diff --git a/carp_core/lib/deployment/domain/study_deployment.dart b/carp_core/lib/deployment/domain/study_deployment.dart
index ed0d72a37..8f969c1de 100644
--- a/carp_core/lib/deployment/domain/study_deployment.dart
+++ b/carp_core/lib/deployment/domain/study_deployment.dart
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class StudyDeployment {
     _protocol = protocol;
     _creationDate = DateTime.now();
     _status = StudyDeploymentStatus(studyDeploymentId: _studyDeploymentId);
+    _status.createdOn = _creationDate;
   }
 
   /// Get the status of this [StudyDeployment].
@@ -293,9 +294,7 @@ class StudyDeploymentStatus extends Serializable {
   StudyDeploymentStatus({
     required this.studyDeploymentId,
     this.deviceStatusList = const [],
-  }) : super() {
-    createdOn = DateTime.now();
-  }
+  }) : super();
 
   @override
   Function get fromJsonFunction => _$StudyDeploymentStatusFromJson;
diff --git a/carp_mobile_sensing/lib/infrastructure/persistence.dart b/carp_mobile_sensing/lib/infrastructure/persistence.dart
index d351fd2d6..60d77616c 100644
--- a/carp_mobile_sensing/lib/infrastructure/persistence.dart
+++ b/carp_mobile_sensing/lib/infrastructure/persistence.dart
@@ -6,8 +6,25 @@
 
 part of '../infrastructure.dart';
 
-/// A persistence layer that knows how to persistently store deployment and
-/// app task information across app restart.
+/// Stores meta data about the running [SmartphoneDeployment] and all
+/// [UserTask] json objects in an SQLite database on the device's
+/// local storage media. To be used across app restarts.
+///
+/// Deployments are stored in the `deployment` table and user tasks are stored
+/// in the `task_queue` table.
+///
+/// The path and filename format is
+///
+///   `~/carp.db`
+///
+/// where `~` is the folder where SQLite places it database files.
+///
+/// On iOS, this is the `NSDocumentsDirectory` and the files can be accessed via
+/// the MacOS Finder.
+///
+/// On Android, Flutter files are stored in the `databases` directory, which is
+/// located in the `data/data/<package_name>/databases/` folder.
+/// Files can be accessed via AndroidStudio.
 class Persistence {
   static const String DATABASE_NAME = 'carp';
   static const String DEPLOYMENT_TABLE_NAME = 'deployment';