diff --git a/dupe.sh b/dupe.sh
index 9c8dd6c..3cea68e 100755
--- a/dupe.sh
+++ b/dupe.sh
@@ -19,24 +19,59 @@ else
     echo ".env file not found in script directory ($ENV_PATH)"
 fi
 
-# Variables
+# Default Variables
 JDUPES_OUTPUT_LOG=${JDUPES_OUTPUT_LOG:-"/mnt/data/jdupes.log"}
 JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR=${JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR:-"/mnt/data/media/"}
 JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR=${JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR:-"/mnt/data/torrents/"}
 JDUPES_HASH_DB=${JDUPES_HASH_DB:-"/.config/jdupes_hashdb"}
-## Secret Variables
 JDUPES_COMMAND=${JDUPES_COMMAND:-"/usr/bin/jdupes"}
 JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS=${JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS:-"-X nostr:.RecycleBin -X nostr:.trash"}
 JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT=${JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT:-"mp4,mkv,avi"}
+DEBUG=${DEBUG:-"false"}
 
-# Logging the start of the operation
-timestamp=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-echo "[$timestamp] Duplicate search started for $JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR and $JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR." >>"$JDUPES_OUTPUT_LOG"
-echo "command is"
-# Running jdupes with the loaded environment variables
-echo "$JDUPES_COMMAND" "$JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS" -X onlyext:"$JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT" -L -r -Z -y "$JDUPES_HASH_DB" "$JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR" "$JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR"
-"$JDUPES_COMMAND" "$JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS" -X onlyext:"$JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT" -L -r -Z -y "$JDUPES_HASH_DB" "$JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR" "$JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR" >>"$JDUPES_OUTPUT_LOG"
-
-# Logging the completion of the operation
-timestamp=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-echo "[$timestamp] Duplicate search completed for $JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR and $JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR." >>"$JDUPES_OUTPUT_LOG"
+find_duplicates() {
+    local log_file="$JDUPES_OUTPUT_LOG"
+    local start_time=$(date +%s)
+    echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] Duplicate search started" | tee -a "$log_file"
+
+    if [ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]; then
+        echo "Running jdupes with:" | tee -a "$log_file"
+        echo "$JDUPES_COMMAND $JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS -X onlyext:$JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT -r -M -y $JDUPES_HASH_DB $JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR $JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR" | tee -a "$log_file"
+    fi
+
+    local results
+    results=$("$JDUPES_COMMAND" "$JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS" -X onlyext:"$JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT" -r -M -y "$JDUPES_HASH_DB" "$JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR" "$JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR")
+
+    if [[ $results != *"No duplicates found."* ]]; then
+        "$JDUPES_COMMAND" "$JDUPES_EXCLUDE_DIRS" -X onlyext:"$JDUPES_INCLUDE_EXT" -r -L -y "$JDUPES_HASH_DB" "$JDUPES_SOURCE_DIR" "$JDUPES_DESTINATION_DIR" >>"$log_file"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]; then
+        echo -e "jdupes output: ${results}" | tee -a "$log_file"
+    fi
+
+    parse_jdupes_output "$results" "$log_file"
+    local finish_time=$(date +%s)
+    local run_time=$((finish_time - start_time))
+    echo "[$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")] Duplicate search completed in ${run_time}s" | tee -a "$log_file"
+}
+
+parse_jdupes_output() {
+    local results="$1"
+    local log_file="$2"
+
+    if [[ $results != *"No duplicates found."* ]]; then
+        field_message="❌ Unlinked files discovered..."
+        parsed_log=$(echo "$results" | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sort -u)
+    else
+        field_message="✅ No unlinked files discovered..."
+        parsed_log="No hardlinks created"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]; then
+        echo -e "$field_message" | tee -a "$log_file"
+        echo -e "Parsed log: ${parsed_log}" | tee -a "$log_file"
+    fi
+}
+
+find_duplicates