diff --git a/src/curlEngine.d b/src/curlEngine.d
index 7decae7b..f4c4b6c4 100644
--- a/src/curlEngine.d
+++ b/src/curlEngine.d
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class CurlResponse {
 class CurlEngine {
 
 	__gshared static CurlEngine[] curlEnginePool; // __gshared is used for thread-shared static variables
-    
+	
 	HTTP http;
 	bool keepAlive;
 	ulong dnsTimeout;
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ class CurlEngine {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-    static void releaseAllCurlInstances() {
+	
+	static void releaseAllCurlInstances() {
         synchronized (CurlEngine.classinfo) {
             // Safely iterate and clean up each CurlEngine instance
 			foreach (CurlEngine curlEngine; curlEnginePool) {
@@ -230,7 +230,12 @@ class CurlEngine {
             // Clear the array after all instances have been handled
             curlEnginePool.length = 0; // More explicit than curlEnginePool = [];
         }
-        // Destroy curlEnginePool, set to null 
+    }
+
+    static void destroyAllCurlInstances() {
+        // Release all 'curl' instances
+		releaseAllCurlInstances();
+		// Destroy curlEnginePool, set to null 
 		object.destroy(curlEnginePool);
 		curlEnginePool = null;
     }
diff --git a/src/log.d b/src/log.d
index 350c24fe..0648f952 100644
--- a/src/log.d
+++ b/src/log.d
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ class LogBuffer {
             // Use dnotify's functionality for GUI notifications, if GUI notifications is enabled
 			version(Notifications) {
 				try {
-					auto n = new Notification("OneDrive Client for Linux", message, "IGNORED");
-					//n.timeout = 5;
+					auto n = new Notification("OneDrive Client", message, "IGNORED");
+					// Show notification for 10 seconds
+					n.timeout = 10;
 					n.show();
 				} catch (NotificationError e) {
 					sendGUINotification = false;
diff --git a/src/main.d b/src/main.d
index 101e617c..a01c504e 100644
--- a/src/main.d
+++ b/src/main.d
@@ -994,13 +994,17 @@ int main(string[] cliArgs) {
 					addLogEntry("End Monitor Loop Time:                " ~ to!string(endFunctionProcessingTime), ["debug"]);
 					addLogEntry("Elapsed Monitor Loop Processing Time: " ~ to!string((endFunctionProcessingTime - startFunctionProcessingTime)), ["debug"]);
 					
-					// Display memory details before cleanup
+					// Release all the curl instances used during this loop
+					// New curl instances will be established on next loop
+					CurlEngine.releaseAllCurlInstances();
+					
+					// Display memory details before garbage collection
 					if (displayMemoryUsage) displayMemoryUsagePreGC();
-					// Perform Garbage Cleanup
+					// Perform Garbage Collection
 					GC.collect();
 					// Return free memory to the OS
 					GC.minimize();
-					// Display memory details after cleanup
+					// Display memory details after garbage collection
 					if (displayMemoryUsage) displayMemoryUsagePostGC();
 					
 					// Log that this loop is complete
@@ -1405,8 +1409,8 @@ void performSynchronisedExitProcess(string scopeCaller = null) {
 			shutdownFilesystemMonitor();
 			// Shutdown the database
 			shutdownDatabase();
-			// Shutdown 'curl' instances
-			shutdownCurlInstances();
+			// Destroy all 'curl' instances
+			destroyCurlInstances();
 			// Shutdown the application configuration objects
 			shutdownAppConfig();
 			
@@ -1481,8 +1485,8 @@ void shutdownAppConfig() {
     }
 }
 
-void shutdownCurlInstances() {
-    CurlEngine.releaseAllCurlInstances();
+void destroyCurlInstances() {
+    CurlEngine.destroyAllCurlInstances();
 }
 
 void shutdownApplicationLogging() {
diff --git a/src/util.d b/src/util.d
index 9229b51e..669ee397 100644
--- a/src/util.d
+++ b/src/util.d
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Regex!char wild2regex(const(char)[] pattern) {
 }
 
 // Test Internet access to Microsoft OneDrive
-bool testInternetReachability(ApplicationConfig appConfig) {
+bool testInternetReachabilityCurlPool(ApplicationConfig appConfig) {
     CurlEngine curlEngine;
     bool result = false;
     try {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ bool testInternetReachability(ApplicationConfig appConfig) {
 }
 
 // Test Internet access to Microsoft OneDrive using a simple HTTP HEAD request
-bool testInternetReachabilityAlternate(ApplicationConfig appConfig) {
+bool testInternetReachability(ApplicationConfig appConfig) {
     auto http = HTTP();
     http.url = "https://login.microsoftonline.com";
     
@@ -1114,26 +1114,25 @@ string generateAlphanumericString(size_t length = 16) {
 void displayMemoryUsagePreGC() {
 	// Display memory usage
 	writeln();
-	writeln("Memory Usage pre GC (KB)");
-	writeln("------------------------");
+	writeln("Memory Usage PRE Garbage Collection (KB)");
+	writeln("-----------------------------------------");
 	writeMemoryStats();
 	writeln();
 }
 
 void displayMemoryUsagePostGC() {
 	// Display memory usage
-	writeln();
-	writeln("Memory Usage post GC (KB)");
-	writeln("-------------------------");
+	writeln("Memory Usage POST Garbage Collection (KB)");
+	writeln("-----------------------------------------");
 	writeMemoryStats();
 	writeln();
 }
 
 void writeMemoryStats() {
 	// write memory stats
-	writeln("memory usedSize                 = ", (GC.stats.usedSize/1024));
-	writeln("memory freeSize                 = ", (GC.stats.freeSize/1024));
-	writeln("memory allocatedInCurrentThread = ", (GC.stats.allocatedInCurrentThread/1024));
+	writeln("memory usedSize                 = ", (GC.stats.usedSize/1024)); // number of used bytes on the GC heap (might only get updated after a collection)
+	writeln("memory freeSize                 = ", (GC.stats.freeSize/1024)); // number of free bytes on the GC heap (might only get updated after a collection)
+	writeln("memory allocatedInCurrentThread = ", (GC.stats.allocatedInCurrentThread/1024)); // number of bytes allocated for current thread since program start
 }
 
 // Return the username of the UID running the 'onedrive' process