diff --git a/cmd/audio-player/looper/README b/cmd/audio-player/looper/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1065257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/audio-player/looper/README
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+NAME
+  test-audio/README
+
+AUTHORS
+  Ella Pietraroia <ella@ausocean.org>
+
+LICENSE
+  revid is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)
+
+  It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+  Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+  option) any later version.
+
+  It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+  for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  in gpl.txt.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
+*/
+
+Pi Setup:
+pull master
+navigate to /go/src/bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/cmd/audio-player/looper
+  $sudo nano main.go
+chage file variable at top of function to be wav file that you have put onto the pi (hint: spc command to put a new file on the pi)
+and build
+edit rc.local to run looper at boot
+  $sudo nano /etc/rc.local
+paste this in after comments but before 'exit 0': -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+exec 2> /tmp/rc.local.log      # send stderr from rc.local to a log file
+exec 1>&2                      # send stdout to the same log file
+printf "rc.local started"      # show start of execution
+set -x                         # tell sh to display commands before execution
+
+AUDIOPATH=/home/pi/go/src/bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/cmd/audio-player/looper
+cd $AUDIOPATH
+
+./looper &
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  $systemctl enable rc-local
+  $sudo systemctl start rc-local.service
+after starting the service the looping should start straight away
+
+Useful commands:
+	$cat /tmp/rc.local.log
+	$sudo systemctl status rc-local.service
+	$cat audio.log (in looper directory)
+
+On computer
+	$scp something.wav pi@192.168.1.106:/home/pi
diff --git a/cmd/audio-player/looper/main.go b/cmd/audio-player/looper/main.go
index 93764549..88e5bb5d 100644
--- a/cmd/audio-player/looper/main.go
+++ b/cmd/audio-player/looper/main.go
@@ -24,40 +24,6 @@ LICENSE
 
 //testing for underwater speaker audio playing on pi
 
-/*
-Pi Setup:
-pull master
-navigate to /go/src/bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/cmd/audio-player/looper
-  $sudo nano main.go
-chage file variable at top of function to be wav file that you have put onto the pi (hint: spc command to put a new file on the pi)
-and build
-edit rc.local to run looper at boot
-  $sudo nano /etc/rc.local
-paste this in after comments but before 'exit 0': -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-exec 2> /tmp/rc.local.log      # send stderr from rc.local to a log file
-exec 1>&2                      # send stdout to the same log file
-printf "rc.local started"      # show start of execution
-set -x                         # tell sh to display commands before execution
-
-AUDIOPATH=/home/pi/go/src/bitbucket.org/ausocean/av/cmd/audio-player/looper
-cd $AUDIOPATH
-
-./looper &
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  $systemctl enable rc-local
-  $sudo systemctl start rc-local.service
-after starting the service the looping should start straight away
-
-Useful commands:
-	$cat /tmp/rc.local.log
-	$sudo systemctl status rc-local.service
-	$cat audio.log (in looper directory)
-
-On computer
-	$scp something.wav pi@192.168.1.106:/home/pi
-*/
-
 package main
 
 import (