diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index ac5e3ed..870cb46 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #define __UTIL_H__
 
 void remove_name_in_path(char *szPath);
-void replace_multiple_space_with_one(char *s, size_t len);
+int replace_multiple_space_with_one(char *s, size_t len);
+char *kind_as_string(char *s, enum kind kind, int n);
 char *version_as_string(char *, long v, int n);
 
 #endif /* __UTIL_H__ */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/vmr.h b/include/vmr.h
index a31622b..f229807 100644
--- a/include/vmr.h
+++ b/include/vmr.h
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ enum kind
     BASIC = 1,
     BANANA,
     POTATO,
-    POTATOX64 = 6
+    BASICX64,
+    BANANAX64,
+    POTATOX64,
 };
 
 long login(T_VBVMR_INTERFACE *iVMR, int kind);
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index e6999f6..adf9d9f 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include "vmr.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 void remove_name_in_path(char *szPath)
@@ -14,7 +15,14 @@ void remove_name_in_path(char *szPath)
         *p = '\0';
 }
 
-void replace_multiple_space_with_one(char *s, size_t len)
+/**
+ * @brief replaces multiple newlines and tabs with single spaces
+ *
+ * @param s the string to be reduced
+ * @param len current length of the string
+ * @return int new length of the string
+ */
+int replace_multiple_space_with_one(char *s, size_t len)
 {
     int j = 0;
     int count = 0;
@@ -22,11 +30,11 @@ void replace_multiple_space_with_one(char *s, size_t len)
     if (len == 1 && (s[0] == ' ' || s[0] == '\t'))
     {
         s[0] = '\0';
-        return;
+        return len;
     }
 
     if (len < 2)
-        return;
+        return len;
 
     for (int i = 0; s[i] != '\0'; i++)
     {
@@ -46,8 +54,31 @@ void replace_multiple_space_with_one(char *s, size_t len)
         }
     }
     s[j] = '\0';
+    return j;
 }
 
+char *kind_as_string(char *s, enum kind kind, int n)
+{
+    char *kinds[] = {
+        "Basic",
+        "Banana",
+        "Potato",
+        "Basic x64",
+        "Banana x64",
+        "Potato x64",
+    };
+    snprintf(s, n, kinds[kind - 1]);
+    return s;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief returns Voicemeeter's version as a string
+ *
+ * @param s string buffer the version will be written to
+ * @param v unprocessed version as a long int
+ * @param n maximum number of characters to be written to the buffer
+ * @return char*
+ */
 char *version_as_string(char *s, long v, int n)
 {
     long v1 = (v & 0xFF000000) >> 24,
diff --git a/src/vmr.c b/src/vmr.c
index 771ef32..a9167d5 100644
--- a/src/vmr.c
+++ b/src/vmr.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 #define VERSION_STR_LEN 128
+#define KIND_STR_LEN 64
 
 long login(T_VBVMR_INTERFACE *vmr, int kind)
 {
@@ -16,21 +17,8 @@ long login(T_VBVMR_INTERFACE *vmr, int kind)
     if (rep == 1)
     {
         run_voicemeeter(vmr, kind);
-        switch (kind)
-        {
-        case BASIC:
-            log_info("Launching Voicemeeter Basic GUI");
-            break;
-        case BANANA:
-            log_info("Launching Voicemeeter Banana GUI");
-            break;
-        case POTATO:
-            log_info("Launching Voicemeeter Potato GUI");
-            break;
-        case POTATOX64:
-            log_info("Launching Voicemeeter Potato x64 GUI");
-            break;
-        }
+        char kind_s[KIND_STR_LEN];
+        log_info("Launching Voicemeeter %s GUI", kind_as_string(kind_s, kind, KIND_STR_LEN));
 
         time_t endwait;
         int timeout = 2;
diff --git a/src/vmrcli.c b/src/vmrcli.c
index 5363ec4..3c29841 100644
--- a/src/vmrcli.c
+++ b/src/vmrcli.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct result
 };
 
 void help(void);
-int set_kind(char *kval);
+enum kind set_kind(char *kval);
 int init_voicemeeter(T_VBVMR_INTERFACE *vmr, int kind);
 void interactive(T_VBVMR_INTERFACE *vmr);
 void parse_command(T_VBVMR_INTERFACE *vmr, char *command);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     int opt;
     char *kvalue = "";
     int dvalue;
-    int kind = BANANA;
+    enum kind kind = BANANAX64;
 
     if (argc == 1)
     {
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief prints the help dialogue
+ *
+ */
 void help()
 {
     puts(
@@ -120,15 +124,27 @@ void help()
         "\tD: Set log level 0=TRACE, 1=DEBUG, 2=INFO, 3=WARN, 4=ERROR, 5=FATAL");
 }
 
-int set_kind(char *kval)
+/**
+ * @brief Set the kind object
+ *
+ * @param kval
+ * @return enum kind
+ */
+enum kind set_kind(char *kval)
 {
     if (strcmp(kval, "basic") == 0)
     {
-        return BASIC;
+        if (sizeof(void *) == 8)
+            return BASICX64;
+        else
+            return BASIC;
     }
     else if (strcmp(kval, "banana") == 0)
     {
-        return BANANA;
+        if (sizeof(void *) == 8)
+            return BANANAX64;
+        else
+            return BANANA;
     }
     else if (strcmp(kval, "potato") == 0)
     {