diff --git a/ODESolvers/src/solve.cxx b/ODESolvers/src/solve.cxx
index 3d9a54d75..957691219 100644
--- a/ODESolvers/src/solve.cxx
+++ b/ODESolvers/src/solve.cxx
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ extern "C" void ODESolvers_Solve(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
   static Timer timer_setup("ODESolvers::Solve::setup");
   std::optional<Interval> interval_setup(timer_setup);
 
-  statecomp_t var, rhs, pre;
+  statecomp_t var, rhs, pre; // call pre rhs_p and rhs_p_p (3 time levels)
   std::vector<int> var_groups, rhs_groups, dep_groups;
   int nvars = 0;
   bool do_accumulate_nvars = true;
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ extern "C" void ODESolvers_Solve(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
 
         const auto num_rhs_time_levels{rhs_groupdata.mfab.size()};
 
+        // move outside the loop
         if (CCTK_EQUALS(method, "RKAB4") && num_rhs_time_levels != 2) {
           CCTK_VERROR("Method RKAB4 requires 1 time level in the RHS group %s, "
                       "but %lu time levels were provided ",
@@ -1140,6 +1141,9 @@ extern "C" void ODESolvers_Solve(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
 
   } else if (CCTK_EQUALS(method, "RKAB4")) {
 
+    // Initialize the prev. time levels regardelless of self starting.
+    // Self start later.
+
     //  Bootstrap the method with RK4
     if (cctkGH->cctk_iteration <= 1) {
       // k1 = f(y0)
@@ -1172,12 +1176,16 @@ extern "C" void ODESolvers_Solve(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
                            make_valid_int());
     } else {
 
-      // k1 = f(y(t - h))
-      // k2 = f(y0)
+      // k1 = f(y(t - h)) this would be rhs_p_p
+      // k2 = f(y0) rhs_p
+
       // k3 = f(y0 + h (c1 k2 + c2 k1))
       // k4 = f(y0 + h (c3 k3 + c4 k2 + c5 k1))
       // yn = y0 + h (c6 k1 + c7 k2 + c8 k3 + c9 k4);
 
+      // kn = f(yn) or f(y(t + h))
+      // calcrhs here or schedule ODESolvers_CalcRHS in poststep
+
       constexpr auto c1{0.3736646857963324};
       constexpr auto c2{0.03127973625120939};
       constexpr auto c3{-0.14797683066152537};
@@ -1190,6 +1198,7 @@ extern "C" void ODESolvers_Solve(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
 
       const auto old = copy_state(var, make_valid_all());
 
+      // ki = rhs_p
       const auto k1 = copy_state(pre, make_valid_all());
       calcupdate(1, dt, 0.0, reals<1>{1.0}, states<1>{&old});
 
@@ -1207,6 +1216,7 @@ extern "C" void ODESolvers_Solve(CCTK_ARGUMENTS) {
       calcupdate(4, dt, 0.0, reals<5>{1.0, dt * c6, dt * c7, dt * c8, dt * c9},
                  states<5>{&old, &k1, &k2, &k3, &rhs});
 
+      // need  to calc calcrhs() again here
       // Make sure that we store the correct RHS in the current time level
       statecomp_t::lincomb(rhs, 0.0, reals<1>{1.0}, states<1>{&k2},
                            make_valid_int());