diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index be0709c..e8350e3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,16 +3,10 @@ package main
 import "fmt"
 
 func main() {
-	//fmt.Println("Hello!")
-
-	//var config Configuration
-
 	config := initializeConfig("config.yaml")
 	sshConn, sshConfig := initializeConnection(config)
 	clientConns := sshConn.dialConnection(sshConfig)
-	fmt.Println(clientConns)
 	clientSessions := sshConn.openSession(clientConns)
-	fmt.Println(clientSessions)
 	success := sshConn.executeTarFile(clientSessions)
 	fmt.Println(success)
 }
diff --git a/remote/main.go b/remote/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ff0da6e..0000000
--- a/remote/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import "fmt"
-
-func main() {
-	fmt.Println("Hello from the remote side!")
-}
diff --git a/remote/ssh_remote.go b/remote/ssh_remote.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f5c8df..0000000
--- a/remote/ssh_remote.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-// this file is to ssh back to the master machine to send back the tarball
-// still planning this piece out. stay tuned for more!
-// handsomely, Wyatt J. Miller, the guy who doesn't know what socket is headed where
diff --git a/remote/tar.go b/remote/tar.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 06ab7d0..0000000
--- a/remote/tar.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package main
diff --git a/ssh.go b/ssh.go
index 1f0145c..aca09ae 100644
--- a/ssh.go
+++ b/ssh.go
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ func (s SSHConnection) executeTarFile(execute SSHSessions) SSHSuccess {
 	success := SSHSuccess{}
 
 	for _, j := range execute {
-		// this is just a placeholder, change to the actual tarring executable
-		err := j.Run("echo 'hello world'! > test.txt")
+		// TODO: this is just a placeholder, change to the actual tarring executable
+		err := j.Run("echo 'hello world' > test.txt")
 
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Errorf("Can't execute program", err)
diff --git a/tar.go b/tar.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d727416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Header struct {
+	Comment string
+	Extra   []byte
+	ModTime time.Time
+	Name    string
+	OS      byte
+}
+
+func gzipit(source string, target string) error {
+	reader, err := os.Open(source)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Cannot open source")
+	}
+
+	filename := filepath.Base(source)
+	target = filepath.Join(target, fmt.Sprintf("%s.tar.gz", filename))
+	writer, err := os.Create(target)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Cannot create target archive")
+	}
+
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	archiver := gzip.NewWriter(writer)
+	archiver.Name = filename
+	defer archiver.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(archiver, reader)
+	return err
+}
+
+func ungzipit(source string, target string) {
+	reader, err := os.Open(source)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Cannot open source")
+	}
+
+	defer reader.Close()
+
+	archive, err := gzip.NewReader(reader)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Cannot open archive")
+	}
+
+	defer archive.Close()
+
+	target = filepath.Join(target, archive.Name)
+	writer, err := os.Create(target)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("Cannot extract archive")
+	}
+
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(writer, archive)
+}