diff --git a/internal/collect.go b/internal/collect.go
index f5e6480..17f7815 100644
--- a/internal/collect.go
+++ b/internal/collect.go
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ func CollectSystems(c *gofish.APIClient, q *QueryParams) ([]map[string]any, erro
 	}
 
 	var systems []map[string]any
-
 	for _, system := range rfSystems {
 		eths, err := system.EthernetInterfaces()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -454,15 +453,21 @@ func CollectSystems(c *gofish.APIClient, q *QueryParams) ([]map[string]any, erro
 			if q.Verbose {
 				fmt.Printf("no system ethernet interfaces found...trying to get from managers interface\n")
 			}
-			for _, managerLink := range system.ManagedBy {
-				// try getting ethernet interface from all managers until one is found
-				eths, err = redfish.ListReferencedEthernetInterfaces(c, managerLink+"/EthernetInterfaces")
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get system manager ethernet interfaces: %v", err)
-				}
-				if len(eths) > 0 {
-					break
+
+			managedBy, err := system.ManagedBy()
+			if err == nil {
+				for _, managerLink := range system.ManagedBy {
+					// try getting ethernet interface from all managers until one is found
+					eths, err = redfish.ListReferencedEthernetInterfaces(c, managerLink+"/EthernetInterfaces")
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get system manager ethernet interfaces: %v", err)
+					}
+					if len(eths) > 0 {
+						break
+					}
 				}
+			} else {
+
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -494,115 +499,6 @@ func CollectSystems(c *gofish.APIClient, q *QueryParams) ([]map[string]any, erro
 		})
 	}
 
-	// do manual requests if systems is empty to only get necessary info as last resort
-	// /redfish/v1/Systems
-
-	// /redfish/v1/Systems/Members
-	// /redfish/v1/Systems/
-	// fmt.Printf("system count: %d\n", len(systems))
-	// if len(systems) == 0 {
-	// 	url := baseRedfishUrl(q) + "/Systems"
-	// 	if q.Verbose {
-	// 		fmt.Printf("%s\n", url)
-	// 	}
-	// 	res, body, err := util.MakeRequest(nil, url, "GET", nil, nil)
-	// 	if err != nil {
-	// 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to make request: %v", err)
-	// 	} else if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-	// 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request returned status code %d", res.StatusCode)
-	// 	}
-
-	// 	// sweet syntatic sugar type aliases
-	// 	type System = map[string]any
-	// 	type Member = map[string]string
-
-	// 	// get all the systems
-	// 	var (
-	// 		tempSystems System
-	// 		interfaces  []*redfish.EthernetInterface
-	// 		errList     []error
-	// 	)
-	// 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &tempSystems)
-	// 	if err != nil {
-	// 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal systems: %v", err)
-	// 	}
-
-	// 	// then, get all the members within a system
-	// 	members, ok := tempSystems["Members"]
-	// 	if ok {
-	// 		for _, member := range members.([]Member) {
-	// 			id, ok := member["@odata.id"]
-	// 			if ok {
-	// 				// /redfish/v1/Systems/Self (or whatever)
-	// 				// memberEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", url, id)
-	// 				// res, body, err := util.MakeRequest(nil, baseRedfishUrl(q)+memberEndpoint, http.MethodGet, nil, nil)
-	// 				// if err != nil {
-	// 				// 	continue
-	// 				// } else if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-	// 				// 	continue
-	// 				// }
-	// 				// TODO: extract EthernetInterfaces from Systems then query
-
-	// 				// get all of the ethernet interfaces in our systems
-	// 				ethernetInterface, err := redfish.ListReferencedEthernetInterfaces(c, id+"/EthernetInterfaces/")
-	// 				if err != nil {
-	// 					errList = append(errList, err)
-	// 					continue
-	// 				}
-	// 				interfaces = append(interfaces, ethernetInterface...)
-	// 			} else {
-	// 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("no ID found for member")
-	// 			}
-	// 			if util.HasErrors(errList) {
-	// 				return nil, util.FormatErrorList(errList)
-	// 			}
-	// 		}
-	// 		i, err := json.Marshal(interfaces)
-	// 		if err != nil {
-	// 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal interface: %v", err)
-	// 		}
-	// 		temp = append(temp, map[string]any{
-	// 			"Data":               nil,
-	// 			"EthernetInterfaces": string(i),
-	// 		})
-	// 	} else {
-	// 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no members found in systems")
-	// 	}
-
-	// } else {
-	// 	b, err := json.Marshal(systems)
-	// 	if err != nil {
-	// 		fmt.Printf("failed to marshal systems: %v", err)
-	// 	}
-	// 	fmt.Printf("systems: %v\n", string(b))
-
-	// 	// query the system's ethernet interfaces
-	// 	// var temp []map[string]any
-	// 	var errList []error
-	// 	for _, system := range systems {
-	// 		interfaces, err := CollectEthernetInterfaces(c, q, system.ID)
-	// 		if err != nil {
-	// 			errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("failed to collect ethernet interface: %v", err))
-	// 			continue
-	// 		}
-	// 		var i map[string]any
-	// 		err = json.Unmarshal(interfaces, &i)
-	// 		if err != nil {
-	// 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal interface: %v", err)
-	// 		}
-	// 		temp = append(temp, map[string]any{
-	// 			"Data":               system,
-	// 			"EthernetInterfaces": i["EthernetInterfaces"],
-	// 		})
-	// 	}
-	// 	if util.HasErrors(errList) {
-	// 		err = util.FormatErrorList(errList)
-	// 		if err != nil {
-	// 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple errors occurred: %v", err)
-	// 		}
-	// 	}
-	// }
-
 	return systems, nil
 }