diff --git a/lib/pem.js b/lib/pem.js
index e3ca2544..a5a610e8 100644
--- a/lib/pem.js
+++ b/lib/pem.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function createCSR(options, callback){
         var response = {
                 csr: data,
                 clientKey: options.clientKey
-            }
+            };
         return callback(null, response);
         
     });
@@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ function createCertificate(options, callback){
                 clientKey: options.clientKey,
                 certificate: data,
                 serviceKey: options.serviceKey
-            }
+            };
         return callback(null, response);
     });
 }
 
 function getPublicKey(certificate, callback){
-    if(!callback && typeof options == "function"){
-        callback = options;
-        options = undefined;
+    if(!callback && typeof certificate == "function"){
+        callback = certificate;
+        certificate = undefined;
     }
     
     certificate = (certificate || "").toString();
@@ -147,15 +147,15 @@ function getPublicKey(certificate, callback){
                   "-noout"];
     }else if(certificate.match(/BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY/)){
         params = ["rsa",
-        		  "-in",
-        		  "/dev/stdin",
-        		  "-pubout"];
+                  "-in",
+                  "/dev/stdin",
+                  "-pubout"];
     }else{
         params = ["x509",
-        		  "-in",
-        		  "/dev/stdin",
-        		  "-pubkey",
-        		  "-noout"];
+                  "-in",
+                  "/dev/stdin",
+                  "-pubkey",
+                  "-noout"];
     }
 
     execOpenSSL(params, "PUBLIC KEY", certificate, function(error, key){
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ function getPublicKey(certificate, callback){
 }
 
 function readCertificateInfo(certificate, callback){
-    if(!callback && typeof options == "function"){
-        callback = options;
-        options = undefined;
+    if(!callback && typeof certificate == "function"){
+        callback = certificate;
+        certificate = undefined;
     }
     
     certificate = (certificate || "").toString();
@@ -271,7 +271,17 @@ function generateCSRSubject(options){
 function execOpenSSL(params, searchStr, stdin, callback){
     var openssl = spawn("openssl", params),
         stdout = "",
-        stderr = "";
+        stderr = "",
+        pushToStdin = function(){
+            var data = stdin.shift();
+            
+            if(data){
+                openssl.stdin.write(data + "\n");
+                if(!stdin.length){
+                    openssl.stdin.end();
+                }
+            }
+        };
     
     if(!callback && typeof stdin == "function"){
         callback = stdin;
@@ -301,12 +311,13 @@ function execOpenSSL(params, searchStr, stdin, callback){
     openssl.on('exit', function (code) {
         var start, end;
         
+        stdout = new Buffer(stdout, "binary").toString("utf-8");
+        stderr = new Buffer(stderr, "binary").toString("utf-8");
+        
         if(code){
-            return callback(new Error("Invalid openssl exit code "+code));
+            return callback(new Error("Invalid openssl exit code "+code+"\nSTDOUT:\n"+stdout+"\nSTDERR:\n"+stderr));
         }
         
-        stdout = new Buffer(stdout, "binary").toString("utf-8");
-        
         if((start = stdout.match(new RegExp("\\-+BEGIN "+searchStr+"\\-+$", "m")))){
             start = start.index;
         }else{
@@ -326,14 +337,4 @@ function execOpenSSL(params, searchStr, stdin, callback){
         }
     });
     
-    function pushToStdin(){
-        var data = stdin.shift();
-        
-        if(data){
-            openssl.stdin.write(data + "\n");
-            if(!stdin.length){
-                openssl.stdin.end();
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/test/pem.js b/test/pem.js
index d45ba388..9fe387ea 100644
--- a/test/pem.js
+++ b/test/pem.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ exports["General Tests"] = {
                     organization: '',
                     organizationUnit: '',
                     commonName: 'localhost',
-                    emailAddress: '' })
+                    emailAddress: '' });
                 test.done();
             });
         });
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ exports["General Tests"] = {
             
             pem.readCertificateInfo(csr, function(error, data){
                 test.ifError(error);
-                test.deepEqual(data, certInfo)
+                test.deepEqual(data, certInfo);
                 test.done();
             });
         });
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ exports["General Tests"] = {
                     organization: '',
                     organizationUnit: '',
                     commonName: 'localhost',
-                    emailAddress: '' })
+                    emailAddress: '' });
                 test.done();
             });
         });
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ exports["General Tests"] = {
             
             pem.readCertificateInfo(certificate, function(error, data){
                 test.ifError(error);
-                test.deepEqual(data, certInfo)
+                test.deepEqual(data, certInfo);
                 test.done();
             });
         });
@@ -237,4 +237,4 @@ exports["General Tests"] = {
             
         });
     }
-}
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+};
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