diff --git a/motd.js b/motd.js
index fcde954..a8f7d02 100755
--- a/motd.js
+++ b/motd.js
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 const utils = require('./utils.js');
 const dataFile = "public/data.json";
 
-if (GetParams().length <= 0) {
+var p = GetParams();
+if (p.length <= 0) {
 	console.log("no params!");
 	process.exit(0);
 }
 
-var param = GetParams().join(" ");
+
+var param = p.join(" ");
+console.log("param: " + param);
 var d = utils.ReadFile(dataFile);
 var parsed = JSON.parse(d);
-console.log(param);
 parsed.motd = param;
 utils.WriteFile(JSON.stringify(parsed), dataFile);