diff --git a/src/ctable.c b/src/ctable.c
index 68bee99..a495fb4 100644
--- a/src/ctable.c
+++ b/src/ctable.c
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ static CTableEntry *findEntry(CTableEntry *entries, int mask, CValue key) {
 
 static void resizeTbl(CState *state, CTable *tbl, size_t newCapacity) {
     size_t size = sizeof(CTableEntry) * newCapacity;
-    cosmoM_checkGarbage(state, size);
+    cosmoM_checkGarbage(state, size); // if this allocation would cause a GC, run the GC
 
     // if count > 8 and active entries < tombstones 
     if (tbl->count > MIN_TABLE_CAPACITY && tbl->count - tbl->tombstones < tbl->tombstones) {
         int tombs = tbl->tombstones;
         tbl->tombstones = 0; // set this to 0 so in our recursive call to resizeTbl() this branch isn't run again
-        resizeTbl(state, tbl, nextPow2((tbl->count - tombs)) * GROW_FACTOR);
+        resizeTbl(state, tbl, nextPow2((tbl->count - tombs) * GROW_FACTOR)); // shrink based on active entries to the next pow of 2
         cosmoM_updateThreshhold(state); // force a threshhold update since this *could* be such a huge memory difference
         return;
     }