diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index 547a3c1..5a965d4 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Some ideas and code reworked from other resources
 # AIF, Cnichi, Calamares, Arch Wiki.. Credit where credit is due
 
-VER=2.0.75
+VER=2.0.76
 
 # bulk default values {
 
@@ -334,40 +334,37 @@ select_config()
 select_mkuser()
 {
 	NEWUSER=''
-	local v='' u='' p='' p2='' rp='' rp2=''
+	typeset -a ans
 
 	until [[ $NEWUSER ]]; do
-		i=0
 		tput cnorm
 		dialog --insecure --backtitle "$DIST Installer - $SYS - v$VER" --separator $'\n' --title " User " --mixedform "$_user" 0 0 0 \
-			"Username:"  1 1 "$u" 1 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 0 \
-			"Password:"  2 1 ''   2 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
-			"Password2:" 3 1 ''   3 12 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
+			"Username:"  1 1 "${ans[0]}" 1 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 0 \
+			"Password:"  2 1 ''          2 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
+			"Password2:" 3 1 ''          3 12 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
 			"--- Root password, if left empty the user password will be used ---" 6 1 '' 6 68 "$COLUMNS" 0 2 \
-			"Password:"  8 1 ''   8 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
-			"Password2:" 9 1 ''   9 12 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 2>"$ANS" || return 1
+			"Password:"  8 1 ''          8 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
+			"Password2:" 9 1 ''          9 12 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 2>"$ANS" || return 1
 
-		while read -r line; do
-			case $i in 0) u="$line" ;; 1) p="$line" ;; 2) p2="$line" ;; 4) rp="$line" ;; 5) rp2="$line" ;; esac
-			(( i++ ))
-		done < "$ANS"
+		mapfile -t ans <"$ANS"
 
 		# root passwords empty, so use the user passwords
-		[[ -z $rp && -z $rp2 ]] && { rp="$p"; rp2="$p2"; }
+		if [[ -z "${ans[4]}" && -z "${ans[5]}" ]]; then
+			ans[4]="${ans[1]}"
+			ans[5]="${ans[2]}"
+		fi
 
 		# make sure a username was entered and that the passwords match
-		if [[ ${#u} -eq 0 || $u =~ \ |\' || $u =~ [^a-z0-9] ]]; then
+		if [[ -z ${ans[0]} || ${ans[0]} =~ \ |\' || ${ans[0]} =~ [^a-z0-9] ]]; then
 			msg "Invalid Username" "\nInvalid user name.\n\nPlease try again.\n"; u=''
-		elif [[ -z $p ]]; then
-			msg "Empty Password" "\nThe user password cannot be left empty.\n\nPlease try again.\n"
-		elif [[ "$p" != "$p2" ]]; then
+		elif [[ -z "${ans[1]}" || "${ans[1]}" != "${ans[2]}" ]]; then
 			msg "Password Mismatch" "\nThe user passwords do not match.\n\nPlease try again.\n"
-		elif [[ "$rp" != "$rp2" ]]; then
+		elif [[ "${ans[4]}" != "${ans[5]}" ]]; then
 			msg "Password Mismatch" "\nThe root passwords do not match.\n\nPlease try again.\n"
 		else
-			NEWUSER="$u"
-			USER_PASS="$p"
-			ROOT_PASS="$rp"
+			NEWUSER="${ans[0]}"
+			USER_PASS="${ans[1]}"
+			ROOT_PASS="${ans[4]}"
 		fi
 	done
 	return 0
@@ -1972,32 +1969,26 @@ luks_open()
 luks_pass()
 {
 	LUKS_PASS=''
-	local t="$1" n='' p='' p2=''
+	local t="$1"
+	typeset -a ans=(cryptroot) # default name to start
 
 	until [[ $LUKS_PASS ]]; do
-		local i=0
 		tput cnorm
 		dialog --insecure --backtitle "$DIST Installer - $SYS - v$VER" --separator $'\n' --title " $t " --mixedform "$_luksomenu" 0 0 0 \
-			"Name:"      1 1 "${LUKS_NAME:-cryptroot}" 1  7 "$COLUMNS" 0 0 \
-			"Password:"  2 1 ''                        2 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
-			"Password2:" 3 1 ''                        3 12 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 2>"$ANS" || return 1
+			"Name:"      1 1 "${ans[0]}" 1  7 "$COLUMNS" 0 0 \
+			"Password:"  2 1 ''          2 11 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 \
+			"Password2:" 3 1 ''          3 12 "$COLUMNS" 0 1 2>"$ANS" || return 1
 
-		while read -r line; do
-			case $i in
-				0) n="$line" ;;
-				1) p="$line" ;;
-				2) p2="$line" ;;
-			esac
-			(( i++ ))
-		done < "$ANS"
+		mapfile -t ans <"$ANS"
 
-		if [[ -z $n ]]; then
+		if [[ -z "${ans[0]}" ]]; then
 			msg "Name Empty" "\nEncrypted device name cannot be empty.\n\nPlease try again.\n" 2
-		elif [[ -z $p || "$p" != "$p2" ]]; then
-			LUKS_NAME="$n"
+		elif [[ -z "${ans[1]}" || "${ans[1]}" != "${ans[2]}" ]]; then
+			LUKS_NAME="${ans[0]}"
 			msg "Password Mismatch" "\nThe passwords entered do not match.\n\nPlease try again.\n" 2
 		else
-			LUKS_NAME="$n" LUKS_PASS="$p"
+			LUKS_NAME="${ans[0]}"
+			LUKS_PASS="${ans[1]}"
 		fi
 	done