diff --git a/eessi_bot_event_handler.py b/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
index f13cabbe..106af283 100644
--- a/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
+++ b/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from connections import github
 import tasks.build as build
 from tasks.build import check_build_permission, get_architecture_targets, get_repo_cfg, \
-    submit_build_jobs, request_bot_build_issue_comments
+    srequest_bot_build_issue_comment, submit_build_jobs
 import tasks.deploy as deploy
 from tasks.deploy import deploy_built_artefacts
 from tools import config
@@ -479,15 +479,16 @@ def handle_bot_command_show_config(self, event_info, bot_command):
 
     def handle_bot_command_status(self, event_info, bot_command):
         """
-        Handles bot command 'status' by running the handler for events of
-        type pull_request with the action opened.
+        Handles bot command 'status' by querying the github API
+        for the comments in a pr.
 
         Args:
             event_info (dict): event received by event_handler
             bot_command (EESSIBotCommand): command to be handled
 
         Returns:
-            (string): table which collects the status of each target
+            github.IssueComment.IssueComment (note, github refers to
+                 PyGithub, not the github from the internal connections module)
         """
         self.log("processing bot command 'status'")
         gh = github.get_instance()
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ def handle_bot_command_status(self, event_info, bot_command):
             comment_status += f"{status_table['status'][x]}|"
             comment_status += f"{status_table['url'][x]}|"
 
-        self.log(f"PR opened: comment '{comment_status}'")
+        self.log(f"Overview of finished builds: comment '{comment_status}'")
         repo = gh.get_repo(repo_name)
         pull_request = repo.get_pull(pr_number)
         issue_comment = pull_request.create_issue_comment(comment_status)
diff --git a/tasks/build.py b/tasks/build.py
index 818e62d0..8bd5e3f8 100644
--- a/tasks/build.py
+++ b/tasks/build.py
@@ -763,6 +763,17 @@ def check_build_permission(pr, event_info):
 
 
 def request_bot_build_issue_comments(repo_name, pr_number):
+    """
+    Query the github API for the issue_comments in a pr. 
+    
+    Archs: 
+        repo_name (string): name of the repository (format USER_OR_ORGANISATION/REPOSITORY)
+        pr_number (int): number og the pr
+
+    Returns:
+        status_table (dict): dictionary with 'arch', 'date', 'status', 'url' and 'result'
+            for all the finished builds;
+    """
     status_table = {'arch': [], 'date': [], 'status': [], 'url': [], 'result': []}
     cfg = config.read_config()
 
@@ -780,7 +791,7 @@ def request_bot_build_issue_comments(repo_name, pr_number):
             if config.read_config()["submitted_job_comments"]['initial_comment'][:20] in comment['body']:
 
                 # get archictecture from comment['body']
-                first_line = comment['body'][:comment['body'].find('/n')]
+                first_line = comment['body'].split('\n')[0]
                 arch_map = get_architecture_targets(cfg)
                 for arch in arch_map.keys():
                     target_arch = '/'.join(arch.split('/')[1:])
@@ -815,7 +826,7 @@ def request_bot_build_issue_comments(repo_name, pr_number):
                         status_table['url'].append(comment['html_url'])
                         if 'FAILURE' in row['comment']:
                             status_table['result'].append(':cry: FAILURE')
-                        elif 'SUCCES' in row['comment']:
+                        elif 'SUCCESS' in value['comment']:
                             status_table['result'].append(':grin: SUCCESS')
                         elif 'UNKNOWN' in row['comment']:
                             status_table['result'].append(':shrug: UNKNOWN')