did not realize that a string was a defaultable

main.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func main() {
 	domain := flag.String("domain", "", "the domain heirarchy to serve (e.g. aws.example.com)")
 	hostname := flag.String("hostname", "", "the public hostname of this server (e.g. ec2-12-34-56-78.compute-1.amazonaws.com)")
 	help := flag.Bool("help", false, "show help")
-	tagname := flag.String("tagname", "", "the tag to use instead of NAME")
+	tagname := flag.String("tagname", "Name", "the tag to use instead of NAME")
 
 	region := flag.String("aws-region", "us-east-1", "The AWS Region")
 	accessKey := flag.String("aws-access-key-id", "", "The AWS Access Key Id")
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	if *tagname == "" {
-		// stupid strings ... 
-		x := "Name"
-		tagname = &x
-	}
-
 	hostnameFuture := getHostname()
 
 	cache, err := NewEC2Cache(*region, *accessKey, *secretKey, *tagname)