diff --git a/README b/README
index b10b976..b9ac524 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,22 +2,39 @@
 psh-fractional
 -- fractional math in pure sh, successor to psh-float-micro
 ---
-Dev Status
--- this is on pause for now; I'm really tired
----
 Current Status
--- addition 100% working
+-- addition ~85% working
+---- has some odd issues with decimals
+---- has issues with "Illegal number"
+------ eg: 18471.81672 + 27540.27237
+---- will debug at later date
 -- subtraction ~90% working
----- decimal placement working now
----- some numbers produce the wrong results... no idea why
+---- had issues due to an edge case before: see last commit
+---- has an issue where $e in rad() somehow becomes malformed
+------ eg: 23019.18605 - 1139
+------ produces: 11629.18605
+------ correct:  21880.18605
+---- current method uses a system of removing the decimal from $1 & $2
+---- and then subtracting them; (m1-m2)
+---- the issue is likely in rad() as $((m1-m2)) is correct before
+---- being handed to rad()
 -- multiplication 100% working
+---- length issues when comparing to bc (produces additional decimals)
+------ I am not going to attempt to fix this
+------ it's really not an issue
 -- division ~90% working 
 ---- may sometimes produce to many decimals
+------ this will not be fixed
 ---- rarely places decimals in wrong places
+------ eg: 324.81478 / 21715
+------ produces: 1.49580833525212986414
+------ correct:  0.01495808335252129864
+---- Some odd edge case with $dp is causing this...
+---- debugging ongoing
 ---
 Outer Usage
--- it is recommended to use this library with the upcomming
--- psh-fc if you wish to compare numbers that it produces
+-- it is recommended to use this library with psh-fc
+-- if you wish to compare numbers that it produces
 -- as decimal numbers are not considered numbers by posix sh
 ---- https://dicksdeathabove.xyz/~mia/psh-fc
 ---
diff --git a/division/div b/division/div
index edc184a..8259899 100755
--- a/division/div
+++ b/division/div
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ld() { # $1/$2
   esac
   #echo "$1 $2"
   di="$1"; div="$2"; count="$3" # redeclare
-  #echo "$sp $div ${di}/${#di} | $1/$2 | $di/$div"
+  #echo "${sp# } $div ${di}/${#di} | $1/$2 | $di/$div"
   o="$((${di%.*}/${div%.*}))"; [ "${#o}" -eq 0 ] && : $((count+=2)); : $((count+=${#o}))
   sd="${di%.*}"; : $((count+=${#sd}));
   until [ "${#di}" -eq "$((count+1))" ]; do
@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ ld() { # $1/$2
       fd="${sd}${fd}"
       #echo "$fd"
     }
-    sd="$((fd/div))"; [ "$sd" -eq 0 ] && : $((count+=1))
+    sd="$((fd/div))"
+    #[ "$sd" -eq 0 ] && : $((count+=1))
     o="${o}${sd}"; sd="$((sd*div))"
     #printf "  %s\n- %s\n" "$fd" "$sd"
     sd="$((fd-sd))"
     #echo "| $sd -- $i"
+    #echo "$o $dp"
     di="${di#?}" # $fd$sd
     : $((n+=1))
   done
+  #echo "$o"
   n=0; sd="$o"; while [ "$sd" ]; do
     next="${sd#?}"
     [ "$n" -eq "$dp" ] && {
@@ -98,10 +101,10 @@ ld() { # $1/$2
     sd="$next"
     : $((n+=1))
   done
+  #echo "-- $o"
   #until [ "${o#0}" = "$o" ]; do
   #  o="${o#0}"
   #done
-  #echo "$o"
   if [ ! -z "${o##*.*}" -a "$dp" -gt 0 ]; then # missing decimal place
     do="$o"; [ "${#do}" -gt "$dp" ] && until [ "${#do}" -eq "$dp" ]; do
       do="${do%?}"
diff --git a/multiplication/mul b/multiplication/mul
index ed85405..2f3e6bd 100755
--- a/multiplication/mul
+++ b/multiplication/mul
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ done
 until [ "${m2#0}" = "$m2" ]; do
   m2="${m2#0}"
 done # dash has issues when numbers have leading 0's
-
 # zsh,bash,etc don't need this at all
 # and really dash shouldn't either but /shrug
+
 #printf '%s\n%s\n' "${m1}*${m2}" "9223372036854775807"
 ad "$((m1*m2))" "$dn"
diff --git a/subtraction/sub b/subtraction/sub
index 1e3f609..e0cab5f 100755
--- a/subtraction/sub
+++ b/subtraction/sub
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ elif [ ! -z "${2##*.*}" ]; then
   done
 fi # if $1/$2 is not a float; convert to float
 m1="${1%.*}${1#*.}"; m2="${2%.*}${2#*.}"
-dn=$((${1%.*}-${2%.*})); dn="${dn#-}"; dn="${#dn}"
+dn=$((${1%.*}-${2%.*})); # dn == dp
+# dn can also be checked to see if the wrong whole number result produced is correct
+dn="${dn#-}"; dn="${#dn}"
 # decimal place is determined by the length of $1-$2
 # without decimals
 ## SWAP IF $1 > $2; negative handling
@@ -54,4 +56,9 @@ until [ "${m2#0}" = "$m2" ]; do
 done # dash has issues when numbers have leading 0's
 # zsh,bash,etc don't need this at all
 # and really dash shouldn't either but /shrug
+## 
+# if $m1 is longer than $m2 it may cause it to produce wrong results
+[ -z "${2##*.*}" ] && until [ "${#m2}" -eq "${#m1}" ]; do
+  m2="${m2}0"
+done
 rad "$((m1-m2))" "$dn" "${nr}"
diff --git a/tester b/tester
index 5bb09a8..ad421a6 100755
--- a/tester
+++ b/tester
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ IFS=" "; for i in ${types}; do
     } || status=1
     case "$status" in
       0) printf 'Correct!\n\n' ;;
-      1) printf 'False..\n\n'
+      1) printf 'False..\n\n' && exit 1
     esac
   done
 done