diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/connstats-deploy.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/connstats-deploy.yml
index 793cb59..0626265 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/connstats-deploy.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/connstats-deploy.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
     - block:
 
+        # --- SSH reachability check ---
         - name: Check SSH connectivity (raw ping)
           raw: "echo ping"
           register: ping_result
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
 
         - block:
 
-            # Step 2 fork
+            ############ step 2
+
             - name: Compute MD5 of local connstats.sh
               delegate_to: localhost
               command: md5sum files/connstats.sh
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@
               raw: |
                 chown root:root /root/connstats.sh && chmod 0755 /root/connstats.sh
 
-            # Step 3 fork (cron entry only, preserve anything else)
+            ############ step 3
+
             - name: Ensure /etc/crontabs/root exists (touch with perms)
               raw: |
                 if [ ! -f /etc/crontabs/root ]; then
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@
 
             - name: Check if connstats cron line already present
               raw: |
-                grep -Fxq '{{ connstats_cron_line }}' /etc/crontabs/root
+                grep -Eq '^\*/10[[:space:]]+\*[[:space:]]+\*[[:space:]]+\*[[:space:]]+\*[[:space:]]+/root/connstats\.sh[[:space:]]+--debug[[:space:]]+--always-find-offset([[:space:]]+>/dev/null[[:space:]]+2>&1)?[[:space:]]*$' /etc/crontabs/root
               register: cron_grep
               failed_when: false
               changed_when: false
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@
           set_fact:
             inscope_device_name: "{{ ansible_hostname | default(inventory_hostname) }}"
 
-        # Custom field update (per your sample)
+        # custom field update (per your sample)
         - name: Publish custom-field update connstats deployed to control queue
           delegate_to: localhost
           uri:
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@
           register: rmq_cf
           changed_when: false
 
-        # Final wrap-up journal connstats
+        # final wrap-up journal "connstats: ..." with actions performed
         - name: Build actions list
           set_fact:
             _actions_list: >-
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@
           register: rmq_wrap
           changed_when: (rmq_wrap.json is defined) and (rmq_wrap.json.routed | default(false) | bool)
 
+        # Local summary (kept for operator visibility)
         - name: Summary
           debug:
             msg: