diff --git a/etc/viewlog b/etc/viewlog
index 0f11311..906db12 100755
--- a/etc/viewlog
+++ b/etc/viewlog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+#this script is executed whenever you click on an entry from the logviewer script. This script handles opening a text editor to view your log file.
+
 DIRECTORY="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$(dirname "$0")")")"
 
 file="$6"
diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 0cb3322..f3f3bfe 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ rm_esc() { #remove ANSI escape sequences from a given file
 
 source "${DIRECTORY}/api" || error "failed to source ${DIRECTORY}/api"
 
-mkdir -p "${DIRECTORY}/data/status" "${DIRECTORY}/data/update-status"
+mkdir -p "${DIRECTORY}/data/status" "${DIRECTORY}/data/update-status" "${DIRECTORY}/logs"
+#remove week-old logfiles
+find "$DIRECTORY/logs" -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \; &>/dev/null &
 
 #determine if host system is 64 bit arm64 or 32 bit armhf
 if [ ! -z "$(file "$(readlink -f "/sbin/init")" | grep 64)" ];then