diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     };
 
   int i;
+
+  i = 1;
   
   if(options_init(argc, argv, &cfg, cfg_opts, "client", &options))
     {
@@ -61,55 +63,56 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
 
-// Please find a better way of doing this :( you can't strcat multiple strings.. meh
-// use something like sprintf
-//char *username = cfg_getstr(cfg, "username");
-//char *hostname = cfg_getstr(cfg, "hostname");
-//strcat(username, "@");
-//strcat(username, hostname);
+  // Please find a better way of doing this :( you can't strcat multiple strings.. meh
+  // use something like sprintf
+  //char *username = cfg_getstr(cfg, "username");
+  //char *hostname = cfg_getstr(cfg, "hostname");
+  //strcat(username, "@");
+  //strcat(username, hostname);
 
 
-if( i == 1 ){
-// Create new account on the server if no username exists
-// THIS no longer SEGFAULTS!! YAY
-  char buf[10];
-  struct execio *testrem;
-  char *execargv[] =
-    {
-      "ssh",
-       "username", //cfg_getstr(cfg, "username") . "@" . cfg_getstr(cfg, "hostname"),
-      "-i guest.rsa", //yeaaaah enay better ideas?
-      "sh",
-      "-c",
-      "\"echo hello from ${HOSTNAME}\"", // "\"useradd -M -c" strcat( cfg_getstr(cfg, "name") cfg_getstr(cfg, "email")) "-d /home/distren --gid 537" cfg_getstr(cfg, "username") "\"",
-      (char *)NULL
-    };
+  if( i == 1 ){
+    // Create new account on the server if no username exists
+    // THIS no longer SEGFAULTS!! YAY
+    char buf[10];
+    struct execio *testrem;
+    char *execargv[] =
+      {
+	"ssh",
+	"username", //cfg_getstr(cfg, "username") . "@" . cfg_getstr(cfg, "hostname"),
+	"-i guest.rsa", //yeaaaah enay better ideas?
+	"sh",
+	"-c",
+	"\"echo hello from ${HOSTNAME}\"", // "\"useradd -M -c" strcat( cfg_getstr(cfg, "name") cfg_getstr(cfg, "email")) "-d /home/distren --gid 537" cfg_getstr(cfg, "username") "\"",
+	(char *)NULL
+      };
 
-  size_t readlen;
-  fprintf(stderr, "execio madness is occuring!");
-  fprintf(stderr, "execio_open returns %d\n", execio_open(&testrem, "ssh", execargv));
-  buf[9] = '\0';
-  while(!execio_read(testrem, buf, 9, &readlen))
+    size_t readlen;
+    fprintf(stderr, "execio madness is occuring!");
+    fprintf(stderr, "execio_open returns %d\n", execio_open(&testrem, "ssh", execargv));
+    buf[9] = '\0';
+    while(!execio_read(testrem, buf, 9, &readlen))
+      {
+	if(readlen > 9)
+	  {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "execio_read doesn't set readlen correctly or read() is messed up\n");
+	    return 1;
+	  }
+	buf[readlen] = '\0';
+	fprintf(stderr, "read \"%s\"\n", buf);
+      }
+    execio_close(testrem);
+  }
+
+  else
     {
-      if(readlen > 9)
-	{
-	  fprintf(stderr, "execio_read doesn't set readlen correctly or read() is messed up\n");
-	  return 1;
-	}
-      buf[readlen] = '\0';
-      fprintf(stderr, "read \"%s\"\n", buf);
+      printf("Well now, you must have registered!\n");
+      /* put code here to ssh to zserver2 w/ execio as the user from the conf file */
     }
-}
-
-else
-{
-	printf("Well now, you must have registered!\n");
-/* put code here to ssh to zserver2 w/ execio as the user from the conf file */
-}
 
 
- options_free(options);
- return 0;
+  options_free(options);
+  return 0;
 };