diff --git a/src/tools/bwccmdl.c b/src/tools/bwccmdl.c
index 2651b2c..20a1ce9 100644
--- a/src/tools/bwccmdl.c
+++ b/src/tools/bwccmdl.c
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                                data->params.nts,
                                data->params.npar,
                                precision);
+      bwc_set_aux(stream, (char*)data->aux.ptr, data->aux.len);
 
       /* Apply the user supplied compression options using the  *
        * appropriate setter functions.                          */
@@ -1416,8 +1417,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           printf("%s", cli_verbose);
         }
 
-      bwc_set_aux(stream, (char*)data->aux.ptr, data->aux.len);
-
       /* Initialize the rate control string according to the  *
        * specified bit rate/compression ratio.                */
       if (bwc_create_compression(coder, stream, rate) == EXIT_FAILURE)
@@ -1494,14 +1493,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           memset(cli_buffer, '0', sizeof(char) * 1024);
         }
 
-      if ((arguments.verbose == true) && 
-          (delim             == true))
-        {
-
-          strcat(cli_verbose, "  __________________________________________________________\n");
-          strcat(cli_verbose, "\n");
-        }
-
       if (arguments.verbose == true)
         {
           memset(cli_buffer, '0', sizeof(char) * 1024);
@@ -1509,7 +1500,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           printf("%s", cli_verbose);
         }
 
-      /* Read the codestream from the specified file. */
+      /* Read the compressed data from the input file. */
       input = calloc(Lfield, sizeof(uchar));
       if (fread(input, sizeof(uchar), Lfield, fp) != Lfield)
         {
@@ -1518,11 +1509,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           goto OUT;
         }
 
+      /* Retrieve header information and allocate output buffer. */
       header = bwc_open_header(input);
-
       size = header->info.nX * header->info.nY * header->info.nZ *
              header->info.nTS * header->info.nPar;
-
       if(header->info.data_prec == bwc_precision_double)
         {
           output = calloc(size, sizeof(double));
@@ -1531,29 +1521,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         {
           output = calloc(size, sizeof(float));
         }
-
       bwc_close_header(header);
 
+      /* Initialize and run the decompression. */
       stream = bwc_init_stream(input, output, comp);
       coder  = bwc_alloc_decoder();
-
-      //if (arguments.verbose == true)
-        //{
-          //memset(cli_buffer, '0', sizeof(char) * 1024);
-          //strcat(cli_verbose, "\n==============================================================\n");
-          //printf("%s", cli_verbose);
-        //}
-
-      /* Initialize the rate control string according to the  *
-       * specified bit rate/compression ratio.                */
       if (bwc_create_decompression(coder, stream, 0) == EXIT_FAILURE)
         {
           error_handle = EXIT_FAILURE;
           goto OUT;
         }
-
       bwc_decompress(coder, stream);
 
+      /* Parse decompressed data into eas3 data structure *
+       * and write to the output file.                    */
       data = calloc(1, sizeof(eas3_data));
       bwc_to_eas3(stream, data);
       write_eas3(data, cli_output);