diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 1b9af4ab..a312b895 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ pipeline {
     stage('Initialization') {
       steps {
         script {
-          def initialize = load('jenkins/pipeline/initialize.groovy')
-          initialize()
+          echo 'about to load'
+          def initialize = load('jenkins/pipeline/initialize.groovy');
+          echo 'about to initialize'
+          try {
+            initialize();
+          } catch (err) {
+            echo "Caught: ${err}"
           }
+          echo 'done initializing'
+        }
+        sh 'cp ~jenkins/secrets/cap_repo.sh "$WORKSPACE"'
 
       }
     }
@@ -20,6 +28,7 @@ pipeline {
         sh '''          set allexport
           timeout=nolimit
           cap_build_branch=$BRANCH_NAME
+          # source cap_repo.sh
           env | sort -f
           # ~/.rvm/bin/rvm . do jenkins/build/_cap-basebox-construction'''
       }
diff --git a/jenkins/pipeline/initialize.groovy b/jenkins/pipeline/initialize.groovy
index 6c0b752a..4fbd7405 100644
--- a/jenkins/pipeline/initialize.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/pipeline/initialize.groovy
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def call() {
     env.cap_dist_dashb = userInput.cap_dist_dashb
     env.branch_type = userInput.branch_type
 
+    // this is here because no form of checkbox input appears to work properly
     uploaderList = []
     if ( userInput.upload_artifact         ) uploaderList += 'artifact'
     if ( userInput.upload_vsphere          ) uploaderList += 'vsphere'
@@ -30,15 +31,6 @@ def call() {
     if ( userInput.upload_amazon_eu_west_1 ) uploaderList += 'amazon-eu-west-1'
 
     env.uploaders = uploaderList.join(',')
-
-  //cap repo creds from a known file
-  creds = ['/bin/bash','-c','''
-source $JENKINS_HOME/secrets/cap_repo.sh
-echo $CAP_REPO_USER
-echo $CAP_REPO_PASS
-'''].execute().text.tokenize()
-  env.CAP_REPO_USER = creds[0]
-  env.CAP_REPO_PASS = creds[1]
 }
 
-return this;
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+return this
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