diff --git a/tailscale.sh b/tailscale.sh
index d86d66e..beafdd7 100644
--- a/tailscale.sh
+++ b/tailscale.sh
@@ -73,22 +73,25 @@ fi
 
 echo "done."
 
-echo "Starting services..."
+echo "Starting required services..."
 
+# systemd-sysext - manages system extensions
 if systemctl is-enabled --quiet systemd-sysext && systemctl is-active --quiet systemd-sysext; then
   echo "systemd-sysext is already enabled and active"
 else
-  systemctl enable systemd-sysext --now
+  systemctl enable systemd-sysext --now # this should be all we need in every case, but something breaks if it's already enabled/running.
 fi
-
 systemd-sysext refresh > /dev/null 2>&1
-systemctl daemon-reload > /dev/null
 
-if systemctl is-enabled --quiet tailscaled && systemctl is-active --quiet tailscaled; then
-  echo "tailscaled is already enabled and active; restarting it..."
-  systemctl restart tailscaled
+echo "Done."
+
+# tailscaled - the tailscale daemon
+systemctl enable tailscaled
+if systemctl is-active --quiet tailscaled; then
+  echo "Upgrade complete. Restarting tailscaled..."
 else
-  systemctl enable tailscaled --now
+  echo "Install complete. Starting tailscaled..."
 fi
+systemctl restart tailscaled # This needs to be the last thing we do in case the user's running this over Tailscale SSH.
 
-echo "Tailscale installed and ready."
+echo "Done."