diff --git a/utils/bootstrap.pl b/utils/bootstrap.pl
index 2f99cf8..0bb89cd 100755
--- a/utils/bootstrap.pl
+++ b/utils/bootstrap.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 
-my $nodename = $ARGV[0];
+my $myNode = $ARGV[0];
 
 sub getNodes {
 	my $nodelist = "../nodelist";
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ sub getNodes {
 		my $nodeAddress = $fields[1];
 		generatePort($nodeName,$nodeAddress); 
 		generateSys($nodeName);
+		getKeys($nodeAddress);
+		generateConfig();
 		print("System ".$nodeName." added successfully\n");
 	}
 
-       print("UUCP bootstrapping complete. Please copy sys and port configuration files to /etc/uucp\n");	
+	print("Done\n");
 }
 
 sub generatePort {
@@ -76,7 +78,32 @@ sub generatePasswd {
 }
 
 sub generateConfig {
+	my $nodeName = shift;
 
+	my $confFile = "config";
+	open(FH, '>',$confFile);
+
+	my $nodeConfig = "nodename\t\t".$myNode;
+
+	print FH $nodeConfig;
 }
 
-getNodes()
+sub getKeys {
+	my $address = shift;
+
+	my $cmd = "/usr/bin/ssh-keyscan ".$address;
+	system($cmd);
+}
+
+sub preCheck()
+{
+	print("Updating git repo\n");
+	chdir("../");
+	system("git pull");
+	print("Installing authorized_keys\n");
+	rename("authorized_keys",".ssh/authorized_keys");
+	print("Pre-flight checks done\n");
+	getNodes();
+}
+
+preCheck();