diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index 6e23869..23306b3 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:nostr_console/tree_ds.dart';
 import 'package:nostr_console/relays.dart';
 import 'package:nostr_console/settings.dart';
 import 'package:bip340/bip340.dart';
+import 'package:qr/qr.dart';
 
 Future<void> processAnyIncomingEvents(Store node, [bool printNotifications = true])  async {
   reAdjustAlignment();
@@ -275,6 +276,32 @@ void reAdjustAlignment() {
     Store.reCalculateMarkerStr();
 }
 
+String getQrCodeAsString(String str) {
+  String output = "";
+
+  final qrCode = QrCode(4, QrErrorCorrectLevel.L)
+                ..addData('$str');
+  final qrImage = QrImage(qrCode);
+
+  //print("qrimage modulecount =  ${qrImage.moduleCount}");
+  String leftPadding = "   ";
+  for (var x = 0; x < qrImage.moduleCount; x++) {
+    output += leftPadding;
+    for (var y = 0; y < qrImage.moduleCount; y++) {
+      if (qrImage.isDark(y, x)) {
+        // render a dark square on the canvas
+        output += "██";
+      }
+      else {
+        output += "  ";
+      }
+    }
+    output += "\n";
+  }
+
+  return output;
+}
+
 void printProfile(Store node, String profilePubkey) {
   bool onlyUserPostAndLike (Tree t) => t.treeSelectorUserPostAndLike(profilePubkey);
   node.printTree(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:gNumLastDays)), onlyUserPostAndLike);
@@ -307,6 +334,13 @@ void printProfile(Store node, String profilePubkey) {
     print("Nip 05      : ${verified?"yes. ${nip05Id}":"no"}");
     print("\nLast Updated: ${getPrintableDate(dateLastUpdated)}\n");
     
+    // print QR code
+    print("The QR code for the public key:\n\n");
+    try {
+     print(getQrCodeAsString(profilePubkey));
+    } catch(e) {
+      print("Could not generate qr code.\n");
+    }
 
     if( profilePubkey != userPublicKey) {
       if( profileContactEvent.eventData.contactList.any((x) => (x.id == userPublicKey))) {
diff --git a/lib/event_ds.dart b/lib/event_ds.dart
index cac223d..361a7d6 100644
--- a/lib/event_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/event_ds.dart
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class EventData {
 
       int numRoot = 0, numReply = 0;
 
+      // first go over all tags and find out at least one reply and root tag, and count their numbers
       String rootId = "", replyId = "";
       for( int i = 0; i < eTags.length; i++) {
         String eventId = eTags[i][0];
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ class EventData {
         }
       }
   
+      // then depending on the numbers and values ( of root and replyto) return the parent
       if( replyId.length > 0) {
         if( numReply == 1) {
           return replyId;
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ class EventData {
       }
 
 
-      // if reply/root tags don't work, then try to look for parent tag with the deprecated logic from NIP-10
+      // but if reply/root tags don't work, then try to look for parent tag with the deprecated logic from NIP-10
       if( gDebug > 0) log.info("using deprecated logic of nip10 for event id : $id");
       for( int i = tags.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         if( tags[i][0] == "e") {
@@ -1498,8 +1500,8 @@ extension StringX on String {
   bool isRomanceLanguage() {
 
     // https://www.thoughtco.com/most-common-french-words-1372759
-    Set<String> frenchWords = {"oui", "je", "le", "un", "de", "et", "merci", "une", "ce", "pas"};
-    Set<String> spanishWords = {"y", "se", "el", "uso", "que", "te", "los", "va", "ser", "si", "por", "lo", "es", "era", "un", "o"};;
+    Set<String> frenchWords = {"oui", "je", "le", "un", "de", "merci", "une", "ce", "pas"}; // "et" is in 'et al'
+    Set<String> spanishWords = {"y", "se", "el", "uso", "que", "te", "los", "va", "ser", "si", "por", "lo", "es", "era", "un", "o"};
 
     Set<String> romanceWords = frenchWords.union(spanishWords);
     for( String word in romanceWords) {