diff --git a/src/sync/init.go b/src/sync/init.go
index 090df6b..b8143f0 100644
--- a/src/sync/init.go
+++ b/src/sync/init.go
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ func DeviceIDGen() (string, string) {
 	deviceIDPrefix, _ := os.Hostname()
 	deviceIDSuffix := backend.StringGen(rand.Intn(48)+48, false, 0) // TODO consider using complex string generator and removing unsafe characters manually
 	deviceID := deviceIDPrefix + "-" + deviceIDSuffix
-	os.Create(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "devices" + backend.PathSeparator + deviceID)             // TODO remove existing device ID file if it exists (from both client and server)
-	sshEntryRootSSHIsWindows := strings.Split(GetSSHOutput("libmuttonserver register "+deviceID, "", true), "\x1d") // register device ID with server and fetch remote EntryRoot and OS type; manualSync is true so the user is alerted if device ID registration fails
+	os.Create(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "devices" + backend.PathSeparator + deviceID) // TODO remove existing device ID file if it exists (from both client and server)
+
+	// register device ID with server and fetch remote EntryRoot and OS type
+	//manualSync is true so the user is alerted if device ID registration fails
+	sshEntryRootSSHIsWindows := strings.Split(GetSSHOutput("libmuttonserver register", deviceID, true), "\x1f")
 
 	return sshEntryRootSSHIsWindows[0], sshEntryRootSSHIsWindows[1]
 }