diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
index 04fae69a..14205fe7 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ start() {
   if is_running; then
     echo "pihole-FTL is already running"
   else
+    # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
     touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/log/pihole.log
     touch /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port
     touch /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ start() {
     mkdir -p /var/log/pihole
     chown pihole:pihole /var/run/pihole /var/log/pihole
     rm /var/run/pihole/FTL.sock 2> /dev/null
+    # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
     chown pihole:pihole /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port
     chown pihole:pihole /etc/pihole /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
     chown pihole:pihole /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /var/log/pihole.log