diff --git a/create-attributable-archive.sh b/create-attributable-archive.sh
index c8a19ec..6f994e1 100755
--- a/create-attributable-archive.sh
+++ b/create-attributable-archive.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ checkcode () {
     if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]; then
         echo -e "\e[31mERROR!\033[0m Response Code: $retcode"
     else
-        printf '\e[1;32mOK!\e[0m\n'
+        printf ' \e[1;32mOK!\e[0m\n'
     fi
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ rm -rf "$inner_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1
 checkcode $?
 
 printf "ssh: signing out/contents.7z"
-ssh-keygen -Y sign -f "$key_path" -n "$signature_tag" "$out_dir/contents.7z" # > /dev/null 2>&1
+ssh-keygen -Y sign -f "$key_path" -n "$signature_tag" "$out_dir/contents.7z" > /dev/null 2>&1
 checkcode $?
 
 printf "sha512: generating sha512 checksums of files in out"
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ echo
 echo "Enter attribution passphrase again:"
 read -r -s attribution_passphrase_check
 if [[ "$attribution_passphrase" != "$attribution_passphrase_check" ]]; then
-    echo -e "\n\n\033[0;31mAttribution passphrases do not match! Exiting!\033[0m\n\n" >&2
+    echo -e "\n\n\033[0;31mAttribution passphrases do not match! Exiting!\033[0m\n\n" > /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
     exit 1
 else
     echo -e "attribution_passphrase: \033[0;32mOK!\033[0m"
     echo "$attribution_passphrase" > "attribution_passphrase_${unix_seconds}.txt"
 fi
-unset attribution_passphrase_check > /dev/null 2>&1
-unset attribution_passphrase > /dev/null 2>&1
+unset attribution_passphrase_check > /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
+unset attribution_passphrase > /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
 {
     printf '%s' "$attribution_passphrase"
     cat "$out_dir/contents.7z"
@@ -96,14 +96,25 @@ unset attribution_passphrase > /dev/null 2>&1
 # checkcode $?
 
 printf "7z archiving outer dir"
-7z a "./out.7z" "$out_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1
+7z a "./out.7z" "$out_dir" > /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
 checkcode $?
 printf "moving out.7z to archives"
-mv out.7z "archives/verifiable_archive_${unix_seconds}.7z"
+mv out.7z "archives/verifiable_archive_${unix_seconds}.7z" > /dev/null 2>&1
 checkcode $?
 
+echo "input keystore passphrase"
+read -r -s keystore_passphrase
+echo
+echo "input keystore passphrase (again)"
+read -r -s keystore_passphrase_check
+echo
+if [[ "$keystore_passphrase" != "$keystore_passphrase_check" ]]; then
+    echo -e "\n\n\033[0;31mKeystore passphrases do not match! Exiting!\033[0m\n\n" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 printf "archivin keys"
-7z a "keystore/keystore_${unix_seconds}.7z" "private_*" "private_*.pub" "attribution_passphrase_${unix_seconds}.txt"
+7z a "keystore/keystore_${unix_seconds}.7z" "private_*" "private_*.pub" "attribution_passphrase_${unix_seconds}.txt" > /dev/null 2>&1
 checkcode $?
 
 printf "resetting environment..."
diff --git a/reset.sh b/reset.sh
index 7bf0090..43af1ef 100644
--- a/reset.sh
+++ b/reset.sh
@@ -1,32 +1,60 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-echo "autoshredding these files:"
-find . -type f \( -path ".git" -o -path "keystore" -o -path "archives" \) -prune \( -name "*.sha512" -o -name "checksums*" -o -name "private_*" -o -name ".*" -o -name "*.sig" -o -name "*.7z" -o -name "anonymous_signer" \) -print -exec shred -uz {} \;
-echo $?
 
-echo "nuking errant priv key files"
+checkcode () {
+    local retcode
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        echo -e "\n\e[31mERROR!\033[0m checkcode missing return code parameter\n"
+        exit 1
+    else
+        retcode=$1
+    fi
+
+    if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo -e "\e[31mERROR!\033[0m Response Code: $retcode"
+    else
+        printf '\e[1;32mOK!\e[0m\n'
+    fi
+}
+
+printf "autoshredding these files:"
+find . -type f \( -path ".git" -o -path "keystore" -o -path "archives" \) -prune \( -name "*.sha512" -o -name "checksums*" -o -name "private_*" -o -name ".*" -o -name "*.sig" -o -name "*.7z" -o -name "anonymous_signer" \) -print -exec shred -uz {} \;
+checkcode $?
+
+printf "nuking errant priv key files"
 shred -uz private_*
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
 shred -uz *.pub
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
 shred -uz attribution_passphrase_*
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
 
 echo "autoshredding out"
 srm -r -z -l -l ./out
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
 
 echo "rebuilding out"
+printf "making out dir structure"
 mkdir -p out/contents
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
+printf "updating out/contents/READMD.md"
 echo "put files to verifiably archive in here" > out/contents/README.md
+checkcode $?
+printf "updating out/README.md"
 echo "# todo: make this nice" > ./out/README.md 
+checkcode $?
+
+printf "making out/test_validate_passphrase.sh"
 cp test_validation_passphrase.txt out/test_validate_passphrase.sh
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
+printf "making out/test_validate_passphrase.sh executable"
 chmod +x out/test_validate_passphrase.sh
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
+printf "making out/verify-everything.sh"
 cp verify-everything.txt out/verify-everything.sh
-echo $?
+checkcode $?
+printf "making out/verify-everything.sh executable"
 chmod +x out/verify-everything.sh
-echo $?
-echo done :3
+checkcode $?
+
+echo -e "\n\ndone :3\n\n"