diff --git a/komrade/backend/keymaker.py b/komrade/backend/keymaker.py
index 7d718be..b8bde93 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/keymaker.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/keymaker.py
@@ -603,54 +603,8 @@ Keymaker ({self}) is forging new keys for {name}
             return SCellSeal(passphrase=str_or_key_or_cell)
         elif type(str_or_key_or_cell)==bytes:
             return SCellSeal(key=str_or_key_or_cell)
-
-
-    # def keychain(self,
-    #             passphrase=DEBUG_DEFAULT_PASSPHRASE,
-    #             extra_keys={},
-    #             keys_to_gen=KEYMAKER_DEFAULT_KEYS_TO_GEN,
-    #             uri_id=None,
-    #             **kwargs):
-
-    #     # assemble as many keys as we can!
-    #     self.log(f'''keychain(
-    #         passphrase={passphrase},
-    #         extra_keys={extra_keys},
-    #         keys_to_gen={keys_to_gen},
-    #         uri_id={uri_id},
-    #         **kwargs = {kwargs}
-    #     )''')
-
-    #     if not uri_id: uri_id = self.uri_id
-    #     if not uri_id and not self.uri_id: 
-    #         raise KomradeException('Need URI id to complete finding of keys!')
-    #     self.log('getting keychain for uri ID:',uri_id)
-
-    #     # if not force and hasattr(self,'_keychain') and self._keychain: return self._keychain
-    #     if passphrase: self.passphrase=passphrase
-
-    #     # start off keychain
-    #     _keychain = {**extra_keys, **self._keychain}
-    #     self.log('_keychain at start of keychain() =',_keychain)
-        
-    #     # find
-    #     for keyname in keys_to_gen:
-    #         if keyname in _keychain and _keychain[keyname]: continue
-    #         # self.log('??',keyname,keyname in self._keychain,'...')
-    #         newkey = self.crypt_keys.get(uri_id,prefix=f'/{keyname}/')
-    #         if newkey: _keychain[keyname] = newkey
-        
-    #     # return
-    #     _keychain = self.assemble(_keychain)
-    #     self._keychain = _keychain
-    #     return _keychain
-
-        
-
-
-
-        return _keychain
-        
+        elif issubclass(type(str_or_key_or_cell),KomradeSymmetricKey):
+            return str_or_key_or_cell.cell
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/komrade/backend/people.py b/komrade/backend/people.py
index 1884391..86bd985 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/people.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/people.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Persona(Caller):
         ## 1) Have name?
         if SHOW_STATUS and show_intro:
             name = self.cli.status_keymaker_part1(name)
-        else:
+        elif not name:
             name = input('@Keymaker: What is the name for this new account?\n@?: ')
 
         ## 2) Make pub public/private keys
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ class Persona(Caller):
         privkey_encr_obj = KomradeEncryptedAsymmetricPrivateKey(privkey_encr)
         self.log(f"This pass-generated key has now transformed the private key (2) into the following encrypted form (redacted):\n\n\t(2B) [Encrypted Private Key]\n\t({make_key_discreet_str(privkey_encr_obj.data_b64)})")
 
+        ## 6) Test keychain works
+        privkey_decr2 = KomradeSymmetricKeyWithPassphrase(passhash)
+        
+        self._keychain['pubkey']=pubkey.data
+        self._keychain['privkey_encr']=privkey_encr_obj.data
+        self._keychain['privkey_decr']=privkey_decr
+
+        self.log('My keychain now looks like:',dict_format(self.keychain()))
+
+
         ## 6) More narration?
         if SHOW_STATUS:
             self.cli.status_keymaker_part3(privkey,privkey_decr,privkey_encr,passphrase)
@@ -88,14 +98,11 @@ class Persona(Caller):
             'pubkey': pubkey.data,
             ROUTE_KEYNAME:'register_new_user'
         }
-        self.log('sending to server:',dict_format(data,tab=2))
-        # msg_to_op = self.compose_msg_to(data, self.op)
+        self.log('I will be sending this data to @TheOperator, on the remote server:',dict_format(data,tab=2))
         
         # ring operator
         # call from phone since I don't have pubkey on record on Op yet
         # self.log('my keychain:',self._keychain,pubkey,self.op._keychain)
-        self._keychain['pubkey']=pubkey.data
-        self._keychain['privkey']=privkey.data
 
         resp_msg_obj = self.ring_ring(data)
         self.log('register got back from op:',dict_format(resp_msg_obj,tab=2))
diff --git a/komrade/cli/cli.py b/komrade/cli/cli.py
index 887bf05..3e2da42 100644
--- a/komrade/cli/cli.py
+++ b/komrade/cli/cli.py
@@ -358,18 +358,6 @@ class CLI(Logger):
         )
 
 
-    def register():
-        # Get name (narration part 1)
-        name = self.cli.status_keymaker_part1(name)
-        passphrase = self.cli.status_keymaker_part2(
-            name,
-            passphrase,
-            pubkey,
-            privkey,
-            self.crypt_keys.hash,
-            self
-        )
-        # get passphrase (narration part 2)