diff --git a/sources/identity/go.mod b/sources/identity/go.mod
index bbbb7444..bdf758e0 100644
--- a/sources/identity/go.mod
+++ b/sources/identity/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 v2.6.3
 )
 
-replace github.com/charmbracelet/charm => github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312075138-411f9ff4f8ac
+replace github.com/charmbracelet/charm => github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312114852-48e1a5469398
 
 require (
 	github.com/FZambia/eagle v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/sources/identity/go.sum b/sources/identity/go.sum
index 99bb5d44..a15ab0ac 100644
--- a/sources/identity/go.sum
+++ b/sources/identity/go.sum
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312075138-411f9ff4f8ac h1:tPq59hN7UOMb0D4LKjS2ZG+OYFUvzKf/A4pxCDarZYQ=
-github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312075138-411f9ff4f8ac/go.mod h1:6xzxrach+U21VLDQYKlWRMq+Basc95gD4AQ8v7LLEhE=
+github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312114852-48e1a5469398 h1:BEOlq80FE03qDV8V077hA18KIwnGPNZe7SGkq1xfwEE=
+github.com/developing-today-forks/charm v0.12.7-0.20240312114852-48e1a5469398/go.mod h1:6xzxrach+U21VLDQYKlWRMq+Basc95gD4AQ8v7LLEhE=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.5 h1:ylPa6qzbjYRQMU6jokoj4wzcaweHylt//CH0AKt0akg=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.5/go.mod h1:4MPiseMeDQ3FNCYwRbbcBOGJLf5jsE0PPFzRiKjtcdw=
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.1 h1:6CWw5tJNgpegArSHpNHJKldNeq03FQCwYvfMVWajOK8=
diff --git a/sources/identity/init.template.sh b/sources/identity/init.template.sh
index e8b89291..a8fbd026 100644
--- a/sources/identity/init.template.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/init.template.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
 curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --batch --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
 echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_21.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
 apt update
-apt install -y curl nodejs npm ucspi-tcp unzip
+apt install -y curl nodejs npm ucspi-tcp unzip xxd
 npm install -g npm@latest
 npm --version
 node --version
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ else
   dpkg -i powershell_7.4.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
   apt install -f
 fi
-cd ~$USER
+cd ~
 if [ ! -d "code" ]; then
   git clone https://github.com/developing-today/code
 else
   echo "code directory already exists"
 fi
 cd code/src/identity
-chmod +x *.ps1
+chmod +x *.ps1 *.sh
 ./build-libsql.ps1
-"CHARM_LINK_URL=$CHARM_LINK_URL" ./provider.sh &
+CHARM_LINK_URL="$CHARM_LINK_URL" ./provider.sh &
 get_http_status() {
     local url=$1
     curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}\n" "$url"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ while : ; do
     echo "Checking URL: $CHARM_LINK_URL - HTTP status: $http_status"
 
     if [ "$http_status" -eq 405 ]; then
-        echo "Received 405 code, exiting."
+        echo "Verified charm link url is working, breaking loop."
         break
     fi
 
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ fi
 response=$(curl -sL "$CHARM_LINK_URL" --data-urlencode "keys=$(./identity charm keys --simple | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')")
 
 if [ -n "$response" ]; then
+    extracted_value=$(echo "$response" | sed -n 's/.*HTTP\/1\.1 200 \(.*\)\r.*/\1/p')
+
+    if [ -n "$extracted_value" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected response: $extracted_value"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
     CHARM_LINK=$response
 else
     echo "Failed to obtain charm link"
diff --git a/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh b/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh
index 74cb86fc..ac78faa9 100644
--- a/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh
+++ b/sources/identity/provider/pages/link.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if [[ "$REQUEST_METHOD" != "POST" ]]; then
   return $(status_code 405)
 fi
 random() {
-  echo $(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=64 2>/dev/null | xxd -p)
+  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count="${1:-32}" 2>/dev/null | xxd -p | tr -d '[:space:]'
 }
 for key in "${!FORM_DATA[@]}"; do
   if [[ "$key" == "keys" ]]; then
@@ -10,26 +10,28 @@ for key in "${!FORM_DATA[@]}"; do
     mkdir -p "$CHARM_DIR"
     LINK_CODE_PATH=$CHARM_DIR/.link
     rm -rf "$LINK_CODE_PATH"
-    ./identity charm link -d -o "$LINK_CODE_PATH" -keys "${FORM_DATA[$key]}" &
 
-    max_wait=60 # seconds
-    wait_interval=1 # seconds
-    elapsed_time=0
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LINK_CODE_PATH")"
 
-    while [[ ! -f "$LINK_CODE_PATH" && $elapsed_time -lt $max_wait ]]; do
-      sleep $wait_interval
-      ((elapsed_time+=wait_interval))
-    done
+~/code/src/identity/identity charm link -d -o "$LINK_CODE_PATH" -k "${FORM_DATA[$key]}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+max_wait=60 # seconds
+wait_interval=1 # seconds
+elapsed_time=0
 
-    if [[ -f "$LINK_CODE_PATH" ]]; then
-      LINK_CODE=$(cat "$LINK_CODE_PATH")
-      if [[ -z "$LINK_CODE" ]]; then
-        respond 405 "Failure."
-      else
-        respond 200 "$LINK_CODE"
-      fi
-    else
-      respond 405 "Failure."
-    fi
+while [[ ! -f "$LINK_CODE_PATH" && $elapsed_time -lt $max_wait ]]; do
+  sleep $wait_interval
+  ((elapsed_time+=wait_interval))
+done
+
+if [[ -f "$LINK_CODE_PATH" ]]; then
+  LINK_CODE=$(cat "$LINK_CODE_PATH")
+  if [[ -z "$LINK_CODE" ]]; then
+    respond 405 "Failure."
+  else
+    respond 200 "$LINK_CODE"
+  fi
+else
+  respond 405 "Failure."
+fi
   fi
 done