diff --git a/bin/digd.js b/bin/digd.js
index 4143653..8c90a2d 100644
--- a/bin/digd.js
+++ b/bin/digd.js
@@ -169,6 +169,106 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
       });
     }
 
+    function recurse() {
+      if (!query.header.rd) {
+        console.log("[Could not answer. Sent empty response.]");
+        sendEmptyResponse(query);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (cli.norecurse) {
+        console.log("[Could not answer. Sent empty response.]");
+        sendEmptyResponse(query);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // ANY, A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NAPTR, NS, PTR, SOA, SRV, TXT
+      newQuery = {
+        header: {
+          id: query.header.id // require('crypto').randomBytes(2).readUInt16BE(0)
+        , qr: 0
+        , opcode: 0
+        , aa: query.header.aa ? 1 : 0 // NA? not sure what this would do
+        , tc: 0     // NA
+        , rd: 1
+        , ra: 0     // NA
+        , rcode: 0  // NA
+        }
+      , question: []
+      , answer: []
+      , authority: []
+      , additional: []
+      };
+      query.question.forEach(function (q) {
+        newQuery.question.push({
+          name: q.name
+        , type: q.type
+        , typeName: q.typeName
+        , class: q.class
+        , className: q.className
+        });
+
+        function updateCount() {
+          count -= 1;
+          if (!count) {
+            server.send(dnsjs.DNSPacket.write(newQuery), rinfo.port, rinfo.address, function () {
+              console.log('[DEV] response sent');
+            });
+          }
+        }
+
+        var opts = {
+          onError: function () {
+            updateCount();
+          }
+        , onMessage: function (packet) {
+
+            (packet.answer||[]).forEach(function (a) {
+              // TODO copy each relevant property
+              console.log('ans', a);
+              newQuery.answer.push(a);
+            });
+            (packet.authority||[]).forEach(function (a) {
+              // TODO copy each relevant property
+              console.log('auth', a);
+              newQuery.authority.push(a);
+            });
+            (packet.additional||[]).forEach(function (a) {
+              // TODO copy each relevant property
+              console.log('add', a);
+              newQuery.additional.push(a);
+            });
+
+            updateCount();
+
+          }
+        , onListening: function () {}
+        , onSent: function (res) {
+            if (cli.debug) {
+              console.log('');
+              console.log('request sent to', res.nameserver);
+            }
+          }
+        , onTimeout: function (res) {
+            console.log(";; [" + q.name + "] connection timed out; no servers could be reached");
+            console.log(";; [timed out after " + res.timeout + "ms and 1 tries]");
+          }
+        , onClose: function () {
+            console.log('');
+          }
+        , mdns: cli.mdns
+        , nameserver: cli.nameserver
+        , port: cli.port
+        , timeout: cli.timeout
+        };
+
+        //dig.resolve(queryAb, opts);
+        dig.resolveJson(query, opts);
+
+        console.log(';' + q.name + '.', ' ', q.className, q.typeName);
+      });
+    }
+
     count = query.question.length;
     if (!count) {
       sendEmptyResponse(query);
@@ -176,107 +276,8 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
     }
 
     // TODO get local answer first, if available
+    recurse();
 
-    if (query.header.rd) {
-      if (cli.norecurse) {
-        console.log("[Could not answer. Sent empty response.]");
-        sendEmptyResponse(query);
-        return;
-      } else {
-        // ANY, A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NAPTR, NS, PTR, SOA, SRV, TXT
-        newQuery = {
-          header: {
-            id: query.header.id // require('crypto').randomBytes(2).readUInt16BE(0)
-          , qr: 0
-          , opcode: 0
-          , aa: query.header.aa ? 1 : 0 // NA? not sure what this would do
-          , tc: 0     // NA
-          , rd: 1
-          , ra: 0     // NA
-          , rcode: 0  // NA
-          }
-        , question: [
-          /*
-            { name: cli.query
-            , typeName: cli.type
-            , className: cli.class
-            }
-          */
-          ]
-        , answer: []
-        , authority: []
-        , additional: []
-        };
-        query.question.forEach(function (q) {
-          newQuery.question.push({
-            name: q.name
-          , type: q.type
-          , typeName: q.typeName
-          , class: q.class
-          , className: q.className
-          });
-
-          function updateCount() {
-            count -= 1;
-            if (!count) {
-              server.send(dnsjs.DNSPacket.write(newQuery), rinfo.port, rinfo.address, function () {
-                console.log('[DEV] response sent');
-              });
-            }
-          }
-
-          var opts = {
-            onError: function () {
-              updateCount();
-            }
-          , onMessage: function (packet) {
-
-              (packet.answer||[]).forEach(function (a) {
-                // TODO copy each relevant property
-                console.log('ans', a);
-                newQuery.answer.push(a);
-              });
-              (packet.authority||[]).forEach(function (a) {
-                // TODO copy each relevant property
-                console.log('auth', a);
-                newQuery.authority.push(a);
-              });
-              (packet.additional||[]).forEach(function (a) {
-                // TODO copy each relevant property
-                console.log('add', a);
-                newQuery.additional.push(a);
-              });
-
-              updateCount();
-
-            }
-          , onListening: function () {}
-          , onSent: function (res) {
-              if (cli.debug) {
-                console.log('');
-                console.log('request sent to', res.nameserver);
-              }
-            }
-          , onTimeout: function (res) {
-              console.log(";; [" + q.name + "] connection timed out; no servers could be reached");
-              console.log(";; [timed out after " + res.timeout + "ms and 1 tries]");
-            }
-          , onClose: function () {
-              console.log('');
-            }
-          , mdns: cli.mdns
-          , nameserver: cli.nameserver
-          , port: cli.port
-          , timeout: cli.timeout
-          };
-
-          //dig.resolve(queryAb, opts);
-          dig.resolveJson(query, opts);
-
-          console.log(';' + q.name + '.', ' ', q.className, q.typeName);
-        });
-      }
-    }
   };
 
   handlers.onListening = function () {
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
 
   console.log('');
   if (!cli.nocmd) {
-    console.log('; <<>> dig.js ' + 'v0.0.0' + ' <<>> ' + process.argv.slice(2));
+    console.log('; <<>> digd.js ' + 'v0.0.0' + ' <<>> ' + process.argv.slice(2));
     console.log(';; global options: +cmd');
   }