diff --git a/handlerPkgs.go b/handlerPkgs.go
index 82d8b0f..2e3ccfc 100644
--- a/handlerPkgs.go
+++ b/handlerPkgs.go
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ func (s *Server) handlePackage(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	repo := req.PathValue("repo")
 	arch := req.PathValue("arch")
 	file := req.PathValue("file")
-	repoPath := filepath.Join(repo, "os", arch, file)   //path from mirror root to pkg or db file
-	pkgPath := filepath.Join(s.cfg.CacheRoot, repoPath) //absolute path for local read of the file
+	repoPath := filepath.Join(repo, "os", arch, file)     //path from mirror root to pkg or db file
+	cachePath := filepath.Join(s.cfg.CacheRoot, repoPath) //absolute path for local read of the file
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(pkgPath); err != nil {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(cachePath); err != nil {
 		err = s.c.Fetch(repoPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			var upstreamErr *cache.UpstreamError
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ func (s *Server) handlePackage(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	http.ServeFile(w, req, pkgPath)
+	http.ServeFile(w, req, cachePath)
 }
diff --git a/internal/cache/cache.go b/internal/cache/cache.go
index 92c33d7..cbd32ed 100644
--- a/internal/cache/cache.go
+++ b/internal/cache/cache.go
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Cache struct {
-	localRoot     string
+	cacheRoot     string
 	mirrorURL     string
 	mirroredRepos []string
 	sf            singleflight.Group //prevents duplicate downloads
 	mu            sync.Mutex
 }
 
-func NewCache(localRoot string, mirrorURL string) *Cache {
+func NewCache(cacheRoot string, mirrorURL string) *Cache {
 	return &Cache{
-		localRoot:     localRoot,
+		cacheRoot:     cacheRoot,
 		mirrorURL:     mirrorURL,
 		mirroredRepos: []string{"core", "extra"},
 	}
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ func (e *UpstreamError) Error() string {
 
 func (c *Cache) fetch(pkgName string) error {
 	// pkgName is relative to the localRoot
+	// ie pkgName includes /{repo}/os/{arch}/ and the actual name linux-x.x.x.pkg.tar.zst
 	tempPkgName := pkgName + ".tmp"
-	tempPkgPath := filepath.Join(c.localRoot, tempPkgName) //full tmp write path
-	outPkg := filepath.Join(c.localRoot, pkgName)
+	tempPkgPath := filepath.Join(c.cacheRoot, tempPkgName) //full tmp write path
+	outPkg := filepath.Join(c.cacheRoot, pkgName)
 	pkgURL := c.mirrorURL + pkgName
 
 	resp, err := http.Get(pkgURL)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bbe9cf8..053e45d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
 	c := cache.NewCache(cfg.CacheRoot, cfg.MirrorURL)
 	srv := &Server{cfg: cfg, c: c}