diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 61bb256ce..b86665a1f 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ parse_options() {
 			export {https,ftp,rsync,all}_proxy="$http_proxy"
 			;;
 		"--allow-analyst"|"--allow=a")
-			allow='a'
+			export allow='a'
 			;;
 		*)
 			if  [[ $1 = --* ]]; then
diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index f3972b299..0d1123d10 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ fi
 success=$(tail -10 $setup_log | grep Failed | awk '{ print $2}')
 if [[ "$success" = 0 ]]; then
 	whiptail_setup_complete
-	if [[ -n $allow ]]; then so-allow -$allow; fi
+	if [[ -n $allow ]]; then 
+		so-allow -$allow >> $setup_log 2>&1
+	fi
 	if [[ $THEHIVE == 1 ]]; then
 		check_hive_init_then_reboot
 	else