diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@
   * Registration on server. Needs attention. Prevent account spamming.
   * distrenslave -c username email@example.com
  */
+#include "blendjob.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h> /*< malloc(), free() */
 
 int ssh_keygen(){
 	fprintf(stderr, "We're generating your SSH key. Please be patient.\n");
@@ -91,33 +94,52 @@ int register_user(char *username, char *
 }
 
 
-int login_user(char *username){
-	// TODO: Why does this segfault???
-  fprintf(stderr, "Logging you in...");
-  char *userhost = strcpy(userhost, username);
-  char *userkey = strcpy(userkey, username);
+int login_user(char *username)
+{
+  char *userhost;
+  char *userkey;
+  char buf[10];
+  struct execio *testrem;
+  char *execargv[] =
+    {
+      "ssh",
+      
+      "-i",
+      (char *)NULL, // Key created from registeruser()
+      "-p",
+      "23",
+      (char *)NULL,// username and hostname
+      "echo",
+      "hello", // This should eventually open a non-terminating connection to the server for communication,
+      
+      (char *)NULL
+    };
+  size_t readlen;
+
+  /*< @TODO remove being tied to protofusion.org for no reason  */
+  userhost = malloc(strlen(username) + strlen("@protofusion.org") + 1);
+  if(!userhost)
+    return 43;
+  
+  strcpy(userhost, username);
   strcat(userhost, "@protofusion.org"); // Throws @protofusion.org after the username
+
+  userkey = malloc(strlen(username) + strlen(".rsa") + 1);
+  if(!userkey)
+    {
+      free(userhost);
+      return 44;
+    }
+  
+  strcpy(userkey, username);
   strcat(userkey,".rsa");
-  fprintf(stderr, "i'm here");
+  
+  
+  fprintf(stderr, "Logging you in to %s using key %s\n", userhost, userkey);
   if(fopen(userkey, "r") == NULL){
 	  fprintf(stderr,"Your key, %s, has not been found! Re-register or somehow regenerate your key! We need a way to regenerate keys coded in, but we don't have the facilities yet!",userkey);
 	  return 0;
   }
-  char buf[10];
-  struct execio *testrem;
-  char *execargv[] =
-    {
-  "ssh",
-  userhost, // username and hostname
-  "-i",
-  userkey, // Key created from registeruser()
-  "-p",
-  "23",
-  "echo",
-  "hello", // This should eventually open a non-terminating connection to the server for communication
-  (char *)NULL
-  };
-  size_t readlen;
   fprintf(stderr, "Opening stream:\n", execio_open(&testrem, "ssh", execargv));
   buf[9] = '\0'; // null-terminating the array...
   while(!execio_read(testrem, buf, 9, &readlen)) // What's with the readlen stuff?