diff --git a/scripts/rtinst b/scripts/rtinst
index 541bfd2..8115875 100755
--- a/scripts/rtinst
+++ b/scripts/rtinst
@@ -8,110 +8,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################################
 
-###############################
-### SET VARIABLES ###
-###############################
-
-PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
-
-# if left blank will install latest version of rtorrent, or set to a specific release E.G. '0.9.6' to install that release
-rtorrentrel='0.9.6'
-
-#url's of the major components
-rt_url="http://rtorrent.net/downloads/"
-
-xmlrpc_url="https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xmlrpc-c/code/advanced/"
-xmlrpc_url_alt="https://github.com/mirror/xmlrpc-c"
-
-ru_url="https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/"
-adl_url="https://github.com/autodl-community/"
-
-if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' lsb-release 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 0 ]; then
-echo "Installing lsb-release"
-apt-get -yqq install lsb-release 2>&1 >> /dev/null
-fi
-
-fullrel=$(lsb_release -sd)
-osname=$(lsb_release -si)
-relno=$(lsb_release -sr | cut -d. -f1)
-
-# Fallback if lsb_release -si returns nothing
-if [ "$osname" = "" ]; then
-  osname=$(grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
-  osname=${osname^}
-fi
-
-# Fallback if lsb_release -sr returns nothing
-if [ "$relno" = "" ]; then
-  relno=$(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
-fi
-
-if [ "$relno" = "16" ] || [ "$relno" = "17" ] || [ "$relno" = "9" ]; then
-  phpver=php7.0
-  phploc=/etc/php/7.0
-  libcver=libcurl3
-fi
-
-if [ "$(lsb_release -sr)" = "17.10" ]; then
-  phpver=php7.1
-  phploc=/etc/php/7.1
-  libcver=libcurl3
-fi
-
-if [ "$relno" = "18" ] || [ "$relno" = "19" ]; then
-  phpver=php7.2
-  phploc=/etc/php/7.2
-  libcver=libcurl4
-fi
-
-if [ "$relno" = "10" ]; then
-  phpver=php7.3
-  phploc=/etc/php/7.3
-  libcver=libcurl4
-fi
-
-serveripa=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk 'NR==1 {print $7}')
-serveripb=$(wget -qO- ipecho.net/plain)
-
-if [ "$serveripa" = "$serveripb" ]; then
-  serverip=$serveripa
-else
-  echo "Select the IP address to use:"
-  echo "1.) "$serveripa
-  echo "2.) "$serveripb
-
-  while true
-    do
-      read answer
-      case $answer in [1] ) serverip=$serveripa && break ;;
-                      [2] ) serverip=$serveripb && break ;;
-                        * ) echo "Enter 1 or 2";;
-    esac
-  done
-fi
-
-echo "IP set to "$serverip
-
-
-export logfile="/dev/null"
-webpass=''
-cronline1="@reboot sleep 10; /usr/local/bin/rtcheck irssi rtorrent"
-cronline2="*/10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/rtcheck irssi rtorrent"
-dlflag=1
-portdefault=1
-
-skip_rt=1
-sshport=''
-rudevflag=1
-rurelease=master
-passfile='/etc/nginx/.htpasswd'
-package_list="sudo nano autoconf build-essential ca-certificates comerr-dev curl dtach htop irssi libcppunit-dev $libcver libncurses5-dev libterm-readline-gnu-perl libsigc++-2.0-dev libperl-dev libtool libxml2-dev ncurses-base ncurses-term ntp patch pkg-config $phpver-fpm $phpver $phpver-cli $phpver-dev $phpver-curl php-geoip $phpver-xmlrpc $phpver-xml python-scgi screen subversion texinfo unzip zlib1g-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev mediainfo software-properties-common aptitude $phpver-json nginx-full apache2-utils git libarchive-zip-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libhtml-parser-perl libxml-libxml-perl libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libxml-libxslt-perl libjson-rpc-perl libarchive-zip-perl"
-Install_list=""
-unixpass=""
-passflag=0
-forceyes=1
-selfsign=1
-rut_add_users=1
 
 ###############################
 ### FUNCTIONS ###
@@ -254,22 +150,138 @@ while true
 
 # function to enter IP address
 enter_ip() {
+local ip_address=$1
+
+exec 3>&1 >/dev/tty
+
 while true
   do
-    if valid_ip $serverip ; then
-      echo "Your Server IP is $serverip"
+    if valid_ip $ip_address ; then
+      echo "Your Server IP is $ip_address"
       echo -n "Is this correct y/n? "
-      ask_user && return 0
+      ask_user && break
     else
       echo "Invalid IP address, please try again"
     fi
 
     echo "enter your server's IP address"
     echo "e.g. 213.0.113.113"
-    read serverip
+    read ip_address
   done
+
+exec >&3-
+
+echo $ip_address
 }
 
