diff --git a/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/user-data.txt b/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/user-data.txt
index 758129f..0f89413 100644
--- a/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/user-data.txt
+++ b/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/user-data.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# this script will be run during the boot process by each VertSys instance created
+# in AWS currently this is a plain bash script that requires a RedHat based image
+# (AMI) could be ported to cloud-init for better compatibility with other Linux
+# distros
+#
+# see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/de_de/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/user-data.html
+
 # Config
 SCRIPT_ROOT_PATH="/tmp/init-script"
 VERTSYS_PATH="$SCRIPT_ROOT_PATH/verteilte-systeme-bsc-ai-examples/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/build/"
-#JARS = "TCPServer.jar TCPServerMulti.jar UDPServer.jar UDPServerMulti.jar UDPTimeCounterServer.jar TCPPerfServer.jar"
-JARS="TCPServer.jar TCPPerfServer.jar UDPServer.jar UDPTimeCounterServer.jar"
+#JARS = "TCPServer.jar TCPServerMulti.jar UDPServer.jar UDPServerMulti.jar UDPTimeCounterServer.jar TCPTimeCounterServer.jar TCPPerfServer.jar"
+JARS="TCPServer.jar TCPPerfServer.jar UDPServer.jar UDPTimeCounterServer.jar TCPTimeCounterServer.jar"
 REPO="https://gogs.informatik.hs-fulda.de/srieger/verteilte-systeme-bsc-ai-examples.git"
 
-# Create path to run the script and store the output
+# Create path to run the script
 mkdir $SCRIPT_ROOT_PATH
 cd $SCRIPT_ROOT_PATH
-# fetch user-data (should be the content of this script itself ;)) to check and run it later again
+
+# fetch user-data (should be the content of this script itself ;)) to be able check it later and run it again
 wget http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data
 chmod +x user-data
 wget http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone
+
 # setting console prompt to include location (availability zone and region in AWS)
 echo "PS1='[\u@\h@\e[32m`cat /tmp/init-script/availability-zone`\e[32m \W]$ '" >>/root/.bashrc
 echo "PS1='[\u@\h@\e[32m`cat /tmp/init-script/availability-zone`\e[39m \W]$ '" >>/home/ec2-user/.bashrc
@@ -24,6 +33,7 @@ while ! ping -c 1 -W 1 8.8.8.8; do
     sleep 1
 done
 
+# installation of required packages
 echo "Installing packages..."
 sudo yum update -y
 sudo yum install -y java git
@@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ if [ ! -d $VERTSYS_PATH ]; then
   git clone $REPO
 fi
 
-# killall running screens if script is run again
+# killall running screens, .e.g to cleanup if script is run again after boot
 killall screen
 # start all jars
 echo "Starting JARS: ${JARS}..."
@@ -42,8 +52,10 @@ for JAR in $JARS; do
   sudo screen -dmS $JAR -L java -jar $VERTSYS_PATH/$JAR
 done
 
+# wait a second, to allow java services to start
 sleep 1
 
+# output status of ports 36000-36199 and all running processes
 echo "Status:"
 sudo netstat -taupen | grep 36[0,1][0-9][0-9]
 sudo ps aux | grep java