diff --git a/cmd/webhook/main.go b/cmd/webhook/main.go
index cf9ff2b..9baef5f 100644
--- a/cmd/webhook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/webhook/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"mutating-webhook/internal/initialize"
+	"mutating-webhook/internal/config"
 )
 
 func forever() {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func main() {
 	}()
 
 	// initialize application configuration
-	cfg := initialize.Init()
+	cfg := config.Init()
 
 	go httpServer(cfg)
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index bab5ef7..5b31b4d 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package config
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"mutating-webhook/internal/envconfig"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	WebServerIdleTimeout  int    `env:"WEBSERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT" default:"2"`
 }
 
+// DefaultConfig initializes the config variable for use with a prepared set of defaults.
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
 		Log: &logutils.LevelFilter{
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
+func (cfg *Config) validate() error {
 	checks := []struct {
 		bad    bool
 		errMsg string
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (cfg *Config) SetLogLevel() {
+func (cfg *Config) setLogLevel() {
 	switch {
 	case cfg.LogLevel <= 20:
 		cfg.Log.SetMinLevel(logutils.LogLevel("ERROR"))
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) SetLogLevel() {
 	log.SetOutput(cfg.Log)
 }
 
-func (cfg *Config) PrintRunningConfig(cfgInfo []envconfig.StructInfo) {
+func (cfg *Config) printRunningConfig(cfgInfo []StructInfo) {
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Current Running Configuration Values:")
 	for _, info := range cfgInfo {
 		switch info.Type.String() {
diff --git a/internal/envconfig/envconfig.go b/internal/config/envconfig.go
similarity index 94%
rename from internal/envconfig/envconfig.go
rename to internal/config/envconfig.go
index 4d1c4d2..4bf5bb4 100644
--- a/internal/envconfig/envconfig.go
+++ b/internal/config/envconfig.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package envconfig
+package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-/*
-ignored:"true"
-env:"ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE"
-default:"default value"
-*/
-
 type StructInfo struct {
 	Name         string
 	Alt          string
@@ -23,7 +17,7 @@ type StructInfo struct {
 	DefaultValue interface{}
 }
 
-func GetStructInfo(spec interface{}) ([]StructInfo, error) {
+func getStructInfo(spec interface{}) ([]StructInfo, error) {
 	s := reflect.ValueOf(spec)
 
 	if s.Kind() != reflect.Pointer {
diff --git a/internal/initialize/initialize.go b/internal/config/initialize.go
similarity index 82%
rename from internal/initialize/initialize.go
rename to internal/config/initialize.go
index 6b07b27..e4c4510 100644
--- a/internal/initialize/initialize.go
+++ b/internal/config/initialize.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package initialize
+package config
 
 import (
 	"flag"
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
-
-	"mutating-webhook/internal/config"
-	"mutating-webhook/internal/envconfig"
 )
 
 // getEnvString returns string from environment variable
@@ -59,10 +56,13 @@ func getEnvBool(env string, def bool) bool {
 	return retVal
 }
 
-func Init() *config.Config {
-	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+// Init initializes the application configuration by reading default values from the struct's tags
+// and environment variables. Tags processed by this process are as follows:
+// `ignored:"true" env:"ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE" default:"default value"`
+func Init() *Config {
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
 
-	cfgInfo, err := envconfig.GetStructInfo(cfg)
+	cfgInfo, err := getStructInfo(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] %v", err)
 	}
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ func Init() *config.Config {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	// set logging level
-	cfg.SetLogLevel()
+	cfg.setLogLevel()
 
-	// 
-	if err = cfg.Validate(); err != nil {
+	// validate some required values are defined.
+	// need to break this out to a required:"true" struct tag
+	if err = cfg.validate(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func Init() *config.Config {
 	time.Now().Format(cfg.TimeFormat)
 
 	// print running config
-	cfg.PrintRunningConfig(cfgInfo)
+	cfg.printRunningConfig(cfgInfo)
 
 	log.Println("[INFO] initialization complete")
 	return cfg