diff --git a/src/liberty/devCommands.ts b/src/liberty/devCommands.ts
index b2da6e1e..aaaecda1 100644
--- a/src/liberty/devCommands.ts
+++ b/src/liberty/devCommands.ts
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ export async function openReport(reportType: string, libProject?: LibertyProject
             if (reportType === "gradle") {
                 reportTypeLabel = "test";
             }
+            /*
+            if its a maven project, check for the report in the initial path , else try for the alternate one and if it doesnt exist in both 
+            display a prompt for its non existance
+            */
             if(libProject.getContextValue() === LIBERTY_MAVEN_PROJECT || libProject.getContextValue() === LIBERTY_MAVEN_PROJECT_CONTAINER){
                 console.log("report path ::"+report)
                 if(!await checkReportAndDisplay(report,reportType,reportTypeLabel,libProject)){
@@ -507,6 +511,9 @@ export async function openReport(reportType: string, libProject?: LibertyProject
                         vscode.window.showInformationMessage(message);
                     }     
                 }
+            /*
+            if its a gralde project, then check existance for the report in the path set and if not display prompt for its non existance
+            */
             }else if(!await checkReportAndDisplay(report,reportType,reportTypeLabel,libProject)){
                         const message = localize("test.report.does.not.exist.run.test.first", report);
                         vscode.window.showInformationMessage(message);
@@ -612,6 +619,10 @@ function isWin(): boolean {
     return process.platform.startsWith("win");
 }
 
+/*
+will return the path of the report, since there are diffrent folders to look into and the file names can be different 
+we need to get the paths to look for dynamically
+*/
 function getReportFile(path :any,dir :string,filename:string):any{
     return Path.join(path,"target",dir, filename);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/MavenTestDevModeActions.ts b/src/test/MavenTestDevModeActions.ts
index 61e97685..09754d1d 100755
--- a/src/test/MavenTestDevModeActions.ts
+++ b/src/test/MavenTestDevModeActions.ts
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ it('Run tests for sample maven project', async () => {
 it('start maven with options from liberty dashboard', async () => {      
     
   const reportPath = path.join(utils.getMvnProjectPath(),"target","site","failsafe-report.html");
-  const alternateReportPath = path.join(utils.getMvnProjectPath(),"target","reports","failsafe.html");
+  const alternateReportPath = path.join(utils.getMvnProjectPath(),"target","reports","failsafe.html"); // new path to scan for the reports 
   let deleteReport = await utils.deleteReports(reportPath);
   let deleteAlternateReport = await utils.deleteReports(alternateReportPath);
-  expect (deleteReport||deleteAlternateReport).to.be.true;
+  expect (deleteReport||deleteAlternateReport).to.be.true; // there should be a report available irrespective of the surefire versions we use , so either one needs to be true 
   await utils.launchDashboardAction(item, constants.START_DASHBOARD_ACTION_WITH_PARAM, constants.START_DASHBOARD_MAC_ACTION_WITH_PARAM);
   await utils.setCustomParameter("-DhotTests=true");  
   await utils.delay(30000);