diff --git a/lib/cli/create.js b/lib/cli/create.js
index 7ba3c46..2e25a03 100644
--- a/lib/cli/create.js
+++ b/lib/cli/create.js
@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@ const start = require('./start');
  * Create a new app with folder structure and files
  */
 const create = function (name) {
-  name = name || 'my-deployd-app';
-  if (test('-d', name)) {
-    return console.info(`${name} already exists in this directory`);
+  const newName = name || 'my-deployd-app';
+  if (test('-d', newName)) {
+    return console.info(`${newName} already exists in this directory`);
   }
 
-  mkdir('-p', name);
-  cp('-Rf', path.join(__dirname, '../createtemplate/*'), name);
-  mkdir('-p', `${name}/.dpd`);
-  mkdir('-p', `${name}/.dpd/pids`);
-  ('').to(`${name}/.dpd/pids/mongod`);
+  mkdir('-p', newName);
+  cp('-Rf', path.join(__dirname, '../createtemplate/*'), newName);
+  mkdir('-p', `${newName}/.dpd`);
+  mkdir('-p', `${newName}/.dpd/pids`);
+  ('').to(`${newName}/.dpd/pids/mongod`);
   ('# npm\r\nnode_modules/\r\nnpm-debug.log\r\n\r\n# deployd\r\n.dpd/\r\ndata/')
-    .to(`${name}/.gitignore`);
-  rm(ls('-R', name).filter(p => path.basename(p) === 'PLACEHOLDER').map(p => `${name}/${p}`));
+    .to(`${newName}/.gitignore`);
+  rm(ls('-R', newName).filter(p => path.basename(p) === 'PLACEHOLDER').map(p => `${newName}/${p}`));
 
-  process.chdir(name);
+  process.chdir(newName);
 
   console.log('dpd is installing the dependencies... please be patient (this may take a few minutes)');
   const child = exec('npm install',
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ const create = function (name) {
           console.log(stderr);
           console.log(`npm install error: ${error}`);
         } else if (program.dashboard || program.open) {
-          start(`${name}/app.dpd`);
+          start(`${newName}/app.dpd`);
         } else {
           console.info('to start your app:');
-          console.info('\t$ cd', name);
+          console.info('\t$ cd', newName);
           console.info('\t$ dpd');
         }
       });
diff --git a/lib/keys.js b/lib/keys.js
index 49c2425..cde9f67 100644
--- a/lib/keys.js
+++ b/lib/keys.js
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ Keys.prototype.create = function (fn) {
   this.readFile((err, data) => {
     if (err) return fn(err);
 
-    data[key] = true;
-    keys.writeFile(data, (errW) => {
+    const fileData = data;
+
+    fileData[key] = true;
+    keys.writeFile(fileData, (errW) => {
       fn(errW, key);
     });
   });