diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41bd46f..c51609b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ update:
 	go get -v -t -u .
 
 # make the json config file human readable
-json-make-readable:
+config-make-readable:
 	cat ~/.config/cloud-control-panel.json |jq -r --tab
 
-json-restore:
+config-load-testconfig:
+	echo loading the test config
 	cp resources/cloud-control-panel.json ~/.config/cloud-control-panel.json
 
-json-delete:
+config-delete:
+	echo deleting your current config
 	mv ~/.config/cloud-control-panel.json /tmp
 
 diff:
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c3dbe78..c1c2026 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package main
 	package called 'flag'. This can be used as a simple template to parse
 	command line arguments in other programs.
 
-	It puts everything in the 'config' package which I think is a good
+	It puts everything in a 'config' Protobuf which I think is a good
 	wrapper around the 'flags' package and doesn't need a whole mess of
 	global variables
 */
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ func loadConfigFile() {
 	filename := ""
 	// TODO: confirm this is correct for MacOS and Windows
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-		log.Println("OS: Linux")
+		log.Println("loadConfigFile() OS: Linux")
 		filename = user.HomeDir + "/.config/cloud-control-panel.json"
 	} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		log.Println("OS: Windows")
+		log.Println("loadConfigFile() OS: Windows")
 		filename = user.HomeDir + "\\cloud-control-panel.json"
 	} else {
-		log.Println("OS: " + runtime.GOOS)
+		log.Println("loadConfigFile() OS: " + runtime.GOOS)
 		filename = user.HomeDir + "/.cloud-control-panel.json"
 	}
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func loadConfigFromFilename(filename string) pb.Config {
 }
 
 // will load the default config from within the go binary
-func loadDefaultConfig() pb.Config {
+func loadDefaultConfig() *pb.Config {
 	log.Println("TRY TO LOAD DEFAULT CONFIG")
 	// defaultConfig, _ := packrBox.FindString("protobuf-config.json")
 	b, err := packrBox.FindString("cloud-control-panel.json")
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func loadDefaultConfig() pb.Config {
 		log.Println("jsonpb.Unmarshal() ERROR =", err)
 	}
 	spew.Dump(sets)
-	return sets
+	return &sets
 }
 
 //
@@ -205,5 +205,13 @@ func parseConfig() {
 		log.Println("account =          ", key, foo)
 		log.Println("Accounts[key] =    ", config.Accounts[key])
 	}
-	// os.Exit(0)
+	if (config.Accounts == nil) {
+		log.Println("loadConfigFile() config.Accounts == nil")
+		log.Println("If debugging is on, should load default config here")
+		if (config.Debug) {
+			log.Println("Debugging is on, loading debug config")
+			config = loadDefaultConfig()
+			// onExit(fmt.Errorf("loadConfigFile() config.Accounts == nil"))
+		}
+	}
 }