diff --git a/em_multistrap b/em_multistrap
index 6794afc..c240b44 100755
--- a/em_multistrap
+++ b/em_multistrap
@@ -173,15 +173,21 @@ END
 		close SOURCES;
 	}
 }
-
-foreach $keyring (values %keyrings)
+my $k;
+foreach my $pkg (values %keyrings)
+{
+	next if (not defined $pkg);
+	my $status = `dpkg -s $pkg`;
+	next if $status =~ /Status: install ok installed/;
+	$k .= "$pkg ";
+}
+if (defined $k)
 {
-	next if not defined ($keyring);
 	my $e=`printenv`;
 	my $str = ($e =~ /\nUSER=root\n/) ? "" : "sudo ";
 	$str = (-f "/usr/bin/sudo") ? "$str" : "";
-	print "I: Installing $keyring\n";
-	system ("$str apt-get install $keyring");
+	print "I: Installing $k\n";
+	system ("$str apt-get install $k");
 }
 
 $config_str = '';
@@ -200,16 +206,7 @@ $config_str .= " -o Dir::Cache=${dir}${cachedir}";
 system ("apt-get $config_str update");
 $str = join (' ', values %packages) . " ";
 chomp($str);
-my $k;
-foreach my $pkg (values %keyrings)
-{
-	next if (not defined $pkg);
-	my $status = `dpkg -s $pkg`;
-	next if $status =~ /Status: install ok installed/;
-	$k .= "$pkg ";
-}
-$k = "" if (not defined $k);
-$str .= "$k ";
+$str .= join (' ', values %keyrings) . " "; 
 chomp($str);
 my $required = &get_required_debs;
 $str .= join (' ', @$required);