diff --git a/meow.sh b/meow.sh
index e2d7e44..c1abbfc 100644
--- a/meow.sh
+++ b/meow.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 SEP=$'\1'
 
+# all timestamps are given in seconds since the epoch
+declare -A groupinsane # unsanitized group names
+declare -A groupregex
+declare -A grouptime # last seen release
+
 die() {
-    echo -E "$@" 1>&2
+    echo -E "$@" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
-nullcheck() {
+nullcheck() { # {group name}
     [[ -n "$1" ]] || die "Null group name";
 }
 
@@ -14,32 +19,28 @@ sanitize() {
     sed -e 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z_]/_/g'
 }
 
-splittags() {
+splittags() { # {tag}
     awk -v tag="$1" -f "$SRCDIR/splittags.awk"
 }
 
-scrape() {
-    TZ=UTC0 awk -v g="$1" -v timestamp="${2:-0}" -v sep="$SEP" -f "$SRCDIR/scrape.awk"
+scrape() { # {group name} {timestamp}
+    TZ=UTC0 awk -v g="$1" -v ts="${2:-0}" -v sep="$SEP" -f "$SRCDIR/scrape.awk"
 }
 
-declare -A groupinsane # unsanitized group names
-declare -A groupshows # regexes
 watch() { # {group name} [regex...]
     nullcheck "$1"
-    local gs="$(sanitize<<<"$1")"
+    local gs="$(sanitize<<<"$1")" regex=
     groupinsane[$gs]="$1"
     shift
-    while (( "$#" )); do
-        groupshows[$gs]+="|($1)"
-        shift
+    for regex; do
+        groupregex[$gs]+="|($regex)"
     done
 }
 
-declare -A grouptimes # last times timestamp
-touchgroup() { # {group name} {unix time}
+touchgroup() { # {group name} {timestamp}
     nullcheck "$1"
     local gs="$(sanitize<<<"$1")"
-    grouptimes[$gs]="$2"
+    grouptime[$gs]="$2"
 }
 
 groupreleases() { # groupname [timestamp]
@@ -52,14 +53,15 @@ groupreleases() { # groupname [timestamp]
 
 groupfilter() { # groupname regex [timestamp]
     groupreleases "$1" "${3:-}" | while IFS=$SEP read -r title etc; do
-        grep -P "$2" <<< "$title" 1>/dev/null && echo -E "$title$SEP$etc"
+        grep -P "$2" <<< "$title" >/dev/null && echo -E "$title$SEP$etc"
     done
     [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} = 0 ] || exit 1
 }
 
 cleanup() {
-    for gs in "${!grouptimes[@]}"; do
-        local v="${grouptimes[$gs]}"
+    local gs= v=
+    for gs in "${!grouptime[@]}"; do
+        v="${grouptime[$gs]}"
         echo -E "touchgroup $gs $v" >> times.sh
         [ -e "$gs.xml" ] && rm "$gs.xml"
     done
@@ -67,15 +69,15 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 
 rungroup() {
-    local insane regex timestamp res recent
+    local insane= regex= timestamp= res= _= recent=
     insane="${groupinsane[$1]}"
-    regex="${groupshows[$1]:1}"
-    timestamp="${grouptimes[$1]}"
+    regex="${groupregex[$1]:1}"
+    timestamp="${grouptime[$1]}"
     res="$(groupfilter "$insane" "$regex" "$timestamp")"
     [ $? = 0 ] || return $?
     IFS=$SEP read -r _ _ recent <<< "$res"
     [ -n "$recent" ] && {
-        grouptimes[$1]="$recent"
+        grouptime[$1]="$recent"
         echo -E "$res"
     }
     return 0
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ rungroup() {
 
 runall() {
     trap cleanup INT
-    ret=0
-    for gs in "${!groupshows[@]}"; do rungroup "$gs" || ret=1; done
+    local ret=0 gs=
+    for gs in "${!groupregex[@]}"; do rungroup "$gs" || ret=1; done
     cleanup $ret
 }
diff --git a/scrape.awk b/scrape.awk
index bc4c0f1..ca29b1f 100644
--- a/scrape.awk
+++ b/scrape.awk
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function run(str) {
   pub=unescape(opentag($0, "pubDate"))
 # "date -d \""pub "\" +%s" | getline pubunix
   pubunix=hotdate(pub)
-  if (pubunix <= timestamp) return
+  if (pubunix <= ts) return
   torrent=unescape(opentag(str, "link"))
   print title sep torrent sep pubunix
 }