diff --git a/index-wp-redis.php b/index-wp-redis.php
index 23cebf3eac688b8fc6d25585e7887de08918c853..759d1a796c24b019ecd7affd8f3ab88fc02f1899 100644
--- a/index-wp-redis.php
+++ b/index-wp-redis.php
@@ -3,125 +3,150 @@
 // Start the timer so we can track the page load time
 $start = microtime();
 
-function getMicroTime($t)
-{
-    list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", $t);
+function getMicroTime($time) {
+    list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", $time);
     return ((float) $usec + (float) $sec);
 }
 
+function refreshHasSecret($secret) {
+    return isset($_GET['refresh']) && $_GET['refresh'] == $secret;
+}
 
-$debug               =  true;
-$cache				 =  false;
-$ip_of_your_website  =  '127.0.0.1';
-$secret_string       =  'changeme';
-
+function requestHasSecret($secret) {
+    return strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],"refresh=${secret}")!==false;
+}
 
+function isRemotePageLoad($currentUrl, $websiteIp) {
+    return (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])
+            && $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']== $currentUrl
+            && $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] != '/' 
+            && $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $websiteIp);
+}
 
+function handleCDNRemoteAddressing() {
+    // so we don't confuse the cloudflare server 
+    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'])) {
+        $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'];
+    }
+}
 
-// so we don't confuse the cloudflare server 
-if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'])) {
-    $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'];
+function getCleanUrl($secret) {
+    $replaceKeys = array("?refresh=${secret}","&refresh=${secret}");
+    $url = "http://${_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}${_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}";
+    $current_url = str_replace($replaceKeys, '', $url);
+    return $current_url;
 }
- 
+
+$debug          = true;
+$cache          = true;
+$websiteIp      = '127.0.0.1';
+$reddis_server  = '127.0.0.1';
+$secret_string  = 'changeme';
+$current_url    = getCleanUrl($secret_string);
+$redis_key      = md5($current_url);
+
+handleCDNRemoteAddressing();
 
 if(!defined('WP_USE_THEMES')) {
     define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
 }
 
-$current_url = str_replace(array("?refresh=${secret_string}","&refresh=${secret_string}"), '', "http://${_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}${_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}"); //clean up the URL
-$redis_key = md5($current_url);
-
-// check if the user was  logged in to wp
-$cookie = var_export($_COOKIE, true);
-$loggedin = preg_match("/wordpress_logged_in/", $cookie);
-
 try {
     // check if PECL Extension is available
     if (class_exists('Redis')) {
+        if ($debug) {
+            echo "<!-- Redis PECL module found -->\n";
+        }
         $redis = new Redis();
-        
+
         // Sockets can be used as well. Documentation @ https://github.com/nicolasff/phpredis/#connection
-        $redis->connect('127.0.0.1');
+        $redis->connect($reddis_server);
         
-    } else // Fallback to predis5.2.php
-    {
+    } else { // Fallback to predis5.2.php
+
+        if ($debug) {
+            echo "<!-- using predis as a backup -->\n";
+        }
         include_once("wp-content/plugins/wp-redis-cache/predis5.2.php"); //we need this to use Redis inside of PHP
         $redis = new Predis_Client();
     }
     
     //Either manual refresh cache by adding ?refresh=secret_string after the URL or somebody posting a comment
-    if (isset($_GET['refresh']) || $_GET['refresh'] == $secret_string || strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],"refresh=${secret_string}")!==false || ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] == $current_url && $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] != '/' && $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $ip_of_your_website)) {
-        
+    if (refreshHasSecret($secret_string) || requestHasSecret($secret_string) || isRemotePageLoad($current_url, $websiteIp)) {
+        if ($debug) {
+            echo "<!-- manual refresh was required -->\n";
+        }
         $redis->del($redis_key);
         require('./wp-blog-header.php');
-    
-	// if the user was logged in, don't show a cached site    
-	} else if ($loggedin) {
-		
-		require('./wp-blog-header.php');
-		
+        
+        $unlimited = get_option('wp-redis-cache-debug',false);
+        $seconds_cache_redis = get_option('wp-redis-cache-seconds',43200);
     // This page is cached, lets display it
     } else if ($redis->exists($redis_key)) {
-		$cache  = true;
+        if ($debug) {
+            echo "<!-- serving page from cache: key: $redis_key -->\n";
+        }
+        $cache  = true;
         $html_of_page = $redis->get($redis_key);
-		echo $html_of_page;
-        
+        echo $html_of_page;
+
      // If the cache does not exist lets display the user the normal page without cache, and then fetch a new cache page
-    } else if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $ip_of_your_website && strstr($current_url, 'preview=true') == false) {
+    } else if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $websiteIp && strstr($current_url, 'preview=true') == false) {
+        if ($debug) {
+            echo "<!-- displaying page without cache -->\n";
+        }
         
