diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 63ecff3..70a65a2 100755
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ CHANGELOG=/etc/changelog
 msg(){ echo -e "$@"; }
 panic(){ msg "${@} Exiting."; exit 1;}
 template(){ 
-t=$(mktemp)
-cat << HEREDOC >$t
+  local t=$(mktemp)
+  cat << HEREDOC >$t
 
 $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") $CHANGELOG_USERNAME
 
 $( echo -e "$@"|sed 's/^/    /' )
 HEREDOC
-[[ -f $CHANGELOG ]] && cat /etc/changelog >> $t 
-cat "$t" > $CHANGELOG
-rm -f "$t"
+
+  [[ -f $CHANGELOG ]] && cat /etc/changelog >> $t 
+  cat "$t" > $CHANGELOG
+  rm -f "$t"
 }
 
 change(){