diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index dbcbdf1..bbc3579 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ func writeConfigFile() {
 	}
 
 	/*
-	if me.cluster.Droplets.WriteConfigJSON() {
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
-	if me.cluster.Droplets.WriteConfigTEXT() {
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
+		if me.cluster.Droplets.WriteConfigJSON() {
+			os.Exit(-1)
+		}
+		if me.cluster.Droplets.WriteConfigTEXT() {
+			os.Exit(-1)
+		}
 	*/
 }
 
diff --git a/libvirtxml.go b/libvirtxml.go
index f4f8e4a..519ceba 100644
--- a/libvirtxml.go
+++ b/libvirtxml.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func setRandomMacs(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 // that is "standard". This is just a way to double check that
 // there might be something interesting in a VM
 // 'standard' here means what I think is standard
-func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
+func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 	// dump type
 	if domcfg.Type == "kvm" {
 		domcfg.Type = ""
@@ -330,13 +330,21 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 		case "host-model":
 			domcfg.CPU = nil
 		case "custom":
-			fmt.Printf("? CPU: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU)
-			fmt.Printf("? CPU Model: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Model)
-			domcfg.CPU = nil
+			fmt.Printf("custom CPU: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU)
+			fmt.Printf("custom CPU Model: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Model)
+			// domcfg.CPU = nil
+			updatedXML, _ := xml.MarshalIndent(domcfg.CPU, "", "  ")
+			log.Info("Non-Standard XML Start")
+			fmt.Println(string(updatedXML))
+			log.Info("Non-Standard XML End")
 		default:
-			fmt.Printf("? CPU: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU)
-			fmt.Printf("? CPU Model: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Model)
-			fmt.Printf("? CPU Mode: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Mode)
+			fmt.Printf("unknown CPU: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU)
+			fmt.Printf("unknown CPU Model: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Model)
+			fmt.Printf("unknown CPU Mode: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Mode)
+			updatedXML, _ := xml.MarshalIndent(domcfg.CPU, "", "  ")
+			log.Info("Non-Standard XML Start")
+			fmt.Println(string(updatedXML))
+			log.Info("Non-Standard XML End")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -428,6 +436,8 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 			// fmt.Printf("SATA: %+v\n", controller)
 		case "scsi":
 			switch controller.Model {
+			case "virtio-scsi":
+				// fmt.Printf("IGNORE SCSI: lsilogic\n")
 			case "lsilogic":
 				// fmt.Printf("IGNORE SCSI: lsilogic\n")
 			default:
@@ -625,39 +635,57 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 		domcfg.Devices.Videos = nil
 	}
 
+	return finalEmptyCheck(domcfg)
+}
+
+// this tries the final zero'ing out of the XML
+// todo: if this fails, put the remaining XML in the protobuf file?
+func finalEmptyCheck(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 	// dumpLibvirtxmlDomainNames()
 	if libvirtxmlDomainDevicesEmpty(*domcfg.Devices) {
 		// fmt.Println("Domain Devices are empty")
 		domcfg.Devices = nil
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("Domain Devices are not empty")
+		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
 	}
 
 	if libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(*domcfg) {
+		log.Info("CPU THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
+		log.Info("CPU THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
+		log.Info("CPU THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
 		// fmt.Println("Domain Devices are empty")
 		domcfg = nil
-	} else {
-		fmt.Println("Domain is not yet empty")
+		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
 	}
 
+	final, err := warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("todo: improve this libvirtXML parsing. %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+	if final != "" {
+		me.changed = true
+	}
+	return final, nil
+}
+
+func warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 	updatedXML, err := xml.MarshalIndent(domcfg, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed to marshal updated XML: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(-1)
+		return "", err
 	}
-
 	final := string(updatedXML)
 	if final == "" {
-		// things seem pretty standard
-		return
+		// everything seems to have been parsed pretty standard
+		return "", nil
 	}
-
-	// Print the updated XML to verify
-	log.Info("dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg) START")
+	log.Info("Non-Standard XML Start")
 	fmt.Println(string(updatedXML))
-	log.Info("dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg) END")
-	me.changed = true
-	// os.Exit(-1)
+	log.Info("Non-Standard XML End")
+	log.Info("")
+	log.Info("This XML must be removed by hand. Put this in the protobuf?")
+	return string(updatedXML), nil
 }
 
 // dump out all the fields in libvirtxml.DomainDeviceList
@@ -757,7 +785,7 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 
 	// Ensure that we are working with a struct
 	if v.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-		// fmt.Println("Fields and values in libvirtxml.DomainDeviceList:")
+		fmt.Println("Fields and values in libvirtxml.DomainDeviceList:")
 
 		// Loop through each field in the struct
 		for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
@@ -772,6 +800,9 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 				continue
 			}
 			if (field == "IOThreads") || (field == "XMLName") {
+				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is nil or invalid\n", field)
+				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is nil or invalid\n", field)
+				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is a String with value: %s\n", field, value.String())
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -793,9 +824,18 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 					empty = false
 				}
 			case reflect.Ptr:
-				if !value.IsValid() {
-					fmt.Println("Field ptr: value:", value)
-					fmt.Printf("Field ptr: %s is of type: %s\n", field, value.Kind())
+				if value.IsValid() {
+					if value.IsNil() {
+						// this means the value is actually nil
+					} else {
+						// there is something still here in the libvirt XML
+						fmt.Printf("Field Valid? field %s is of type: %s\n", field, value.Kind())
+						fmt.Println("Field Valid? ptr: value:", value)
+						empty = false
+					}
+				} else {
+					fmt.Println("Invalid Field ptr: value:", value)
+					fmt.Printf("Invalid Field ptr: %s is of type: %s\n", field, value.Kind())
 					empty = false
 				}
 			default: