diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 4ab88e1..2901867 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -25,51 +25,72 @@ class Documentation {
     'Test'
   ]
 
-  static async load (file) {
-    const filePath = fileURLToPath(new URL(`../docs/${file}.md`, import.meta.url))
-    const fileContent = (await readFile(filePath)).toString()
-    const page = new Page(file, fileContent)
-    await page.load()
-    return page
-  }
-
   version
 
+  // load documentation content
   async load () {
-    const [pages, version] = await Promise.all([
-      Promise.all(Documentation.pages.map(page =>
-        this.constructor.load(page)
-      )),
-      this.#getVersion()
+    const [version, ...pages] = await Promise.all([
+      this.#getVersion(),
+      ...Documentation.pages.map((file, index) =>
+        this.#getPage(file, index)
+      )
     ])
-    this.pages = pages
     this.version = version
+    this.pages = pages
+    await Promise.all(this.pages.map(page => page.load()))
     return this
   }
 
+  // get version number of documentation from package.json
   async #getVersion () {
-    const filePath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url))
-    const fileContent = (await readFile(filePath)).toString()
+    const fileContent = await this.#getFileContent('../package.json')
     return JSON.parse(fileContent).version
   }
+
+  // create page instances
+  async #getPage (file, index) {
+    const fileContent = await this.#getFileContent(`../docs/${file}.md`)
+    const entries = marked.lexer(fileContent)
+    return new Page(this, file, index, entries)
+  }
+
+  // retrieve raw text content from files
+  async #getFileContent (path) {
+    const filePath = fileURLToPath(new URL(path, import.meta.url))
+    return (await readFile(filePath)).toString()
+  }
 }
 
 class Page {
-  #file
+  key
   title
   body
   sections = []
-  #raw
+  #documentation
+  #file
+  #index
   #entries
 
-  constructor (file, raw) {
+  constructor (documentation, file, index, [header, ...entries]) {
+    this.#documentation = documentation
     this.#file = file
-    this.#raw = raw
+    this.#index = index
+    this.#entries = entries
+    this.title = header.text
   }
 
   async load () {
-    this.#entries = marked.lexer(this.#raw)
+    // assigns unique key value for page
+    if (this.rawKey === 'page') {
+      this.key = `page_${this.#index + 1}`
+    } else {
+      const prior = this.documentation.pages.slice(0, this.#index)
+      const existing = prior.filter(({ rawKey }) => rawKey === this.rawKey)
+      const ending = existing.length ? `_${existing.length + 1}` : ''
+      this.key = `${this.rawKey}${ending}`
+    }
 
+    // process page content
     const bodyBuffer = []
     const sectionBuffer = []
 
@@ -79,15 +100,10 @@ class Page {
       }
     }
 
-    this.#entries.forEach(entry => {
-      if ((entry.type === 'heading') && (entry.depth <= 2)) {
-        if (entry.depth === 1) {
-          if (!this.title) this.title = entry.text
-        }
-        if (entry.depth === 2) {
-          processSection()
-          sectionBuffer.push(entry)
-        }
+    for (const entry of this.#entries) {
+      if ((entry.type === 'heading') && (entry.depth === 2)) {
+        processSection()
+        sectionBuffer.push(entry)
       } else {
         if (sectionBuffer.length) {
           sectionBuffer.push(entry)
@@ -95,16 +111,21 @@ class Page {
           bodyBuffer.push(entry)
         }
       }
-    })
+    }
     processSection()
+
+    // concats raw body content for page
     this.body = bodyBuffer.map(({ raw }) => raw).join('')
+
+    // load all sections existing under this page
     await Promise.all(this.sections.map(section => section.load()))
     return this
   }
 
-  get key () {
+  // generates the raw un-deduped key value for page
+  get rawKey () {
     return (
-      this.#file
+      (this.title || this.#file)
         .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, ' ')
         .trim()
         .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
@@ -113,11 +134,8 @@ class Page {
     )
   }
 
-  toJSON () {
-    return {
-      key: this.key,
-      ...this
-    }
+  get documentation () {
+    return this.#documentation
   }
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +143,7 @@ class Section {
   key
   title
   body
-  subSections = []
+  subsections = []
   #entries
   #parent
 
@@ -134,85 +152,80 @@ class Section {
     this.#entries = entries
     this.title = header.text
 
+    // assigns unique key value for section
     const prior = [
-      this.page.key,
+      ...this.documentation.pages,
       ...this.page.sections
-        .map(section => [section, ...section.subSections])
+        .map(section => [section, ...section.subsections])
         .flat()
-        .map(section => section.rawKey)
     ]
+    const existing = prior.filter(({ rawKey }) => rawKey === this.rawKey)
+    const ending = (existing.length || ['section', 'subsection'].includes(this.rawKey))
+      ? `_${existing.length + 1}`
+      : ''
 
-    const existing = prior
-      .filter(key => key === this.rawKey)
-
-    this.key = `${
-      this.rawKey
-    }${
-      (existing.length || ['page', 'section', 'subsection'].includes(this.rawKey))
-        ? (`_${existing.length + 1}`)
-        : ''
-    }`
+    this.key = `${this.rawKey}${ending}`
   }
 
   async load () {
+    // procee section content
     const bodyBuffer = []
-    const subSectionBuffer = []
+    const subsectionBuffer = []
 
     const processSubSection = () => {
-      if (subSectionBuffer.length) {
-        this.subSections.push(new this.constructor(this, subSectionBuffer.splice(0, subSectionBuffer.length)))
+      if (subsectionBuffer.length) {
+        this.subsections.push(new this.constructor(this, subsectionBuffer.splice(0, subsectionBuffer.length)))
       }
     }
 
-    this.#entries.forEach(entry => {
+    for (const entry of this.#entries) {
       if ((entry.type === 'heading') && (entry.depth === 3)) {
         processSubSection()
-        subSectionBuffer.push(entry)
+        subsectionBuffer.push(entry)
       } else {
-        if (subSectionBuffer.length) {
-          subSectionBuffer.push(entry)
+        if (subsectionBuffer.length) {
+          subsectionBuffer.push(entry)
         } else {
           bodyBuffer.push(entry)
         }
       }
-    })
+    }
     processSubSection()
+
+    // concats raw body content for section
     this.body = bodyBuffer.map(({ raw }) => raw).join('')
-    await Promise.all(this.subSections.map(section => section.load()))
+
+    // load all subsections existing under this section
+    await Promise.all(this.subsections.map(section => section.load()))
     return this
   }
 
+  // generates the raw un-deduped key value for section
   get rawKey () {
-    return (
-      // The resulting raw keyvalue might be shared with another
-      // section/subsection within this page. The value will be
-      // iterated to de-duplicate within the Section's constructor
-      this.title
-        .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, ' ')
-        .trim()
-        .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
-        .toLowerCase() ||
-      (
-        // if there is a parent section that is using a non-default raw key value
-        (this.section?.rawKey && this.section.rawKey !== 'section')
-          // use the parent raw key value
-          ? this.section.rawKey
-          // otherwise check if the parent page has a non-default raw key value
-          : (this.page?.key && this.page.key !== 'page')
-              // use the parent raw key value
-              ? this.page.key
-              // fallback to default value for section raw key value
-              : this.section
-                ? 'subsection'
-                : 'section'
-      )
-    )
+    const baseKey = this.title
+      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, ' ')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
+      .toLowerCase()
+    if (baseKey) return baseKey
+
+    const sectionKey = this.section?.rawKey
+    if (sectionKey && sectionKey !== 'section') return sectionKey
+
+    const pageKey = this.page?.rawKey
+    if (pageKey && pageKey !== 'page') return pageKey
+
+    return this.section ? 'subsection' : 'section'
   }
 
   get parent () {
     return this.#parent
   }
 
+  get documentation () {
+    return this.page.documentation
+  }
+
   get page () {
     return this.parent.parent || this.parent
   }