= '{print $2}')"
+  echo "Kernel: $(uname -m) $(uname -r)"
+  echo "Userland CPU architecture: ${arch}-bit"
+  
+  if [ -f /etc/rpi-issue ];then
+    echo "Raspberry Pi OS image version: $(cat /etc/rpi-issue | grep 'Raspberry Pi reference' | sed 's/Raspberry Pi reference //g')"
+  fi
+  
+  if [ -f "${DIRECTORY}/gui" ];then
+    echo "Pi-Apps gui script datestamp: $(date -r "${DIRECTORY}/gui")"
+  fi
+  
+}
+
+send_error_report() { #non-interactively send a Pi-Apps error log file to the Botspot discord server
+  [ -z "$1" ] && error "send_error_report(): requires an argument"
+  [ ! -f "$1" ] && error "send_error_report(): '$1' is not a valid file."
+  
+  command -v curl >/dev/null || error "send_error_report(): Cannot send report: curl command not found!"
+  
+  errors="$(curl -F "file=@\"$1\";filename=\"$(basename "$1" | sed 's/\.log.*/.txt/g')\"" "$(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps-analytics/main/error-log-webhook | base64 -d)" 2>&1)"
+  [ $? != 0 ] && error "curl failed to upload log file!\nErrors:\n$errors"
+  
+}
+
+send_error_report_gui() { #Ask user for permission to send error report
+  [ -z "$1" ] && error "send_error_report_gui(): requires an argument for error report file!"
+  [ ! -f "$1" ] && error "send_error_report_gui(): Given error report file ($1) does not exist!"
+  [ -z "$2" ] && error "send_error_report_gui(): requires an argument for window text!"
+  
+  export -f text_editor
+  export DIRECTORY
+  
+  yad --center --title="Send error report?" --window-icon="${DIRECTORY}/icons/logo.png" \
+    --text="$2"$'\n'"Send error report to Pi-Apps developers?"$'\n'"Help is available on <a href=\"https://discord.gg/RXSTvaUvuu\">Discord</a> and <a href=\"https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new/choose\">Github</a>." --on-top \
+    --button='Send report'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/upload.png":0 \
+    --button='View report'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/log-file.png"!"View the log file to be sent."$'\n'"Feel free to edit the file with more debug information to help us.":"bash -c 'text_editor "\""$1"\""'" \
+    --button="Don't send"!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/exit.png":1
+  button=$?
+  #echo "Button: $button"
+  
+  if [ "$button" == 0 ];then
+    send_error_report "$1"
+  fi
+  
+}
+
 #if this script is being run standalone, not sourced
-if [[ "$0" ==  */api ]];then
-  #if user input a function command, then run it with arguments.
+if [[ "$0" == */api ]];then
   if [ ! -z "$1" ];then
+    #if user input a function command, then run it with arguments.
     #Keep in mind this could run any command the user wanted, not necessarily exclusively function commands.
     "$@"
-    #"$1" "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 1876368..5375817 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ if [ -z "$1" ];then
   error "You need to specify an operation, and in most cases, which app to operate on."
 fi
 
-rm_esc() { #remove ANSI escape sequences from a given file
-  [ -z "$1" ] && error "rm_esc: no filename given!"
-  [ ! -f "$1" ] && error "rm_esc: given filename ($1) does not exist or is not a file!"
-  
-  sed -i 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' "$1"
-  
-}
-
 source "${DIRECTORY}/api" || error "failed to source ${DIRECTORY}/api"
 
 mkdir -p "${DIRECTORY}/data/status" "${DIRECTORY}/data/update-status" "${DIRECTORY}/logs"
@@ -46,68 +38,60 @@ dirhash() {
 }
 
