diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54d103d..da320a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ As of the update on **_2022-01-01_**, if selecting an anime from the search hist
 
 ### Dealing with conflicting search queries / rofi grabbing from search list
 
-I can write more about it later, but in this program, rofi is configured to search with case insensitivity and select the best match from the list if there are matches. This can make it difficult at times to write a search query that does not trigger a selection from the rofi menu
+In this program, rofi is configured to search with case insensitivity and select the best match from the list if there are matches. This can make it difficult at times to write a search query that does not trigger a selection from the rofi menu
 
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diff --git a/ani-cli b/ani-cli
index 5195c5c..9bd5fdb 100755
--- a/ani-cli
+++ b/ani-cli
@@ -48,21 +48,6 @@ log() {
 	[ "$VERBOSE" -eq 1 ] && printf "%s\n" "$*" >&2
 }
 
-search_new() {
-	# get anime name along with id
-	curl -s "$BASE_URL" |
-		sed -n -E '
-		s_^[[:space:]]*<a href="/([^"/.]*)" title="([^"]*)".*_\1_p
-		' |
-		sed -n -E '
-		s_^[[:space:]]*([^"]*)-episode-[0-9]{1,100}*_\1_p
-		'
-}
-
-resolve_url() {
-	curl --silent --location --head --output /dev/null --write-out '%{url_effective}' -- $1
-}
-
 search_anime() {
 	# get anime name along with its id
 	log "NUM ARGS: $#"
@@ -140,11 +125,16 @@ get_links() {
 	embedded_video_url=$(get_embedded_video_link "$anime_id" "$episode")
 	episode_id=$(echo "$embedded_video_url" | grep -oE "id.+?&")
 	video_url="https://gogoplay1.com/download?${episode_id}"
+	log 'GET_LINKS() VARS:'
+	log "embedded_video_url: $embedded_video_url"
+	log "episode_id: $episode_id"
+	log "video_url: $video_url"
 }
 
 get_video_quality() {
 	get_links
 	video_quality=$(curl -s "$video_url" | grep -oE "(http|https):\/\/.*com\/cdn.*expiry=[0-9]*" | sort -V | sed 's/amp;//')
+	log "VIDEO QUALITY: $video_quality"
 	case $quality in
 		best)
 			play_link=$(echo "$video_quality" | sort -V | tail -n 1)
@@ -281,9 +271,10 @@ sync_watch_history() {
 		# anime_name=$(awk -F '|' '{print $2}' <<<"$line")
 		anime_name="${line/ //}"
 		log "ANIME: $anime_name"
-		episodes=$(sqlite3 -noheader "$temp_db" "SELECT episode_number, watch_date FROM watch_history WHERE anime_name = '$anime_name'")
+		episodes=$(sqlite3 -line -list -noheader "$temp_db" "SELECT episode_number, watch_date FROM watch_history WHERE anime_name = '$anime_name'")
 		# for each episode of $anime_name on the remote machine, check local
 		while read -r ep; do
+			log "ROW: $ep"
 			episode_num=$(awk -F '|' '{print $1}' <<< "$ep")
 			check_db "$anime_name" "$episode_num"
 			num=$?
@@ -292,7 +283,7 @@ sync_watch_history() {
 				log "$anime_name - E$episode_num NOT IN DB"
 				watch_date=$(awk -F '|' '{print $NF}' <<< "$ep")
 				log "Adding ($anime_name|$episode_num|$watch_date) to watch history..."
-				if ! sqlite3 "$HISTORY_DB" "INSERT INTO watch_history(anime_name, episode_number, watch_date) VALUES('$anime_name', '$episode_num', '$watch_date')"; then
+				if ! sqlite3 -noheader "$HISTORY_DB" "INSERT INTO watch_history(anime_name, episode_number, watch_date) VALUES('$anime_name', '$episode_num', '$watch_date')"; then
 					err "Error inserting row $ep"
 				fi
 				((++cnt))
@@ -533,6 +524,7 @@ open_episode() {
 	fi
 
 	get_video_quality
+	log "Play link: $play_link"
 	status_code=$(curl -s -I "$play_link" | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f2)
 	log "Status code: $status_code"
 
@@ -619,9 +611,6 @@ quality=best
 is_rofi=1
 is_download=0
 download_dir="."
-is_playlist=0
-playlist_remove=0
-playlist_add=0
 half_ep=0
 while getopts 'hd:Hsvq:c' OPT; do
 	case "$OPT" in
diff --git a/aniwrapper b/aniwrapper
index ede82b6..2b30e78 100755
--- a/aniwrapper
+++ b/aniwrapper
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ set -Eeo pipefail
 CMD="/usr/bin/ani-cli"
 DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD="$HOME/Videos/sauce"
 CFG_DIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/aniwrapper"
-DEFAULT_PLAYLIST="$CFG_DIR/playlists/playlist.txt"
 CFG_FILE="aniwrapper.rasi"
 QUALITIES="1. best (default)|2. 1080p|3. 720p|4. 480p|5. 360p|6. worst"
 QUALITY="best"
@@ -66,8 +65,8 @@ log() {
 	fi
 }
 
+# opens the passed in file with $PLAYER_CMD
 play_file() {
-	# opens the passed in file with $PLAYER_CMD
 	log "Checking if file is playable"
 	if [[ "$1" =~ (\.mp4|\.mkv|\.ts)$ ]]; then
 		log "File is playable..."
@@ -92,8 +91,8 @@ check_path() {
 	fi
 }
 
+# recursive function for finding path to video file given a starting directory
 find_videos() {
-	# recursive function for finding path to video file given a starting directory
 	inp="$1"
 	if [ -f "$inp" ]; then
 		echo "$inp"
@@ -150,6 +149,7 @@ elif [[ "$IS_ROFI" -eq 0 ]] && [[ "$IS_DOWNLOAD" -eq 1 ]]; then
 	printf "%s" "Enter download dir: "
 	read -r dl_dir
 	log "Download dir: $dl_dir"
+	[ -d "$dl_dir" ] && mkdir -p "$dl_dir" || dir "Error creating directory: $dl_dir"
 	run "-cd $dl_dir"
 	exit $?
 fi