diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if(argc>1 && (strcmp("-c", argv[1]) == 0
 
     if(!strchr(email, '@'))
       {
-        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);
+        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;
       }
     if( register_user(username, email) == 1)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ username = NULL;
 options_init(argc,argv,&my_cfg, myopts, "slave", &commonopts);
 /* End option getter */
 
-software_updatecheck(); // Should be run every day-ish, if the slave is constantly running.
+software_updatecheck(datadir); // Should be run every day-ish, if the slave is constantly running.
 
 /* Notifies the user if there is no username in the conf file */
 if(username == NULL || strcmp(username, "!username") == 0 ){