diff --git a/pdsadmin/account.sh b/pdsadmin/account.sh
index e9994e9..cd81058 100644
--- a/pdsadmin/account.sh
+++ b/pdsadmin/account.sh
@@ -6,66 +6,92 @@ set -o pipefail
 PDS_ENV_FILE="/pds/pds.env"
 source "${PDS_ENV_FILE}"
 
-curl_cmd() {
+# curl a URL and fail if the request fails.
+function curl_cmd_get {
   curl --fail --silent --show-error "$@"
 }
 
-curl_cmd_post() {
+# curl a URL and fail if the request fails.
+function curl_cmd_post {
   curl --fail --silent --show-error --request POST --header "Content-Type: application/json" "$@"
 }
 
-curl_cmd_post_nofail() {
+# curl a URL but do not fail if the request fails.
+function curl_cmd_post_nofail {
   curl --silent --show-error --request POST --header "Content-Type: application/json" "$@"
 }
 
+# The subcommand to run.
 SUBCOMMAND="${1:-}"
 
+#
+# account list
+#
 if [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "list" ]]; then
-  DIDS=$(curl_cmd \
+  DIDS="$(curl_cmd \
     "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.listRepos?limit=100" | jq --raw-output '.repos[].did'
-  )
+  )"
   OUTPUT='[{"handle":"Handle","email":"Email","did":"DID"}'
-  for did in $DIDS; do
-    ITEM=$(curl_cmd \
+  for did in ${DIDS}; do
+    ITEM="$(curl_cmd \
       --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
-      "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.getAccountInfo?did=$did"
-    )
+      "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.getAccountInfo?did=${did}"
+    )"
     OUTPUT="${OUTPUT},${ITEM}"
   done
   OUTPUT="${OUTPUT}]"
-  echo $OUTPUT | jq --raw-output '.[] | [.handle, .email, .did] | @tsv' | column -t
+  echo "${OUTPUT}" | jq --raw-output '.[] | [.handle, .email, .did] | @tsv' | column --table
+
+#
+# account create
+#
 elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "create" ]]; then
   EMAIL="${2:-}"
   HANDLE="${3:-}"
 
+  if [[ "${EMAIL}" == "" ]]; then
+    read -p "Enter an email address (e.g. alice@${PDS_HOSTNAME}): " EMAIL
+  fi
+  if [[ "${HANDLE}" == "" ]]; then
+    read -p "Enter a handle (e.g. alice.${PDS_HOSTNAME}): " HANDLE
+  fi
+
   if [[ "${EMAIL}" == "" || "${HANDLE}" == "" ]]; then
     echo "ERROR: missing EMAIL and/or HANDLE parameters." >/dev/stderr
     echo "Usage: $0 ${SUBCOMMAND} <EMAIL> <HANDLE>" >/dev/stderr
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 30 | tr -d "=+/" | cut -c1-24)
-  INVITE_CODE=$(curl_cmd_post \
+  PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -base64 30 | tr -d "=+/" | cut -c1-24)"
+  INVITE_CODE="$(curl_cmd_post \
     --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
     --data '{"useCount": 1}' \
-    https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createInviteCode | jq --raw-output '.code'
-  )
-  RESULT=$(curl_cmd_post_nofail \
+    "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createInviteCode" | jq --raw-output '.code'
+  )"
+  RESULT="$(curl_cmd_post_nofail \
     --data "{\"email\":\"${EMAIL}\", \"handle\":\"${HANDLE}\", \"password\":\"${PASSWORD}\", \"inviteCode\":\"${INVITE_CODE}\"}" \
-    https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createAccount
-  )
+    "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createAccount"
+  )"
 
-  DID=$(echo $RESULT | jq --raw-output '.did')
+  DID="$(echo $RESULT | jq --raw-output '.did')"
   if [[ "${DID}" != did:* ]]; then
-    ERR=$(echo $RESULT | jq --raw-output '.message')
+    ERR="$(echo ${RESULT} | jq --raw-output '.message')"
     echo "ERROR: ${ERR}" >/dev/stderr
     echo "Usage: $0 ${SUBCOMMAND} <EMAIL> <HANDLE>" >/dev/stderr
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  echo "Account created for ${HANDLE}.\nYour password is below, which we'll only show you once.\n"
-  echo "DID:      ${DID}"
-  echo "Password: ${PASSWORD}"
+  echo "Account created successfully!"
+  echo "-----------------------------"
+  echo "Handle   : ${HANDLE}"
+  echo "DID      : ${DID}"
+  echo "Password : ${PASSWORD}"
+  echo "-----------------------------"
+  echo "Save this password, it will not be displayed again."
+
+#
+# account delete
+#
 elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "delete" ]]; then
   DID="${2:-}"
 
