diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/util/stmtcreator.py b/gnuviechadmin/util/stmtcreator.py
index 9e5270f..7cae25c 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin/util/stmtcreator.py
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/util/stmtcreator.py
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@
 """This is an SQL statement creator as a prototype for mail account
 creation."""
 
-if __name__ == '__main___':
-  from passwordutils import *
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  from passwordutils import get_pw_tuple
   import sys
 
-  for line in sys.stdin.read().splitlines():
+  for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
     parts = line.split()
+    if len(parts) < 4:
+      raise ValueError("""lines must consist of the elements:
+email@domain username uid domainid""")
     (email, domain) = parts[0].split("@")
     username = parts[1][0:5]
     pwtuple = get_pw_tuple()