diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 9f320b9..e25ed64 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ git pull --quiet
 cp ~/uucp/ssh/authorized_keys ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
+if [ -f ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.local ]; then
+	cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.local >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+fi
 
diff --git a/utils/bootstrap.pl b/utils/bootstrap.pl
index ddbd3ab..ba021bd 100755
--- a/utils/bootstrap.pl
+++ b/utils/bootstrap.pl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
 
-my $myNode = $ARGV[0];
+my $myNode = $ARGV[0] || die("usage: ./bootstrap.pl node-id\n");
 
 sub getNodes {
 	my $nodelist = "../nodelist";
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ sub getNodes {
 
 		my @fields = split(",", $line);
 		my $nodeName = $fields[0];
+		#$nodeName eq $myNode && continue
+
 		my $nodeAddress = $fields[1];
 		generatePort($nodeName,$nodeAddress); 
 		generateSys($nodeName);
 		generateCall($nodeName);
 		generatePasswd($nodeName);
 		getKeys($nodeAddress);
-		generateConfig($myNode);
 		print("System ".$nodeName." added successfully\n");
 	}
 
+	generateConfig($myNode);
+
 	print("Done\n\n");
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ sub generatePort {
 	};
 
 	my $portFile = "port";
-	open(FH, '>', $portFile);
+	open(FH, '>>', $portFile);
 	print FH $template;
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ sub generateSys {
 
 	my $sysFile = "sys";
 
-	open(FH, '>', $sysFile);
+	open(FH, '>>', $sysFile);
 	print FH $template;
 }
 	
@@ -82,9 +85,9 @@ sub generateConfig {
 	my $nodeName = shift;
 
 	my $confFile = "config";
-	open(FH, '>',$confFile);
+	open(FH, '>>',$confFile);
 
-	my $nodeConfig = "nodename\t\t".$nodeName;
+	my $nodeConfig = "nodename\t\t".$nodeName."\n";
 
 	print FH $nodeConfig;
 }
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ sub generateCall{
 	my $callHash = md5_hex($password);
 	my $callPasswd = $nodeName."\t"."U".$myNode."\t".$callHash."\n";
 
-	open(FH, '>', $callFile);
+	open(FH, '>>', $callFile);
 	print FH $callPasswd;
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ sub generatePasswd {
 	my $passwdHash = md5_hex($password);
 	my $authPasswd = "U".$nodeName."\t".$passwdHash."\n";
 
-	open(FH, '>', $passwdFile);
+	open(FH, '>>', $passwdFile);
 	print FH $authPasswd;
 }