diff --git a/lib/config.coffee b/lib/config.coffee
index 6a1951b..41e982f 100644
--- a/lib/config.coffee
+++ b/lib/config.coffee
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ class Config
        * @param {Object} error - an error, if one occured
       ###
     else
-      fs.writeFileSync(@handler.file, @handler.stringifySync(@data, null, 2))
+      try
+        fs.writeFileSync(@handler.file, @handler.stringifySync(@data, null, 2))
+      catch error
+        throw error
     return this
 
   ###*
diff --git a/lib/index.coffee b/lib/index.coffee
index 250e59e..948f7e2 100644
--- a/lib/index.coffee
+++ b/lib/index.coffee
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ fs       = require 'fs'
 Parser = require './parser'
 figson = new Parser()
 
+# read the `./lib/handlers/` directory and iterate each file as 'handler'
 W.map(nodefn.call(fs.readdir, './lib/handlers/'), (handler) ->
+  # remove the file extension from the handler filename
   handler = handler.substr(0, handler.lastIndexOf('.'))
+  # add the handler to Figson's internal handler store
   figson.addHandler handler, require('./handlers/' + handler)
 ).done(null, console.error.bind(console))
 
diff --git a/lib/parser.coffee b/lib/parser.coffee
index 9c370a9..f7c3f44 100644
--- a/lib/parser.coffee
+++ b/lib/parser.coffee
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ path     = require 'path'
 class Parser
 
   constructor: ->
-    @handlers = {}
-    @handler_map = {}
-
-  addHandler: (name, config) ->
-    @handlers[name] = config
-    for extension in config.extensions
-      @handler_map[extension] = name
+    @handlers = {} # internal filetype handler store
+    @handler_map = {} # maps file extensions to handlers
 
   ###*
    * reads in and then parses a file. If callback function is provided,
@@ -46,6 +41,31 @@ class Parser
       catch error
         throw error
 
+  ###*
+   * adds a configuration type handler to figson, this allows you to register
+   * other filetypes as configuration. Just specify a name and pass in a
+   * config object that looks like this:
+   * {
+   *   extensions: [string] # the file extensions this handler should handle
+   *   parse: fn # the function definition to use when parsing asynchronously
+   *   parseSync: fn # the synchronous version of parse
+   *   stringify: fn # the function definition to use when serializing to a string asynchronously
+   *   stringifySync: fn the synchronous version of stringify
+   * }
+   * @param {String} name - the name of the handler
+   * @param {Object} config - the handler object
+  ###
+  addHandler: (name, config) ->
+    @handlers[name] = config # add the handler to handler store
+    for extension in config.extensions
+      @handler_map[extension] = name # map the handler's extensions to the handler
+
+  ###*
+   * matches a file's extension to the correct data handler
+   * @api private
+   * @param  {String} file - the config file's path
+   * @return {Object} handler - the handler object to use for parsing this file
+  ###
   get_handler = (file) ->
     handler = @handlers[@handler_map[path.extname(file)]]
     handler.file = file