diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d4d0ec..85d2773 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,35 +1,43 @@
 # Pastebinner
-
-Welcome to your new gem! In this directory, you'll find the files you need to be able to package up your Ruby library into a gem. Put your Ruby code in the file `lib/pastebinner`. To experiment with that code, run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt.
-
-TODO: Delete this and the text above, and describe your gem
-
-## Installation
-
-Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
-
-```ruby
-gem 'pastebinner'
-```
-
-And then execute:
-
-    $ bundle
-
-Or install it yourself as:
-
-    $ gem install pastebinner
+Check out the examples folder for some examples. I will add more soon.
 
 ## Usage
+Set these three environment variables:
 
-TODO: Write usage instructions here
+```
+pastebin_api_key
+pastebin_username
+pastebin_password
+```
 
-## Development
+If you want to scrape pastes, you can view a json response of the latest pastes by using the ```-s``` or ```--scrape_public``` options.
+Creating pastes is built in, check ```lib/pastebinner.rb```, I am still working on adding in the functionality to use it on the command line. 
+The command line app can be used as follows: 
 
-After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
+```shell
+pastebinner --help
+Usage: pastebinner [options]
+    -h, --help                       Show this help messae
+    -s, --scrape_public              Scrape public pastes
+    -r, --raw                        Raw paste. Requires --key passed with a valid key
+    -g, --get_keys                   Get unique paste keys from public pastes
+    -k, --key=                       Unique paste key
+    -d, --download                   Download all public pastes to data directory
+    -t, --trending                   Trending pastes
+```
+### Downloading pastes
+Create a directory in the git repo named data, this is where the raw pastes will be stored.
+Here is an example of what it looks like: 
 
-To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+```shell
+pastebinner --download
+Downloading paste data into the data directory...
+Complete.
+```
 
-## Contributing
+The data directory will then be populated with pastebin raw paste files with the following naming scheme:
 
-Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/pastebinner.
+```shell
+pastebin_paste_key_agiArDuG  pastebin_paste_key_f9sZ4zfZ  pastebin_paste_key_kkS48wHT  pastebin_paste_key_rjxNDUbN  pastebin_paste_key_vu5HSagJ  pastebin_paste_key_ZZrUy4Fa
+pastebin_paste_key_AHMT1YSC  pastebin_paste_key_f9Zn6FWf  pastebin_paste_key_kLVdVpTW  pastebin_paste_key_rLDbHTZN  pastebin_paste_key_vv6R1Dz4
+```
diff --git a/README.md.default b/README.md.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4d0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md.default
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Pastebinner
+
+Welcome to your new gem! In this directory, you'll find the files you need to be able to package up your Ruby library into a gem. Put your Ruby code in the file `lib/pastebinner`. To experiment with that code, run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt.
+
+TODO: Delete this and the text above, and describe your gem
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'pastebinner'
+```
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install pastebinner
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here
+
+## Development
+
+After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
+
+To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+
+## Contributing
+
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/pastebinner.
diff --git a/bin/pastebinner b/bin/pastebinner
index d78c955..806ba9c 100755
--- a/bin/pastebinner
+++ b/bin/pastebinner
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ pb =  Pastebinner.new(ENV['pastebin_api_key'], ENV['pastebin_username'], ENV['pa
 def download_pastes(pb)
   pub_pastes = pb.scrape_public_pastes
   keys = pb.get_unique_paste_keys(pub_pastes)
+  data_dir = "../data/" 
+  filename = "pastebin_paste_key"
   keys.map do |id|
-    File.write("../data/pastebin_paste_key_#{id[:key]}", pb.raw_paste_data(id[:key]))
+    if File.exist?(data_dir + filename)
+      puts "#{id[:key]} already exists on your filesystem, skipping..." 
+    else
+      File.write(data_dir + filename + "_#{id[:key]}", pb.raw_paste_data(id[:key]))
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/configuration.rb b/lib/configuration.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c37593d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Configuration
+# this is going to be where i store config options like
+# - database or directory. directory is built in, we just need to fine tune it a bit more
+# - we will start doing just a standard sqlite file for raw pastes as a test
+end
diff --git a/lib/exceptions.rb b/lib/exceptions.rb
index d5788a8..2ff5db8 100644
--- a/lib/exceptions.rb
+++ b/lib/exceptions.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class PastebinnerError < StandardError
 
-end
 
-raise PastebinnerError
+end