diff --git a/bin/sshstartagent b/bin/sshstartagent
index 4c45287..278f6c3 100755
--- a/bin/sshstartagent
+++ b/bin/sshstartagent
@@ -57,17 +57,23 @@ ssh_runinagent() {
 
     local SSH_AUTH_SOCK
     local SSH_AGENT_PID
+    local PKCS11_MODULE
     local agentfile
     local command
     local agentfile=${1}
     shift
     local sshcommand=${@}
 
+    logdebug "agentfile: ${agentfile}"
     logtrace "run command »$sshcommand« in agent $agentfile" 
     if [ -e "$agentfile" ]; then 
-        /bin/sh -c "unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID; \
-            . $agentfile >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; \
-            $sshcommand"
+        #/bin/sh -c "unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID PKCS11_MODULE; eval $(<$agentfile) >/dev/null 2>&1; echo SSH_AUTH_SOCK ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-not set} >&2; $sshcommand"
+        #unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID PKCS11_MODULE
+        . $agentfile >&2
+        logdebug "SSH_AUTH_SOCK: ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-not set}"
+        logdebug "SSH_AGENT_PID: ${SSH_AGENT_PID:-not set}"
+        logdebug "PKCS11_MODULE: ${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set}"
+        $sshcommand
         ret=$?
     else
         logwarning "agentfile not existent" 
@@ -111,26 +117,35 @@ start_or_restart_local_agent() {
         logdebug "PKCS11_MODULE: ${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set}"
         for i in $(pgrep -f ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK})
         do
+            logdebug "$(stat ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK})"
             logdebug "found pid: $i"
-            [ -n "${SSH_AGENT_PID:+x}" ] \
-                && [ $i -eq ${SSH_AGENT_PID} ] \
-                || { logwarning "kill unused ssh-agent with pid $i"; kill $i; }
+            logdebug "is SSH_AGENT_PID set?" [ -n "${SSH_AGENT_PID:+x}" ]
+            logdebug "is $SSH_AGENT_PID same as found pid $i:" [ $i -eq ${SSH_AGENT_PID} ]
+            ${REMOTE_UNUSED_AGENTS:-false} && { [ -n "${SSH_AGENT_PID:+x}" ] && [ $i -eq ${SSH_AGENT_PID} ] || { logwarning "kill unused ssh-agent with pid $i"; kill $i; }; }
         done
-        case $(pgrep -f ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK}|wc -l) in
-            0)
-                logdebug "no ssh-agents for file ${ssh_socketfile}"
-                ret=2
-                ;;
-            1)
-                logdebug "one running agent for file ${ssh_socketfile}. Use it"
-                msg="$(ssh_runinagent $ssh_agentfile "ssh-add -l 2>&1")"
-                ret=$?
-                ;;
-            *)
-                logdebug "more than one ssh-agents for file ${ssh_socketfile}"
-                return 3
-                ;;
-        esac
+        if [ -e ${ssh_socketfile} ]
+        then
+            case $(pgrep -f ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK}|wc -l) in
+                0)
+                    logdebug "no ssh-agents for file ${ssh_socketfile}"
+                    ret=3
+                    ;;
+                1)
+                    logdebug "one running agent for file ${ssh_socketfile}. Use it"
+                    msg="$(ssh_runinagent $ssh_agentfile "ssh-add -v -l 2>&1")"
+                    ret=$?
+                    logdebug "SSH_AUTH_SOCK: $SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    logdebug "more than one ssh-agents for file ${ssh_socketfile}"
+                    return 3
+                    ;;
+            esac
+        else
+            logdebug "remove socketfile: $( rm -v -f "$ssh_socketfile" )"
+            msg="$(ssh_runinagent $ssh_agentfile "ssh-add -v -l 2>&1")"
+            ret=$?
+        fi
         logdebug "ret: $ret"
         #msg="$(ssh-add -l 2>&1)"
         logtrace "Output from check for running agent: $msg"
@@ -142,22 +157,35 @@ start_or_restart_local_agent() {
                 logdebug "agent is running, but:" 
                 logwarning "$msg"
                 ;;
-            2|99)
+            2|3|99)
                 logdebug "former agent is not running -> start it" 
                 logdebug "remove socketfile: $( rm -v -f "$ssh_socketfile" )"
                 logdebug "remove agentfile: $( rm -v -f "$ssh_agentfile" )"
+                #logdebug "$(ssh-agent -k)"
+                logdebug "SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS: $SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS"
+                logtrace "$(ssh-agent -a $ssh_socketfile ${SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS} > $ssh_agentfile )"
+                logdebug "PKCS11_MODULE: ${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set}"
+                sed '/^PKCS11_MODULE/d' ${ssh_agentfile}
+                [ -n "${PKCS11_MODULE:+x}" ] && logdebug "add PKCS11_MODULE to ${ssh_agentfile}"
+                [ -n "${PKCS11_MODULE:+x}" ] && echo "PKCS11_MODULE=$PKCS11_MODULE; export PKCS11_MODULE" >> ${ssh_agentfile}
+                logdebug "agent started" 
+                ;;
+            4)
+                logdebug "this is strange"
                 ;;
         esac
     else
         logdebug "ssh_agentfile ${ssh_agentfile} does not exist"
+        logdebug "remove socketfile: $( rm -v -f "$ssh_socketfile" )"
+        logdebug "remove agentfile: $( rm -v -f "$ssh_agentfile" )"
+        logdebug "SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS: $SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS"
+        logtrace "$(ssh-agent -a $ssh_socketfile ${SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS} > $ssh_agentfile )"
+        logdebug "PKCS11_MODULE: ${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set}"
+        sed '/^PKCS11_MODULE/d' ${ssh_agentfile}
+        [ -n "${PKCS11_MODULE:+x}" ] && logdebug "add PKCS11_MODULE to ${ssh_agentfile}"
+        [ -n "${PKCS11_MODULE:+x}" ] && echo "PKCS11_MODULE=$PKCS11_MODULE; export PKCS11_MODULE" >> ${ssh_agentfile}
+        logdebug "agent started" 
     fi
-    logdebug "SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS: $SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS"
-    logtrace "$(ssh-agent -a $ssh_socketfile ${SSH_AGENT_OPTIONS} > $ssh_agentfile )"
-    logdebug "PKCS11_MODULE: ${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set}"
-    sed '/^PKCS11_MODULE/d' ${ssh_agentfile}
-    [ -n "${PKCS11_MODULE:+x}" ] && logdebug "add PKCS11_MODULE to ${ssh_agentfile}"
-    [ -n "${PKCS11_MODULE:+x}" ] && echo "PKCS11_MODULE=$PKCS11_MODULE; export PKCS11_MODULE" >> ${ssh_agentfile}
-    logdebug "agent started" 
 
