diff --git a/bin/startagent b/bin/startagent
index 300ed59..0cebec5 100755
--- a/bin/startagent
+++ b/bin/startagent
@@ -175,13 +175,14 @@ agent_start_or_restart () {
                             logdebug "former agent is not running -> start it" 
                             logdebug "SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS: $SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS"
                             [ -e $agentsocket ] && { logdebug -n "remove socketfile: $( rm -v "$agentsocket" )"; }
+                            [ -e $agentfile ] && { logdebug -n "remove agentfile: $( rm -v "$agentfile" )"; }
                             logtrace "$(ssh-agent -a $agentsocket ${SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS} > $agentfile )"
                             logdebug "agent started" 
                             ;;
                     esac
                 else
                     logdebug "agent did not exist -> create it" 
-                    logtrace "ssh-agent -a $agentsocket \> $agentfile"
+                    logtrace "ssh-agent -a $agentsocket $SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS \> $agentfile"
                     logtrace "$(ssh-agent -a $agentsocket $SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS > $agentfile )"
                     logdebug "agent started" 
                 fi
@@ -190,11 +191,11 @@ agent_start_or_restart () {
             #logdebug "ssh-agent for identity »$ssh_identity«: $agentfile"
             $createonly && logtrace "current loaded keys after action:
 $(ssh_runinagent $agentfile ssh-add -l)"
-            echo $agentfile
+            loginfo agentfile: $agentfile
+            printf "%s" "$agentfile"
             ret=0
         else
             logwarning "ssh-identity »$ssh_identity« is not configured. Please create $identitydir and add keys"
-            printf "%s" "$agentfile"
             ret=2
         fi
     else
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ agent_load_identity_keys () {
                 # load tokens
                 for pubkey in $(ls ${SSH_IDENTITIES_DIR}/${ssh_identity}/id_*|grep "pub$\|public$"|grep -v "cert.pub"); do
                     if $( ls ${pubkey%.pub} 1>/dev/null 2>&1);then
-                        logdebug "pubkey with privkey: $pubkey"
+                        logdebug "pubkey with privkey: ${pubkey} | ${pubkey%.pub}"
                     else
                         logdebug "pubkey without privkey: $pubkey"
                         pubkeysonly+=($pubkey)
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ agent_load_identity_keys () {
                     export P11M=$PKCS11_MODULE
                     logdebug "PKCS11_MODULE: ${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set} - key: $key"
                     grep -q "PKCS11_MODULE" "${agentfile}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && sed -i -e '/PKCS11_MODULE/d' "${agentfile}"
-                    echo "PKCS11_MODULE=$(readlink -f $key)" | tee -a "${agentfile}" >&2
+                    printf "%s\n" "PKCS11_MODULE=$(readlink -f $key)" | tee -a "${agentfile}" >&2
 
                     tokenfingerprints=($(ssh-keygen -l -D $key|tr -s ' '|awk '{print $2}'))
 
@@ -388,7 +389,6 @@ ssh_runinagent () {
         ret=99
     fi
 
-    loginfo "SSH_AUTH_SOCK: ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK}"
     return $ret
 
 }