diff --git a/.install/update_bashrc.sh b/.install/update_bashrc.sh
index 4973eb0..814f947 100755
--- a/.install/update_bashrc.sh
+++ b/.install/update_bashrc.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 # Add $YOU $IPFSNODEID $G1PUB to ~/.bashrc
 
 source ~/.bashrc
+
 [[ $YOU != "" && $IPFSNODEID != "" && $G1PUB != "" ]] && er+="bashrc already updated"
 
-export YOU=$(ps auxf --sort=+utime | grep -w ipfs | grep -v -E 'color=auto|grep' | tail -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1) || er+=" ipfs daemon not running"
-export IPFSNODEID=$(ipfs id -f='<id>\n') || er+=" ipfs id problem"
-export G1PUB=$(cat ~/.zen/secret.dunikey | grep 'pub:' | cut -d ' ' -f 2) || er+=" ~/.zen/secret.dunikey not found"
+YOU=$(ps auxf --sort=+utime | grep -w ipfs | grep -v -E 'color=auto|grep' | tail -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1) || er+=" ipfs daemon not running"
+
+IPFSNODEID=$(ipfs id -f='<id>\n') || er+=" ipfs id problem"
+
+[[ -f ~/.zen/secret.dunikey ]] && G1PUB=$(cat ~/.zen/secret.dunikey | grep 'pub:' | cut -d ' ' -f 2) || er+=" ~/.zen/secret.dunikey missing cannot find G1PUB"
 
 [[ $er != "" ]] && echo "$er" && exit 1
 
@@ -20,8 +23,10 @@ echo "### ASTROPORT IDENTITY ###" >> ~/.bashrc
 echo "YOU=$YOU" >> ~/.bashrc
 echo "G1PUB=$G1PUB" >> ~/.bashrc
 echo "IPFSNODEID=$IPFSNODEID" >> ~/.bashrc
+
 source ~/.bashrc
 
 echo "UPDATE ~/.bashrc OK"
 tail -n 4 ~/.bashrc
+
 exit 0