@@ -83,16 +109,20 @@ elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "delete" ]]; then
 
   echo "This action is permanent."
   read -r -p "Are you sure you'd like to delete ${DID}? [y/N] " response
-  if [[ ! "$response" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]; then
+  if [[ ! "${response}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]; then
     exit 0
   fi
 
   curl_cmd_post \
-  --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
-  --data "{\"did\": \"${DID}\"}" \
-  https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.deleteAccount >/dev/null
+    --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
+    --data "{\"did\": \"${DID}\"}" \
+    "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.deleteAccount" >/dev/null
 
   echo "${DID} deleted"
+
+#
+# account takedown
+#
 elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "takedown" ]]; then
   DID="${2:-}"
   TAKEDOWN_REF="$(date +%s)"
@@ -109,7 +139,7 @@ elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "takedown" ]]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  PAYLOAD=$(cat <<EOF
+  PAYLOAD="$(cat <<EOF
     {
       "subject": {
         "\$type": "com.atproto.admin.defs#repoRef",
@@ -121,14 +151,18 @@ elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "takedown" ]]; then
       }
     }
 EOF
-)
+)"
 
   curl_cmd_post \
-  --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
-  --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
-  https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.updateSubjectStatus >/dev/null
+    --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
+    --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
+    "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.updateSubjectStatus" >/dev/null
 
   echo "${DID} taken down"
+
+#
+# account untakedown
+#
 elif [[ "${SUBCOMMAND}" == "untakedown" ]]; then
   DID="${2:-}"
 
@@ -158,9 +192,9 @@ EOF
 )
 
   curl_cmd_post \
-  --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
-  --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
-  https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.updateSubjectStatus >/dev/null
+    --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
+    --data "${PAYLOAD}" \
+    "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.updateSubjectStatus" >/dev/null
 
   echo "${DID} untaken down"
 else
diff --git a/pdsadmin/create-invite-code.sh b/pdsadmin/create-invite-code.sh
index 79d49e4..16df7ed 100644
--- a/pdsadmin/create-invite-code.sh
+++ b/pdsadmin/create-invite-code.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ curl \
   --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{"useCount": 1}' \
-  https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createInviteCode | jq --raw-output '.code'
+  "https://${PDS_HOSTNAME}/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createInviteCode" | jq --raw-output '.code'
diff --git a/pdsadmin/request-crawl.sh b/pdsadmin/request-crawl.sh
index d7ee391..6181586 100644
--- a/pdsadmin/request-crawl.sh
+++ b/pdsadmin/request-crawl.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for host in ${RELAY_HOSTS//,/ }; do
     --user "admin:${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data "{\"hostname\": \"${PDS_HOSTNAME}\"}" \
-    https://${host}/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.requestCrawl >/dev/null
+    "https://${host}/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.requestCrawl" >/dev/null
 done
 
 echo "done"
diff --git a/pdsadmin/update.sh b/pdsadmin/update.sh
index 44b6887..97f816f 100644
--- a/pdsadmin/update.sh
+++ b/pdsadmin/update.sh
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE="${COMPOSE_FILE}.tmp"
 
 echo "* Downloading PDS compose file"
 curl \
---silent \
---show-error \
---fail \
---output "${COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE}" \
-"${COMPOSE_URL}"
+  --silent \
+  --show-error \
+  --fail \
+  --output "${COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE}" \
+  "${COMPOSE_URL}"
 
-if cmp -s "${COMPOSE_FILE}" "${COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE}"; then
+if cmp --quiet "${COMPOSE_FILE}" "${COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE}"; then
   echo "PDS is already up to date"
-  rm "${COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE}"
+  rm --force "${COMPOSE_TEMP_FILE}"
   exit 0
 fi