diff -up ./tools/traceroute.tools ./tools/traceroute
--- ./tools/traceroute.tools	2019-05-02 04:02:32.000000000 -0400
+++ ./tools/traceroute	2019-05-08 12:18:10.958661859 -0400
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ var main = function (target) {
 
         cjdns.RouterModule_getPeers("0000.0000.0000.0001", waitFor(function (err, ret) {
             if (err) { throw err; }
+	    if (!ret.peers) {
+                console.error('missing CJDNS admin password');
+                cjdns.disconnect();
+                process.exit(0);
+            }
             self = ret.peers[0];
         }));
 
@@ -101,11 +106,12 @@ var main = function (target) {
 
     }).nThen(function (waitFor) {
 
-        if (!lastRet || lastRet.nodes[0] !== lastRet.from) { return; }
+        if (!lastRet || !lastRet.nodes || lastRet.nodes[0] !== lastRet.from) { return; }
         console.log('success, trying reverse trace');
         process.stdout.write(lastRet.from);
         tracePath(nodeToIP6(self), lastRet.from, cjdns, function (ret) {
             lastRet = ret;
+            if (!ret || !ret.nodes) { return; }
             process.stdout.write('  ' + ret.ms + 'ms\n');
             if (ret.result === 'timeout') {
                 process.stdout.write('\n' + ret.from + ' ' + ret.result + '!');