 if [ "$1" == 'multi-install' ];then
-  failed=0
-  PREIFS="$IFS"
+  
+  failed_apps=''
+  
   IFS=$'\n'
   for app in $2
   do
     "${DIRECTORY}/manage" install "$app"
     if [ $? != 0 ];then
-      failed=1
+      #this app failed to install - add it to the list of failed apps
+      failed_apps="$failed_apps
+$app"
+    fi
+  done
+  app_results="${app_results:1}" #remove first blank newline
+  
+  for app in $failed_apps ;do
+    logfile="$(ls -dt "${DIRECTORY}/logs"/* | grep '\-'"${app}"'\.log' -m 1)" #sort logfiles by modification date, get the most recent one for the current app
+    
+    #if logfile detected, exists, and is not empty, ask permission to send error report
+    if [ ! -z "$logfile" ] && [ -f "$logfile" ] && [ -s "$logfile" ];then
+      send_error_report_gui "$logfile" "<b>$app</b> failed to install."
     fi
   done
-  IFS="$PREIFS"
-  if [ $failed == 1 ];then
+  if [ ! -z "$failed_apps" ];then
     exit 1
-  #disable donate box
-  elif false && [ "$(ls "${DIRECTORY}/data/status" | wc -l)" -ge 5 ] && [ "$(($(date --utc --date '' +%s)/86400-30))" -ge "$(cat "${DIRECTORY}/data/last-donate-ask" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")" ];then
-    donatebox() {
-      TEXT="$(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps-announcements/main/donate_message)"
-      if [ -z "$TEXT" ];then
-        TEXT=" <b>Pi-Apps depends on you!</b>
- 
- I (Botspot) have spent <b>over 300 hours</b> programming Pi-Apps.
- Without financial support, I can't continue developing Pi-Apps as much as I have been. :(
- If every Pi-Apps user pitched in a mere <i>25 cents</i>, I could work on open-source development full-time. 
- 
- If Pi-Apps has saved you time &amp; effort, please consider donating. Any amount helps.
-"
-      fi
-      yad --title="Donations, anyone?" --center \
-        --window-icon="${DIRECTORY}/icons/logo.png" \
-        --text="$(echo -e "$TEXT")" \
-        --button='Support Pi-Apps'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/paypal.png":0 \
-        --button='No thanks'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/exit.png"!"I respect your decision.
-Pi-Apps will always be free, but if everyone clicks this button, it won"\'"t be maintained forever.":1
-      button=$?
-      
-      if [ $button == 0 ];then
-        #open donation page if button 0 clicked
-        #x-www-browser 'https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=V6W8WM4GN8AJ2&item_name=Pi-Apps+development&currency_code=USD'
-        x-www-browser 'https://paypal.me/josephmarchand'
-      fi
-      #don't ask again for 30 days, no matter what button clicked
-      echo "$(($(date --utc --date '' +%s)/86400))" > "${DIRECTORY}/data/last-donate-ask"
-    }
-    export -f donatebox
-    export DIRECTORY
-    setsid bash -c donatebox
   fi
+  
 elif [ "$1" == 'multi-uninstall' ];then
-  failed=0
-  PREIFS="$IFS"
+  failed_apps=''
+  
   IFS=$'\n'
   for app in $2
   do
     "${DIRECTORY}/manage" uninstall "$app"
     if [ $? != 0 ];then
-      failed=1
+      #this app failed to install - add it to the list of failed apps
+      failed_apps="$failed_apps
+$app"
     fi
   done
-  IFS="$PREIFS"
-  if [ $failed == 1 ];then
+  app_results="${app_results:1}" #remove first blank newline
+  
+  for app in $failed_apps ;do
+    logfile="$(ls -dt "${DIRECTORY}/logs"/* | grep '\-'"${app}"'\.log' -m 1)" #sort logfiles by modification date, get the most recent one for the current app
+    
+    #if logfile detected, exists, and is not empty, ask permission to send error report
+    if [ ! -z "$logfile" ] && [ -f "$logfile" ] && [ -s "$logfile" ];then
+      send_error_report_gui "$logfile" "<b>$app</b> failed to uninstall."
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ ! -z "$failed_apps" ];then
     exit 1
   fi
+  
 elif [ "$1" == 'install-if-not-installed' ];then
   
   #if not installed
@@ -115,6 +99,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'install-if-not-installed' ];then
     #install it
     "${DIRECTORY}/manage" install "$2" || exit 1
   fi
+  
 elif [ "$1" == 'install' ];then
   #INSTALL
   #for this operation, a program name must be specified.
@@ -151,13 +136,13 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'install' ];then
   
   #determine path for log file to be created
   logfile="${DIRECTORY}/logs/install-incomplete-${app}.log"
-  if [ -f "$logfile" ] || [ -f "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+/-incomplete-+/-success-+g')" ] || [ -f "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+/-incomplete-+/-fail-+g')" ];then
+  if [ -f "$logfile" ] || [ -f "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-success-+g')" ] || [ -f "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-fail-+g')" ];then
     #append a number to logfile's file-extension if the original filename already exists
     i=1
     while true;do
       #if variable $i is 2, then example newlogfile value: /path/to/install-Discord.log2
       newlogfile="$logfile$i"
-      if [ ! -f "$newlogfile" ] && [ ! -f "$(echo "$newlogfile" | sed 's+/-incomplete-+/-success-+g')" ] && [ ! -f "$(echo "$newlogfile" | sed 's+/-incomplete-+/-fail-+g')" ];then
+      if [ ! -f "$newlogfile" ] && [ ! -f "$(echo "$newlogfile" | sed 's+/-incomplete-+-success-+g')" ] && [ ! -f "$(echo "$newlogfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-fail-+g')" ];then
         logfile="${newlogfile}"
         break
       fi
@@ -176,7 +161,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'install' ];then
     echo 'installed' > "${DIRECTORY}/data/status/${app}"
     echo -e "\n\e[42m\e[30mInstalled ${app} successfully.\e[39m\e[49m" | tee -a "$logfile"
     
