diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e082bbd..63db8af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ or inaccurate!
 
 Uses [yad](https://smokey01.com/yad/) to present a simple GUI for adding 
 entries to todo.txt file.  See the yad-todo.png file for what it might look like.
+If the program is not running, ensure that it is getting the `todo.txt` file passed to it!
 
 ## kpf.sh
 
diff --git a/yad-todo.sh b/yad-todo.sh
index bff4304..579cf66 100755
--- a/yad-todo.sh
+++ b/yad-todo.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #   First argument is the path to todo.txt if it's not already exported 
 #   as TODO_FILE.  Simply designed for quick entry.
 #   
+#   If the program is not running, ensure that it is getting the todo.txt 
+#   file passed to it!
+#
 ########################################################################
 
 ToDoTxtFile="$1"