diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index c9b7e6d..d81d4bb 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@
     "youtubeMode": true,
     "logRequestMessage": "!logsplease",
     "subscribeRequestMessage": "!subscribe",
-    "unsubscribeRequestMessage": "!unsubscribe"
+    "unsubscribeRequestMessage": "!unsubscribe",
+    "logFile": "./log",
+    "subscribersFile": "./subscribers.json"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/feed-bot.js b/feed-bot.js
index e50c35f..b9dbd01 100644
--- a/feed-bot.js
+++ b/feed-bot.js
@@ -60,21 +60,24 @@ var DiscordClient = {
 					return url;
 				});
 			}
-			else if (message === Config.subscribeRequestMessage) {
-				Subscriptions.subscribe(userID, user);
+			else {
+				switch (message) {
+					case Config.subscribeRequestMessage:
+						Subscriptions.subscribe(userID, user);
+						break;
+					case Config.unsubscribeRequestMessage:
+						Subscriptions.unsubscribe(userID, user);
+						break;
+					case Config.logRequestMessage:
+						DiscordClient.bot.uploadFile({
+							to: channelID,
+							file: Config.logFileName
+						}, (err, message) => {
+							if (err) Log.error("Failed to upload log file: " + message, err);
+							else Log.event("Uploaded log file for user " + user + "(" + userID + ")");
+						});
+				}
 			}
-			else if (message === Config.unsubscribeRequestMessage) {
-				Subscriptions.unsubscribe(userID, user);
-			}
-		}
-		else if (message === Config.logRequestMessage) {
-			DiscordClient.bot.uploadFile({
-				to: channelID,
-				file: "./log"
-			}, (err, message) => {
-				if (err) Log.error("Failed to upload log file: " + message, err);
-				else Log.event("Uploaded log file for user " + user + "(" + userID + ")");
-			});
 		}
 	},
 	checkPastMessagesForLinks: function () {
@@ -127,20 +130,23 @@ var DiscordClient = {
 var Subscriptions = {
 	subscribers: [],
 	parse: function () {
-		JsonFile.readFile("./subscribers.json", (err, obj) => {
+		JsonFile.readFile(Config.subscribersFile, (err, obj) => {
 			if (err) Log.error("Unable to parse json subscribers file", err);
 			this.subscribers = obj || [];
 		});
 	},
 	subscribe: function (userID, user) {
 		this.subscribers.push(userID);
-		JsonFile.writeFile("./subscribers.json", this.subscribers, (err) => { if (err) Log.error("Unable to write subscribers to json file", err); });
+		this.writeToFile();
 		Log.event("Subscribed user " + (user ? user + "(" + userID + ")" : userID));
 	},
 	unsubscribe: function (userID, user) {
 		this.subscribers.splice(this.subscribers.indexOf(userID));
-		JsonFile.writeFile("./subscribers.json", this.subscribers, (err) => { if (err) Log.error("Unable to write subscribers to json file", err); });
+		this.writeToFile();
 		Log.event("Unsubscribed user " + (user ? user + "(" + userID + ")" : userID));
+	},
+	writeToFile: function () {
+		JsonFile.writeFile(Config.subscribersFile, this.subscribers, (err) => { if (err) Log.error("Unable to write subscribers to json file", err); });
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/log.js b/log.js
index 8d7653a..a0a4c58 100644
--- a/log.js
+++ b/log.js
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-var console = require("console");
-var FileWriter = require("simple-file-writer");
+//external library imports
+var Console = require("console"); //access to debug console
+var FileWriter = require("simple-file-writer"); //file writer for logging
 
-var logWriter = new FileWriter("./log");
+//my imports
+var Config = require("./config.json"); //config file containing other settings
 
+var logWriter = new FileWriter(Config.logFileName);
 var latestLog = "";
 
 function log(message) {
-	if (message && message != latestLog) {
+	if (message && message !== latestLog) {
 		latestLog = message; //spam reduction
 
 		//attach a formatted date string to the beginning of everything we log
 		var dateMessage = new Date().toLocaleString() + " " + message;
 
-		console.log(dateMessage);
+		Console.log(dateMessage);
 		logWriter.write(dateMessage + "\n");
 	}
 }