diff --git a/files.txt b/files.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f81ee07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pepper/__init__.py
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pepper/libpepper.py
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pepper/cli.py
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pepper/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-35.pyc
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pepper/__pycache__/libpepper.cpython-35.pyc
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pepper/__pycache__/cli.cpython-35.pyc
+/usr/bin/pepper
+/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/salt_pepper-0.4.0.dev21-py3.5.egg-info
diff --git a/pepper/__init__.py b/pepper/__init__.py
index 5b77217..77b3af1 100644
--- a/pepper/__init__.py
+++ b/pepper/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     # First try to grab the version from the version.json build file.
     vfile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'version.json')
 
-    with open(vfile, 'r') as f:
+    with open(vfile, 'rb') as f:
         ret = json.load(f)
         version = ret.get('version')
         sha = ret.get('sha')
diff --git a/pepper/cli.py b/pepper/cli.py
index 34d84e2..af7c857 100644
--- a/pepper/cli.py
+++ b/pepper/cli.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def get_login_details(self):
         # setting default values
         results = {
             'SALTAPI_URL': 'https://localhost:8000/',
-            'SALTAPI_USER': 'saltdev',
+            'SALTAPI_USER': None,
             'SALTAPI_PASS': None,
             'SALTAPI_EAUTH': 'auto',
         }
@@ -227,29 +227,22 @@ def get_login_details(self):
 
         if self.options.eauth:
             results['SALTAPI_EAUTH'] = self.options.eauth
-            if self.options.username is None:
-                if self.options.interactive:
-                    results['SALTAPI_USER'] = input('Username: ')
-                else:
-                    logger.error("SALTAPI_USER required")
-                    raise SystemExit(1)
-            else:
-                results['SALTAPI_USER'] = self.options.username
-            if self.options.password is None:
-                if self.options.interactive:
-                    results['SALTAPI_PASS'] = getpass.getpass(prompt='Password: ')
-                else:
-                    logger.error("SALTAPI_PASS required")
-                    raise SystemExit(1)
+        if self.options.username is None and results['SALTAPI_USER'] is None:
+            if self.options.interactive:
+                results['SALTAPI_USER'] = input('Username: ')
             else:
-                results['SALTAPI_PASS'] = self.options.password
-
-        if results['SALTAPI_PASS'] is None:
+                logger.error("SALTAPI_USER required")
+                raise SystemExit(1)
+        else:
+            if self.options.username is not None: results['SALTAPI_USER'] = self.options.username
+        if self.options.password is None and results['SALTAPI_PASS'] is None:
             if self.options.interactive:
                 results['SALTAPI_PASS'] = getpass.getpass(prompt='Password: ')
             else:
                 logger.error("SALTAPI_PASS required")
                 raise SystemExit(1)
+        else:
+            if self.options.password is not None: results['SALTAPI_PASS'] = self.options.password
 
         return results
 
diff --git a/pepper/libpepper.py b/pepper/libpepper.py
index 29310cc..1a336e9 100644
--- a/pepper/libpepper.py
+++ b/pepper/libpepper.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import functools
 import json
 import logging
-import ssl
 import os
 try:
     import ssl