         $isPOST = ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') ? 1 : 0;
         
-        if ($isPost == 0) {
+        $loggedIn = preg_match("/wordpress_logged_in/", var_export($_COOKIE, true));
+        if (!$isPOST && !$loggedIn) {
             ob_start();
             require('./wp-blog-header.php');
             $html_of_page = ob_get_contents();
             ob_end_clean();
-			echo $html_of_page;
-			
-			$unlimited			 =  get_option('wp-redis-cache-debug',false);
-			$seconds_cache_redis =  get_option('wp-redis-cache-seconds',43200);
-			if (!is_numeric($seconds_cache_redis)) {
-				$seconds_cache_redis = 43200;
-			}
-			
-			
-			// When a page displays after an "HTTP 404: Not Found" error occurs, do not cache
-			// When the search was used, do not cache
+            echo $html_of_page;
+
+            if (!is_numeric($seconds_cache_redis)) {
+                $seconds_cache_redis = 43200;
+            }
+
+            // When a page displays after an "HTTP 404: Not Found" error occurs, do not cache
+            // When the search was used, do not cache
             if ((!is_404()) and (!is_search()))  {
                 if ($unlimited) {
-                	$redis->set($redis_key, $html_of_page);
+                    $redis->set($redis_key, $html_of_page);
+                } else {
+                    $redis->setex($redis_key, $seconds_cache_redis, $html_of_page);
                 }
-				else
-				{
-					$redis->setex($redis_key, $seconds_cache_redis, $html_of_page);
-				}
 
             }
-		//either the user is logged in, or is posting a comment, show them uncached
-        } else {
+        } else { //either the user is logged in, or is posting a comment, show them uncached
             require('./wp-blog-header.php');
         }
         
-    } else if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $ip_of_your_website && strstr($current_url, 'preview=true') == true) {
+    } else if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != $websiteIp && strstr($current_url, 'preview=true') == true) {
         require('./wp-blog-header.php');
     }
-     // else {   // This is what your server should get if no cache exists  //depricated, as the ob_start() is cleaner
+     // else {   // This is what your server should get if no cache exists  //deprecated, as the ob_start() is cleaner
         // require('./wp-blog-header.php');
     // }
 } catch (Exception $e) {
-    require('./wp-blog-header.php');
+    //require('./wp-blog-header.php');
+    echo "something went wrong";
 }
 
-
 $end  = microtime();
 $time = (@getMicroTime($end) - @getMicroTime($start));
 if ($debug) {
-	echo "<!-- Cache system by Benjamin Adams. Page generated in " . round($time, 5) . " seconds. -->";
-	echo "<!-- Site was cached  = " . $cache . " -->";
-	echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-seconds  = " . $seconds_cache_redis . " -->";
-	echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-secret  = " . $secret_string . "-->";
-	echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-ip  = " . $ip_of_your_website . "-->";
-	echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-unlimited = " . $unlimited . "-->";
-	echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-debug  = " . $debug . "-->";
+    echo "<!-- Cache system by Benjamin Adams. Page generated in " . round($time, 5) . " seconds. -->\n";
+    echo "<!-- Site was cached  = " . $cache . " -->\n";
+    if (isset($seconds_cache_redis)) {
+        echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-seconds  = " . $seconds_cache_redis . " -->\n";
+    }
+    echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-secret  = " . $secret_string . "-->\n";
+    echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-ip  = " . $websiteIp . "-->\n";
+    if (isset($unlimited)) {
+        echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-unlimited = " . $unlimited . "-->\n";
+    }
+    echo "<!-- wp-redis-cache-debug  = " . $debug . "-->\n";
 }
-
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 10819505fb460b442daebee09d2ab5e39556fde5..9c286824165f18e5e3706acd2820b9a9547657df 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 <?php
-
 require('index-wp-redis.php');
-
-//define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
-//require('./wp-blog-header.php');
-
-?>
\ No newline at end of file