diff --git a/vmcreate1.sh b/vmcreate1.sh
index d519570..877024a 100644
--- a/vmcreate1.sh
+++ b/vmcreate1.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ mksnippet (){
             phash=$(cat $password | mkpasswd -m sha-256 -s)
             sed -i "s|.*password.*|  - ${phash}|" "$snippet"
     fi
-    sed -i "s|.*ssh-rsa.*|  - ${pubkey}|" "$snippet"
+    sed -i "s|.*ssh-rsa.*|  - (cat ${pubkey})|" "$snippet"
     echo "Snippet $snippet created"
 }
 
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ if [[ $# -eq 0 && -e "$file" ]]; then
     echo "DEBUG line:$line"
         ip=$(echo -n $line | cut -d ';' -f 1)
         hostname=$(echo -n $line | cut -d ';' -f 2)
+        ipcheck "$ip"
         if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then 
             hostcheck "$hostname"
             if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then