diff --git a/add-sftp.sh b/add-sftp.sh
index 43d406c..d8cfba2 100644
--- a/add-sftp.sh
+++ b/add-sftp.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e  # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status
-
 LOG_FILE="/home/jelastic/add-sftp-user-addon/logs/script_output.log"
 VERBOSE=1  # Set to 1 for verbose mode, 0 for normal mode
 
@@ -16,10 +14,11 @@ log() {
     fi
 }
 
-error_exit() {
-    log "ERROR: $1"
-    exit $2
-}
+# Check if user already exists
+if id "$1" &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "{ \"error\": \"User $1 already exists.\" }"
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 # Generate random username and password
 USERNAME=$1
@@ -33,14 +32,11 @@ ROOT_DIRECTORY="/var/www/webroot/ROOT"
 log "Script started"
 
 # Ensure the ROOT_DIRECTORY exists
-[ ! -d "$ROOT_DIRECTORY" ] && error_exit "ROOT_DIRECTORY $ROOT_DIRECTORY does not exist." 2
+[ ! -d "$ROOT_DIRECTORY" ] && { echo "{ \"error\": \"ROOT_DIRECTORY $ROOT_DIRECTORY does not exist.\" }"; exit 2; }
 
 # Get the group ownership of the ROOT_DIRECTORY
 ROOT_GROUP=$(stat -c '%G' $ROOT_DIRECTORY)
 
-# Check if user already exists
-id "$USERNAME" &>/dev/null && error_exit "User $USERNAME already exists." 3
-
 # Create user with their own directory under /home/sftpusers/
 mkdir -p $USER_HOME
 useradd -d $USER_HOME $USERNAME
diff --git a/manifest.jps b/manifest.jps
index 5ca56f7..22900ad 100644
--- a/manifest.jps
+++ b/manifest.jps
@@ -64,27 +64,17 @@ menu:
   loadingText: "Loading users..."
   action: "list_users"
   caption: "List Users"
-  successText: "Users listed successfully!"
-  logsPath: "/home/jelastic/add-sftp-user-addon/logs/sftp-users.log"
-  logsNodeGroup: cp
 
 actions:
   add_sftp_user:
-    - cmd[cp]:  # Use cmd action to check if user exists
-        commands: id ${globals.username} || echo "User not found"
-    - if ("${response.out}" == "User not found"):  # If user doesn't exist
-        - cmd[cp]: 
-            user: root
-            commands: bash /home/jelastic/add-sftp-user-addon/add-sftp.sh ${globals.username} ${globals.password}
-        - if ("${response.exitStatus}" != "0"):
-            return: createUserError
-    - else:
-        - setGlobals:
-            username: "user${fn.random(10000,99999)}"
-        - cmd[cp]:  # Check again with the new username
-            commands: id ${globals.username} || echo "User not found"
-        - if ("${response.out}" != "User not found"):
-            return: userExistsError
+    - cmd[cp]: 
+        user: root
+        commands: bash /home/jelastic/add-sftp-user-addon/add-sftp.sh ${globals.username} ${globals.password}
+    - if ("${response.exitStatus}" != "0"):
+        return: sftpError
+    - setGlobals:
+        username: ${fn.extract(response.out, "\"USERNAME\": \"(.*?)\"")}
+        password: ${fn.extract(response.out, "\"PASSWORD\": \"(.*?)\"")}
     - return: sftpSuccess
   change_password:
     - cmd[cp]: 
@@ -108,7 +98,7 @@ actions:
   list_users:
     - cmd[cp]: 
         user: root
-        commands: "grep -oP '^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2} - user\\d{5}' /home/litespeed/add-sftp-user-addon/logs/script_output.log | while read line; do printf \"%s\\n\" \"$line\"; done"
+        commands: "journalctl -u sshd | grep 'user[0-9]\\{5\\}' | awk '{printf \"Created: %s %s %s Username: %s\\n\", $1, $2, $3, $NF}' | sort -u"
     - return: listUsers
 
 responses:
@@ -117,7 +107,7 @@ responses:
     message: "Installed Successfully"
   sftpError:
     type: error
-    message: "Failed to add SFTP user. Please check the server logs for more details."  
+    message: "Failed to add SFTP user. Check the logs for more details."
   sftpSuccess:
     type: success
     message: "Connection Details\n\nSFTP Host: ${globals.sftpHost}\n\nPort: ${globals.sftpPort}\n\nLogin Credentials\n\nUsername: ${globals.username}\n\nPassword: ${globals.password}"
diff --git a/scripts/userlogs.sh b/scripts/userlogs.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e1c8c7d..0000000
--- a/scripts/userlogs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-getent passwd | awk -F: '/^user/ {print $1}' | while read -r user; do
-    # Attempt to get the user's creation date from the shadow file
-    creation_date=$(sudo chage -l "$user" | grep 'Last password change' | cut -d: -f2)
-    echo "$user was created on $creation_date"
-done