diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/Utils.java
index 6c3e129..8799bf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sheepit/client/Utils.java
@@ -50,8 +50,16 @@ import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+/**
+ * Provides various general utility methods for the SheepIt client codebase
+ */
 public class Utils {
 	
+	/**
+	 * This is a hashmap of media types currently consisting of two image formats, tga and exr
+	 * The first string is the filename extension.
+	 * The second string is the media/MIME type
+	 */
 	private static Map<String, String> mimeTypes = new HashMap<>();
 	
 	static {
@@ -59,6 +67,15 @@ public class Utils {
 		mimeTypes.put(".exr", "image/x-exr");
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Extracts (and optionally decrypts) contents of a given zip file to a target directory
+	 *
+	 * @param zipFileName_ Path to the zipfiles
+	 * @param destinationDirectory Path to the target directory where files will be extracted to
+	 * @param password Optional password for decrypting the zip archive which will only be used if it's not null and if the zip is truly encrypted
+	 * @param log The SheepIt Debug log where log messages might be logged into
+	 * @return A status code as an integer, -1 if it encounters a ZipException, 0 otherwise
+	 */
 	public static int unzipFileIntoDirectory(String zipFileName_, String destinationDirectory, char[] password, Log log) {
 		try {
 			ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(zipFileName_);
@@ -80,6 +97,16 @@ public class Utils {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Takes the list of zip file chunks and combines them to a zip archive in memory to
+	 * extract (and optionally decrypt) the contents to the target directory
+	 *
+	 * @param full_path_chunks List of paths to the chunks of which a zip file will be constructed from
+	 * @param destinationDirectory Path to the target directory where files will be extracted to
+	 * @param password Optional password for decrypting the zip archive which will only be used if it's not null
+	 * @param log The SheepIt Debug log where log messages might be logged into
+	 * @return A status code as an integer, -1 if it encounters a IOException, 0 otherwise
+	 */
 	public static int unzipChunksIntoDirectory(List<String> full_path_chunks, String destinationDirectory, char[] password, Log log) {
 		try {
 			// STEP 1: assemble the chunks into an actual zip (in RAM)
@@ -138,11 +165,22 @@ public class Utils {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Gets a MD5 checksum either from the cache or computes it and puts it into the cache
+	 *
+	 * @param path_of_file_ Path of the file to get the MD5 checksum for
+	 * @return the string The MD5 checksum
+	 */
 	public static String md5(String path_of_file_) {
 		Md5 md5 = new Md5();
 		return md5.get(path_of_file_);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Takes an array of bytes and encodes them as a string of hexadecimal digits
+	 * @param bytes An array of bytes to be encoded, the order of which dictates the output in big-endian
+	 * @return A string of hexadecimal digits, two digits for a byte each. Constructed from left to right.
+	 */
 	public static String convertBinaryToHex(byte[] bytes) {
 		StringBuilder hexStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 		for (byte aByte : bytes) {
@@ -154,6 +192,11 @@ public class Utils {
 		return hexStringBuilder.toString();
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the latest (highest) of a modification time of a file in the directory recursively
+	 * @param directory_ The root directory from which to search from
+	 * @return The latest (highest) modification time in milliseconds since epoch or 0 if no files exist in the target directory tree
+	 */
 	public static double lastModificationTime(File directory_) {
 		double max = 0.0;
 		if (directory_.isDirectory()) {
@@ -190,7 +233,8 @@ public class Utils {
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Will recursively delete a directory
+	 * Deletes a file or directory recursively
+	 * @param file The filesystem element to be deleted
 	 */
 	public static void delete(File file) {
 		if (file == null) {
@@ -211,8 +255,10 @@ public class Utils {
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Parse a number string to a number.
-	 * Input can be as "32", "10k", "100K", "100G", "1.3G", "0.4T"
+	 * Converts a number string to a number.
+	 * @param in The number string with an ending up to Tera (10^12)
+	 * Example inputs: "32", "10k", "100K", "100G", "1.3G", "0.4T"
+	 * @return A numerical representation of the number string
 	 */
 	public static long parseNumber(String in) {
 		in = in.trim();
@@ -246,6 +292,12 @@ public class Utils {
 		return Math.round(Double.parseDouble(m.group(1)) * scale);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Gives a human-readable representation in hours, minutes and seconds when a given date will be reached
+	 * @param date The target time
+	 * @return A string in the format of Xh Ymin Ys as long as none of them are zero
+	 * Examples: 69h 42min 13s, 20min, 1h 23s
+	 */
 	public static String humanDuration(Date date) {
 		Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
 		calendar.setTime(date);
@@ -267,6 +319,14 @@ public class Utils {
 		return output;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Checks for a given path if there is enough free space i.e. at-least over half a megabyte.
+	 * If the first check fails, it polls again for up to 3 times with increasing delay
+	 * to work around a Java limitation where getUsableSpace might just return 0 on a busy disk
+	 * @param destination_ The path to check the for enough free space for
+	 * @param log The SheepIt Debug log where log messages might be logged into
+	 * @return True if there is not enough free space, false otherwise
+	 */
 	public static boolean noFreeSpaceOnDisk(String destination_, Log log) {
 		try {
 			File file = new File(destination_);
@@ -290,7 +350,13 @@ public class Utils {
 		
 		return false;
 	}
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Tries to detect media/MIME type of given file based on characteristics like the file contents or file extension
+	 * @param file Path to the file for which to detect the MIME type for
+	 * @return The MIME type of the file
+	 * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
+	 */
 	public static String findMimeType(String file) throws IOException {
 		String mimeType = Files.probeContentType(Paths.get(file));
 		if (mimeType == null) {
@@ -314,6 +380,15 @@ public class Utils {
 		return mimeType;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Format a number of bytes into a human-readable format with metric prefixes (base 1024)
+	 * @param bytes The amount of bytes to convert
+	 * @return Human-readable formatted string (respecting locale of the machine)
+	 * representing the amount of bytes
+	 * Examples: 4.20GB, 20.00TB, 3.69MB
+	 * In a different locale (here for German):
+	 * Examples: 4,20GB, 20,00TB, 3,69MB
+	 */
 	public static String formatDataConsumption(long bytes) {
 		float divider = 0;
 		String suffix = "";