diff --git a/__pycache__/main.cpython-311.pyc b/__pycache__/main.cpython-311.pyc
index 6d4a8c5..093220e 100644
Binary files a/__pycache__/main.cpython-311.pyc and b/__pycache__/main.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index ba03897..4f7e43e 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ async def update_post(id: int, post: Post):
     my_posts[index] = post_dict
     return {"data": post_dict}
 
+
+
 @app.get("/list")
 async def ping_host():
     # send one packet of data to the host 
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ async def ping_host():
     outputlist = []
     # Iterate over all the servers in the list and ping each server
            # get the output as a string
-    # output = str(os.system(cmd))
-    output = subprocess.run(["/bin/ls", "-l"],stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+    #output = str(os.system(cmd))
+    cmd = subprocess.run(["/bin/ls", "-al"],stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, text=True)
     # store the output in the list
-    output2 = (f"{output.stdout}")
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+    output = (f"{cmd.stdout}")
+    return output
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