diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			fprintf(stderr, "I want to see an '@' in your email address!\n%s may be good enough for you, but I need more!\n", email);
 			return 235;
 		}
-		*key = register_user(username, email); // register_user returns a uniquely random url to a key
-		get("http://protofusion.org/distren/key/%s",key);
+		register_user(username, email); // register_user returns a uniquely random url to a key
 		fprintf(stderr, "You registered, hopefully successfully. Invoke distrenslave with no args now.");
-		exec('echo %s >> distrenslave.conf',key);
 	}
 /* End arg parser */