 }
 
@@ -183,6 +211,13 @@ EOF
         fi
     else
         logdebug "Only local agent allowed"
+        if [ -e ${ssh_agentfile} -a $(grep SSH_AUTH_SOCK ${ssh_agentfile}|echo $?) ]
+        then
+            logdebug "agentfile exists"
+        else
+            logdebug "agentfile is missing -> kill all ssh-agents for socket"
+            pkill -f ${ssh_socketfile}
+        fi
         if [ -L ${ssh_socketfile} ]
         then
             logdebug "${ssh_socketfile} is symlinked to $(readlink -f ${ssh_socketfile}). Remove it"
@@ -253,7 +288,7 @@ logtrace "   SSH_IDENTITIES_DIR: $SSH_IDENTITIES_DIR"
 
 set_and_load_identity_config ${1}
 loginfo "            SSH_ADD_OPTIONS=${SSH_ADD_OPTIONS:-not set}"
-loginfo "SSH_AGENT_ALLOW_FROM_REMOTE=${SSH_AGENT_ALLOW_FROM_REMOTE:-not set}"
+loginfo "SSH_AGENT_ALLOW_FROM_REMOTE=${SSH_AGENT_ALLOW_FROM_REMOTE:-false}"
 loginfo "              PKCS11_MODULE=${PKCS11_MODULE:-not set}"
 loginfo "                       P11M=${P11M:-not set}"
 loginfo "              SSH_AUTH_SOCK=${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-not set}"