   }
 
   // persist the config
-  if(svrAddr.length() > 0) setSvrAddr(svrAddr);
+  setSvrAddr(svrAddr);
   setCloudShare(cloudShare);
 
   // TODO some way of verifying if server config worked

  toSend += "</li>\n";
  toSend += "\n<li>AP SSID name: "; toSend += apSSID;
  toSend += "</li>\n";

  toSend += "</ul></p>";


  envelope += jsonBuf;
  
  WiFiClient citsciClient;
  if(citsciClient.connect(citsciAddr.c_str(), 8000)) {
    dln(citsciDBG, "connected to citsci server; doing GET");
    citsciClient.print(envelope);
  } else {
