diff --git a/komrade/backend/operators.py b/komrade/backend/operators.py
index 625d05a..4be2bda 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/operators.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/operators.py
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ class Operator(Keymaker):
 
         # time to turn around and encrypt
         # @unsure?
+        if self != self.phone and type(self)!=Komrade:
+            # if client, let the request rest
+            return msg_obj
+
+        # if remote operator, keep going?
         self.log('time to flip msg around and return to sender. v1:',msg_obj,new_data,reencrypt,msg_obj.route)
         new_msg_obj = msg_obj.to_whom.compose_msg_to(
             msg=new_data,
diff --git a/komrade/backend/switchboard.py b/komrade/backend/switchboard.py
index ea81c85..baac5d1 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/switchboard.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/switchboard.py
@@ -58,4 +58,5 @@ def run_forever(port='8080'):
     # print(OPERATOR,'!?',OPERATOR.keychain())
     app = Flask(__name__)
     TheSwitchboard.register(app, route_base='/op/', route_prefix=None)
-    app.run(debug=False, port=port, host='0.0.0.0')
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+    app.run(debug=False, port=port, host='0.0.0.0')
+    clear_screen()
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