diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index 7d351e1382e066d151fa7b323b5e57713907b48d..ac770113572b80957051f603dcdc1dea4dce93c7 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Critical
    STYLE
    Directory structure for config.ini includes
    encrypt/secure pipe transfers
-   readFile() bug where lines have ':' or '?' in them?!
+ x readFile() bug where lines have ':' or '?' in them?!
+      long term style solution
  x safer cross-platform exec()
     x setenv("PATH"...) to safe path and use execlp
    remove all system() calls