-    rm_esc "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
+    format_log_file "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
     mv "$logfile" "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-success-+g')" #
     exit 0
   else
@@ -185,7 +170,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'install' ];then
 Please ask on Github: \e[94m\e[4mhttps://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new/choose\e[24m\e[93m
 Or on Discord: \e[94m\e[4mhttps://discord.gg/RXSTvaUvuu\e[24m\e[39m" | tee -a "$logfile"
     
-    rm_esc "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
+    format_log_file "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
     mv "$logfile" "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-fail-+g')"
     exit 1
   fi
@@ -236,7 +221,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'uninstall' ];then
   if nice "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app}/uninstall" 2>&1 | tee -a "$logfile"; then
     echo 'uninstalled' > "${DIRECTORY}/data/status/${app}"
     echo -e "\n\e[42m\e[30mUninstalled ${app} successfully.\e[39m\e[49m" | tee -a "$logfile"
-    rm_esc "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
+    format_log_file "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
     mv "$logfile" "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-success-+g')"
     exit 0
   else
@@ -244,10 +229,11 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'uninstall' ];then
 \e[40m\e[93m\e[5m▲\e[25m\e[39m \e[49m\e[93mNeed help? Copy the \e[1mENTIRE\e[0m\e[49m\e[93m terminal output or take a screenshot.
 Please ask on Github: \e[94m\e[4mhttps://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/issues/new/choose\e[24m\e[93m
 Or on Discord: \e[94m\e[4mhttps://discord.gg/RXSTvaUvuu\e[24m\e[39m" | tee -a "$logfile"
-    rm_esc "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
+    format_log_file "$logfile" #remove escape sequences from logfile
     mv "$logfile" "$(echo "$logfile" | sed 's+-incomplete-+-fail-+g')"
     exit 1
   fi
+  
 elif [ "$1" == 'update' ];then
   #UPDATE
   #for this operation, a program name must be specified.
@@ -301,7 +287,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'update' ];then
   #move old program to trash
   gio trash "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app}" 2>/dev/null
   #failsafe
-  [ -d "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app}" ] && error "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app} still exists, despite trying to delete it!"
+  [ -d "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app}" ] && rm -rf "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app}"
   
   #copy new version from update/ to apps/
   cp -rf "${DIRECTORY}/update/pi-apps/apps/${app}" "${DIRECTORY}/apps/${app}"
@@ -312,6 +298,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'update' ];then
     "${DIRECTORY}/manage" install "$app"
   fi
   echo -e "\e[92m${app} was updated successfully.\e[39m"
+  
 elif [ "$1" == 'check-all' ];then
   #CHECK-ALL
   #for this operation, a program name cannot be specified.
@@ -363,7 +350,6 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'check-all' ];then
   #echo "App list: $applist" 1>&2
   
   updatable=''
-  PREIFS="$IFS"
   IFS=$'\n'
   for app in $applist
   do
@@ -396,7 +382,6 @@ ${app}"
       
     fi
   done 
-  IFS="$PREIFS"
   
   #remove initial newline character
   updatable="${updatable:1}"
@@ -410,7 +395,6 @@ ${app}"
 elif [ "$1" == 'update-all' ];then
   #UPDATE-ALL
   #for this operation, a program name cannot be specified.
-  PREIFS="$IFS"
   IFS=$'\n'
   updatable="$("${DIRECTORY}/manage" check-all)"
   if [ "$updatable" == '.' ];then
@@ -423,8 +407,7 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'update-all' ];then
     #update it using a recursive script instance
     echo "${DIRECTORY}/manage update $updateapp"
     "${DIRECTORY}/manage" update "$updateapp" || exit 1
-  done 
-  IFS="$PREIFS"
+  done
   echo -e '\e[92mOperation completed successfully!\e[39m'
 else
   error "Did not understand $1. Allowed values: 'install', 'multi-install', 'install-if-not-installed', 'uninstall', 'multi-uninstall', 'update','update-all', or 'check-all'."