diff --git a/server-api/src/main.rs b/server-api/src/main.rs
index 15e048f..c211b97 100644
--- a/server-api/src/main.rs
+++ b/server-api/src/main.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ OPTIONS:
 
     if let Some(owner_name) = args.value_of("create-owner") {
         let p = Pool::new(&env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap());
-        eprintln!("Creating owner {{ {} }}...", owner_name);
         let owner_secret = auth::generate_secret();
         // creation of owner should just dump straight to stdout since this fires
         // from a commandline parameter anyway
@@ -215,8 +214,10 @@ OPTIONS:
             match db::member::Member::add(&p, owner_name, &enc_secret,  perms::OWNER).await {
                 Ok(response) => {
                     match response {
-                        db::Response::Row(owner) => 
-                            println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&owner).expect("SQL query passed but serde couldn't parse the data for some reason")),
+                        db::Response::Row(mut owner) =>  {
+                            owner.secret = owner_secret; // giving the secret itself back to the user
+                            println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&owner).expect("SQL query passed but serde couldn't parse the data for some reason"))
+                        },
                         db::Response::Empty => {
                             eprintln!("SQL server failed to return owner data, check configs and also the members table to make sure there's nothing there by accident");
                         },