diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2208975..5e1bc17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ test_*.txt
 */p1.pl
 */p2.pl
 user_list.txt
+req/*.ident
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b076cb5..03d8c4a 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ app=Flask(__name__)
 #           directory containing
 #           account request files...
 WORKING_DIR = "/home/gashapwn/lyadmin/";
-ACCOUNT_DIR = "test/";
+ACCOUNT_DIR = "req/";
 FULL_PATH = str(WORKING_DIR) + str(ACCOUNT_DIR)
 CONF_PATH = str(WORKING_DIR) + "lyadmin.conf.json"
 
@@ -119,11 +119,12 @@ def signup():
     # our request
     # This sets the ID of the request we're
     # abou to save to dsik
-    if(len(glob.glob("./test/[0-9]*ident*")) == 0):
+    if(len(glob.glob(ACCOUNT_DIR + str("[0-9]*ident*"))) == 0):
         new_id = int(INIT_REQ_ID)
         new_id_str = INIT_REQ_ID
     else:
-        max_id = max(list(map( lambda path : path.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0] , glob.glob("./test/[0-9]*ident*"))))
+        max_id = max(list(map( lambda path : path.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0] , glob.glob(str(ACCOUNT_DIR) + "[0-9]*ident*"))))
+        # max_id = max(list(map( lambda path : path.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0] , glob.glob("./test/[0-9]*ident*"))))
         zpad = len(max_id)
         new_id = int(max_id)+1
         new_id_str = str(new_id).zfill(zpad)
diff --git a/perl-script/create-user.pl b/perl-script/create-user.pl
index 637c3fe..06fcf31 100644
--- a/perl-script/create-user.pl
+++ b/perl-script/create-user.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 use JSON;
 
 my $WORKING_DIR = "/home/gashapwn/lyadmin/";
-my $ACCOUNT_DIR = "test/";
+my $ACCOUNT_DIR = "req/";
 
 my $FULL_PATH = "$WORKING_DIR$ACCOUNT_DIR";
 my $CONF_PATH = $WORKING_DIR."lyadmin.conf.json";
diff --git a/req/00000.ident.done b/req/00000.ident.done
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6336bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/req/00000.ident.done
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+testuser1234
+asdfasdfas
+SHELL_BASH
+sdasdfasdfasdfasd