diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0c1012..ec8440a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 .PHONY: debian
 
 run: build
+	reset
 	cp -f control-panel-dns ~/
-	./control-panel-dns
+	sudo ./control-panel-dns
 
 build:
 	-mkdir -p resources/
@@ -117,3 +118,14 @@ ssl-cert-hash:
 
 sudo-cp:
 	sudo cp -a lets-encrypt-r3.pem 8d33f237.0 /etc/ssl/certs/
+
+# apt install uml-utilities
+fake0-up:
+	tunctl -t fake0
+	ifconfig fake0 up
+	# ifconfig fake0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f12:2cd::2/64
+	ifconfig fake0 inet6 add 2604:BBC0:1234:1234::1234/128
+
+fake0-down:
+	ifconfig fake0 down
+	tunctl -d fake0
diff --git a/errorBox.go b/errorBox.go
index 427b86e..3b4d432 100644
--- a/errorBox.go
+++ b/errorBox.go
@@ -103,10 +103,34 @@ func (eb *errorBox) addIPerror(kind ProblemType, action ActionType, ip string) b
 	}
 	tmp := kind.String() + " " + ip
 	if eb.fixes[tmp] != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "Error is already here", kind, ip)
-		log.Log(WARN, "kind =", kind)
-		log.Log(WARN, "action =", action)
-		log.Log(WARN, "ip =", ip)
+		log.Log(WARN, "Error is already here tmp =", tmp)
+		log.Log(WARN, "kind =", kind, "action =", action, "ip =", ip)
+		log.Log(WARN, "Need to check here if this thing is fixed")
+		thing := eb.fixes[tmp]
+		switch action {
+		case CREATE:
+			log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() CREATE begun =", thing.problem.begun)
+			if ValidDNS(ip) {
+				log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() == true begun =", thing.problem.begun)
+				if thing.problem.begun {
+					log.Log(WARN, "CREATE WORKED. IP is in DNS.", ip)
+				}
+			} else {
+				log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() == false. begun =", thing.problem.begun)
+			}
+		case DELETE:
+			log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() DELETE begun =", thing.problem.begun)
+			if ValidDNS(ip) {
+				if thing.problem.begun {
+					log.Log(WARN, "DELETE FAILED. IP is still in DNS", ip)
+				}
+			} else {
+				log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() == false. begun =", thing.problem.begun)
+			}
+		default:
+			log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() begun =", thing.problem.begun)
+			log.Log(WARN, "ValidDNS() unhandled ACTION", action)
+		}
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -209,8 +233,13 @@ func (eb *errorBox) Scan() []anError {
 			log.Log(WARN, "Scan()", "attempted to fix has happened")
 		} else {
 			log.Log(WARN, "Scan()", "attempted to fix not yet happened")
-			thing.Fix()
+			if thing.Fix() {
+				log.Log(WARN, "Scan()", "FIXED OK")
+			} else {
+				log.Log(WARN, "Scan()", "FIX FAILED")
+			}
 		}
+		thing.button.Disable()
 
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/fix.go b/fix.go
index 4025c34..e4fdac6 100644
--- a/fix.go
+++ b/fix.go
@@ -57,6 +57,25 @@ func fix() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// returns true if the IP address is in DNS
+func ValidDNS(ip string) bool {
+	// check for DNS AAAA RR's (Resource Record)
+	for _, aaaa := range me.statusDNS.GetIPv6() {
+		log.Log(WARN, "statusDNS.GetIPv6() FOUND DNS AAAA ip", aaaa)
+		if ip == aaaa {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	// check for DNS A RR's (Resource Record)
+	for _, a := range me.statusDNS.GetIPv4() {
+		log.Log(WARN, "statusDNS.GetIPv4() FOUND DNS A ip", a)
+		if ip == a {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func fixIPv6dns() bool {
 	log.Log(INFO, "What are my IPv6 addresses?")
 	var broken bool = false
@@ -137,6 +156,11 @@ func deleteFromDNS(aaaa string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// returns TRUE if there is a Resource Record in DNS for the AAAA value
+func inDNS(aaaa string) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func addToDNS(aaaa string) bool {
 	log.Log(CHANGE, "Add this to DNS !!!!", aaaa)
 	api := me.statusDNS.API()
diff --git a/hostnameStatusWindow.go b/hostnameStatusWindow.go
index c37f430..0f5d777 100644
--- a/hostnameStatusWindow.go
+++ b/hostnameStatusWindow.go
@@ -234,6 +234,17 @@ func (hs *hostnameStatus) GetIPv6() []string {
 	return strings.Split(tmp, "\n")
 }
 
+func (hs *hostnameStatus) GetIPv4() []string {
+	if !hs.Ready() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// clean out any blank lines
+	// todo: fix this whole hacky thing
+	tmp := hs.dnsA.String()
+	tmp = strings.TrimSpace(tmp)
+	return strings.Split(tmp, "\n")
+}
+
 func (hs *hostnameStatus) updateStatus() {
 	if !hs.Ready() {
 		return
@@ -349,7 +360,7 @@ func (hs *hostnameStatus) verifyIPv6() (bool, error) {
 
 	log.Log(INFO, "What are the AAAA resource records in DNS?")
 	for _, aaaa := range me.statusDNS.GetIPv6() {
-		log.Log(INFO, "FOUND DNS AAAA ip", aaaa)
+		// log.Log(INFO, "FOUND DNS AAAA ip", aaaa)
 		dnsAAAA[aaaa] = "dns"
 	}
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0896047..36e98f0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/linuxstatus"
-
-	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
 
 //go:embed resources/*
@@ -26,15 +24,8 @@ func main() {
 	// parsedown()
 
 	// initialize the maps to track IP addresses and network interfaces
-	me.ipmap = make(map[string]*IPtype)
-	me.dnsmap = make(map[string]*IPtype)
-	me.ifmap = make(map[int]*IFtype)
 	me.nsmap = make(map[string]string)
 
-	// initialize maps for the returned DNS records
-	me.ipv4s = make(map[string]dns.RR)
-	me.ipv6s = make(map[string]dns.RR)
-
 	me.myGui = gui.New()
 	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resToolkit)
 	me.myGui.Default()
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 4a1f8b8..94e0e8b 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/linuxstatus"
-
-	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
 
 // It's probably a terrible idea to call this 'me'
@@ -42,14 +40,8 @@ type Host struct {
 
 	changed bool // set to true if things changed
 
-	ipmap  map[string]*IPtype // the current ip addresses
-	dnsmap map[string]*IPtype // the current dns addresses
-	ifmap  map[int]*IFtype    // the current interfaces
-	nsmap  map[string]string  // the NS records
-
-	// DNS A and AAAA results
-	ipv4s map[string]dns.RR
-	ipv6s map[string]dns.RR
+	ifmap map[int]*IFtype   // the current interfaces
+	nsmap map[string]string // the NS records
 
 	// DNS stuff
 	DnsStatus      *gui.Node // the current state of DNS