+
+###############################
+### SET VARIABLES ###
+###############################
+
+PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
+
+# if left blank will install latest version of rtorrent, or set to a specific release E.G. '0.9.6' to install that release
+rtorrentrel='0.9.6'
+
+#url's of the major components
+rt_url="http://rtorrent.net/downloads/"
+
+xmlrpc_url="https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xmlrpc-c/code/advanced/"
+xmlrpc_url_alt="https://github.com/mirror/xmlrpc-c"
+
+ru_url="https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/"
+adl_url="https://github.com/autodl-community/"
+
+if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' lsb-release 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 0 ]; then
+echo "Installing lsb-release"
+apt-get -yqq install lsb-release 2>&1 >> /dev/null
+fi
+
+fullrel=$(lsb_release -sd)
+osname=$(lsb_release -si)
+relno=$(lsb_release -sr | cut -d. -f1)
+
+# Fallback if lsb_release -si returns nothing
+if [ "$osname" = "" ]; then
+  osname=$(grep -oP '(?<=^ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
+  osname=${osname^}
+fi
+
+# Fallback if lsb_release -sr returns nothing
+if [ "$relno" = "" ]; then
+  relno=$(grep -oP '(?<=^VERSION_ID=).+' /etc/os-release | tr -d '"')
+fi
+
+if [ "$relno" = "16" ] || [ "$relno" = "17" ] || [ "$relno" = "9" ]; then
+  phpver=php7.0
+  phploc=/etc/php/7.0
+  libcver=libcurl3
+fi
+
+if [ "$(lsb_release -sr)" = "17.10" ]; then
+  phpver=php7.1
+  phploc=/etc/php/7.1
+  libcver=libcurl3
+fi
+
+if [ "$relno" = "18" ] || [ "$relno" = "19" ]; then
+  phpver=php7.2
+  phploc=/etc/php/7.2
+  libcver=libcurl4
+fi
+
+if [ "$relno" = "10" ]; then
+  phpver=php7.3
+  phploc=/etc/php/7.3
+  libcver=libcurl4
+fi
+
+serveripa=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk 'NR==1 {print $7}')
+serveripb=$(wget -qO- ipecho.net/plain)
+
+if [ "$serveripa" = "$serveripb" ]; then
+  serverip=$serveripa
+else
+  echo "Select the IP address to use:"
+  echo "1.) "$serveripa
+  echo "2.) "$serveripb
+
+  while true
+    do
+      read answer
+      case $answer in [1] ) serverip=$serveripa && break ;;
+                      [2] ) serverip=$serveripb && break ;;
+                        * ) echo "Enter 1 or 2";;
+    esac
+  done
+fi
+
+echo "IP set to "$serverip
+
+
+export logfile="/dev/null"
+webpass=''
+cronline1="@reboot sleep 10; /usr/local/bin/rtcheck irssi rtorrent"
+cronline2="*/10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/rtcheck irssi rtorrent"
+dlflag=1
+portdefault=1
+
+skip_rt=1
+sshport=''
+rudevflag=1
+rurelease=master
+passfile='/etc/nginx/.htpasswd'
+package_list="sudo nano autoconf build-essential ca-certificates comerr-dev curl dtach htop irssi libcppunit-dev $libcver libncurses5-dev libterm-readline-gnu-perl libsigc++-2.0-dev libperl-dev libtool libxml2-dev ncurses-base ncurses-term ntp patch pkg-config $phpver-fpm $phpver $phpver-cli $phpver-dev $phpver-curl php-geoip $phpver-xmlrpc $phpver-xml python-scgi screen subversion texinfo unzip zlib1g-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev mediainfo software-properties-common aptitude $phpver-json nginx-full apache2-utils git libarchive-zip-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libhtml-parser-perl libxml-libxml-perl libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libxml-libxslt-perl libjson-rpc-perl libarchive-zip-perl"
+Install_list=""
+unixpass=""
+passflag=0
+forceyes=1
+selfsign=1
+rut_add_users=1
+
+
+
 ###############################
 ### INITIAL SYSTEM CHECKS ###
 ###############################
@@ -359,7 +371,7 @@ fi
 echo
 
 # check IP Address
-[ $forceyes = 1 ] && enter_ip
+[ $forceyes = 1 ] && serverip=$(enter_ip $serverip)
 
 echo "Your server's IP is set to $serverip"
 export serverip