diff --git a/pvcd.py b/pvcd.py
index ef6384cb..7568adfe 100755
--- a/pvcd.py
+++ b/pvcd.py
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ def cleanup():
 
 atexit.register(cleanup)
 
+print('{0}Node hostname:{1} {2}'.format(ansiiprint.bold(), ansiiprint.end(), myhostname))
+print('{0}IPMI hostname:{1} {2}'.format(ansiiprint.bold(), ansiiprint.end(), config['ipmi_hostname']))
+
 # Check if our node exists in Zookeeper, and create it if not
 if zk.exists('/nodes/{}'.format(myhostname)):
     print("Node is " + ansiiprint.green() + "present" + ansiiprint.end() + " in Zookeeper")
@@ -144,9 +147,6 @@ else:
     zk.create('/nodes/{}/ipmiusername'.format(myhostname), config['ipmi_username'].encode('ascii'))
     zk.create('/nodes/{}/ipmipassword'.format(myhostname), config['ipmi_password'].encode('ascii'))
 
-print('{0}Node hostname:{1} {2}'.format(ansiiprint.bold(), ansiiprint.end(), myhostname))
-print('{0}IPMI hostname:{1} {2}'.format(ansiiprint.bold(), ansiiprint.end(), config['ipmi_hostname']))
-
 t_node = dict()
 s_domain = dict()
 node_list = []