diff --git a/cfddns.sh b/cfddns.sh
index 7ce4f08..98ffb2e 100644
--- a/cfddns.sh
+++ b/cfddns.sh
@@ -31,14 +31,29 @@ else
   width=80
 fi
 
-getTimeStamp() {
-  (date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+badParam() {
+  if [ "$1" = "null" ]; then
+    printf "\n%sERROR: '%s' cannot have a NULL (empty) value.\n" "$err" "$2"
+    printf "%sPlease use '--help' for assistance.%s\n\n" "$cyan" "$norm"
+    exit 1
+  elif [ "$1" = "dne" ]; then
+    printf "\n%sERROR: '%s %s'\n" "$err" "$2" "$3"
+    printf "file or directory does not exist or is empty.%s\n\n" "$norm"
+    exit 1
+  elif [ "$1" = "errMsg" ]; then
+    printf "\n%sERROR: %s%s\n\n" "$err" "$2" "$norm"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
 getHostname() {
   (hostname -s)
 }
 
+getTimeStamp() {
+  (date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+}
+
 lowercase() {
   echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
 }
@@ -47,6 +62,27 @@ uppercase() {
   echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'
 }
 
+# 1: cloudflare error object, 2: operation identifier
+listCFErrors() {
+  # extract error codes and messages in separate variables, replace newlines with underscores
+  codes="$(printf "%s" "$1" | jq -r '.errors | .[] | .code' | tr '\n' '_')"
+  messages="$(printf "%s" "$1" | jq -r '.errors | .[] | .message' | tr '\n' '_')"
+
+  # iterate codes and messages, assemble into a coherent log message
+  while [ -n "$codes" ] && [ -n "$messages" ]; do
+    # get the first code and message in respective sets
+    code="${codes%%_*}"
+    message="${messages%%_*}"
+
+    # update sets of codes and messages by removing the first item (above) in each set
+    codes="${codes#*_}"
+    messages="${messages#*_}"
+
+    # output to log
+    writePlainTextLog "${message}" "err" "fail" "$2" "$code"
+  done
+}
+
 standardizeLogLevels() {
   LEVEL_TO_STANDARDIZE="$(lowercase "$1")"
   case "$LEVEL_TO_STANDARDIZE" in
@@ -84,82 +120,6 @@ writePlainTextLog() {
     >>"$logFile"
 }
 
-### functions
-badParam() {
-  if [ "$1" = "null" ]; then
-    printf "\n%sERROR: '%s' cannot have a NULL (empty) value.\n" "$err" "$2"
-    printf "%sPlease use '--help' for assistance.%s\n\n" "$cyan" "$norm"
-    exit 1
-  elif [ "$1" = "dne" ]; then
-    printf "\n%sERROR: '%s %s'\n" "$err" "$2" "$3"
-    printf "file or directory does not exist or is empty.%s\n\n" "$norm"
-    exit 1
-  elif [ "$1" = "errMsg" ]; then
-    printf "\n%sERROR: %s%s\n\n" "$err" "$2" "$norm"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-exitError() {
-  case "$1" in
-  3)
-    errMsg="Unable to connect to Cloudflare servers. This is probably a temporary networking issue. Please try again later."
-    ;;
-  10)
-    errMsg="Unable to auto-detect IP address. Try again later or supply the IP address to be used."
-    ;;
-  20)
-    errMsg="Cloudflare authorized email address (cfEmail) is either null or undefined. Please check your Cloudflare credentials file."
-    ;;
-  21)
-    errMsg="Cloudflare authorized API key (cfKey) is either null or undefined. Please check your Cloudflare credentials file."
-    ;;
-  22)
-    errMsg="Cloudflare zone id (cfZoneId) is either null or undefined. Please check your Cloudflare credentials file."
-    ;;
-  25)
-    errMsg="Cloudflare API error. Please review any 'CF-ERR:' lines in this log for details."
-    ;;
-  26)
-    errMsg="${failedHostCount} host update(s) failed. Any 'CF-ERR:' lines noted in this log may help determine what went wrong."
-    ;;
-  *)
-    writeLog error "An unspecified error occurred. (code: 99)"
-    printf "%s[%s] -- Cloudflare DDNS update-script: completed with error(s) --%s\n" "$err" "$(stamp)" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    exit 99
-    ;;
-  esac
-  writeLog error "$errMsg" "$1"
-  printf "%s[%s] -- Cloudflare DDNS update-script: completed with error(s) --%s\n" "$err" "$(stamp)" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-  exit "$1"
-}
-
-exitOK() {
-  printf "%s[%s] -- Cloudflare DDNS update-script: completed successfully --%s\n" "$ok" "$(stamp)" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-  exit 0
-}
-
-# 1: cloudflare error object, 2: operation identifier
-listCFErrors() {
-  # extract error codes and messages in separate variables, replace newlines with underscores
-  codes="$(printf "%s" "$1" | jq -r '.errors | .[] | .code' | tr '\n' '_')"
-  messages="$(printf "%s" "$1" | jq -r '.errors | .[] | .message' | tr '\n' '_')"
-
-  # iterate codes and messages, assemble into a coherent log message
-  while [ -n "$codes" ] && [ -n "$messages" ]; do
-    # get the first code and message in respective sets
-    code="${codes%%_*}"
-    message="${messages%%_*}"
-
-    # update sets of codes and messages by removing the first item (above) in each set
-    codes="${codes#*_}"
-    messages="${messages#*_}"
-
-    # output to log
-    writePlainTextLog "${message}" "err" "fail" "$2" "$code"
-  done
-}
-
 scriptExamples() {
   newline
   printf "Update Cloudflare DNS host A/AAAA records with current IP address.\n"
@@ -246,10 +206,6 @@ scriptHelp() {
   exit 0
 }
 
-stamp() {
-  (date +%F" "%T)
-}
-
 newline() {
   printf "\n"
 }
@@ -266,47 +222,6 @@ textBlockSwitches() {
   printf "%s%s%s\n" "$cyan" "$1" "$norm"
 }
 
-writeLog() {
-  case "$1" in
-  cf)
-    printf "[%s] CF-ERR: %s (code: %s)\n" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$3" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  err)
-    printf "%s[%s] ERR: %s%s\n" "$err" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  error)
-    printf "%s[%s] ERROR: %s (code: %s)%s\n" "$err" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$3" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  process)
-    printf "%s[%s] %s... %s" "$cyan" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  process-done)
-    printf "%s%s%s\n" "$cyan" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  process-error)
-    printf "%sERROR%s\n" "$err" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  process-warning)
-    printf "%s%s%s\n" "$warn" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  stamped)
-    printf "[%s] %s\n" "$(stamp)" "$2" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  success)
-    printf "%s[%s] SUCCESS: %s%s\n" "$ok" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  warn)
-    printf "%s[%s] WARN: %s%s\n" "$warn" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  warning)
-    printf "%s[%s] WARNING: %s%s\n" "$warn" "$(stamp)" "$2" "$norm" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    printf "%s\n" "$2" >>"$logFile"
-    ;;
-  esac
-}
-
 ### default variable values
 scriptPath="$(CDPATH='' \cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)"
 scriptName="$(basename "$0")"