diff --git a/src/checkAndPublish.mjs b/src/checkAndPublish.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd2028b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/checkAndPublish.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import getNewPrompt from "./getNewPrompt.mjs"
+import createNote from "./createNote.mjs"
+import makeText from "./makeText.mjs"
+import insertPublished from "./insertPublished.mjs"
+import logger from "./logger.mjs"
+import todaysPromptAlreadyPublished from "./todaysPromptAlreadyPublished.mjs"
+const maxCount = 30000000
+const minCount = 200000
+const spamMode = false
+
+export default  async function checkAndPublish () {
+    logger.trace("checkAndPublish called")
+    logger.trace(todaysPromptAlreadyPublished())
+    if(!await todaysPromptAlreadyPublished()){
+        try {
+            const prompt = await getNewPrompt({ minCount, maxCount, rarityBias: 0.7 })
+            try {
+                const text = makeText(prompt)
+                try {
+                    const note = await createNote(text)
+                    try {
+                        await insertPublished(note, prompt.word)
+                    } catch (error) {
+                        logger.error(error, 'insertPublished failed!')
+                    }
+                } catch (error) {
+                    logger.error(error, 'createNote failed!')
+                }
+            } catch (error) {
+                logger.error(error, 'makeText failed!')
+            }  
+        } catch (error) {
+            logger.error(error,'getNewPrompt failed!')
+        }   
+    } else {
+        logger.trace("today's prompt has already been published")
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/createNote.mjs b/src/createNote.mjs
index 7d0cc31..4d93d7d 100644
--- a/src/createNote.mjs
+++ b/src/createNote.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setGlobalDispatcher(agent)
 export default async function createNote(text) {
   const childLogger = logger.child({text})
   childLogger.trace("createNote called")
-  const url = 'http://localhost:3000/api/notes/create'
+  const url = 'https://localhost:80/api/notes/create'
   const params = {
     text: text,
   }
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default async function createNote(text) {
       return res.json()
     })
     .then(data => {
+      childLogger.trace(data, "note created successfully")
       return data
     })
     .catch(error =>{
diff --git a/src/daily.mjs b/src/daily.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d31361..0000000
--- a/src/daily.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import getNewPrompt from "./getNewPrompt.mjs"
-import createNote from "./createNote.mjs"
-import makeText from "./makeText.mjs"
-import insertPublished from "./insertPublished.mjs"
-import logger from "./logger.mjs"
-const maxCount = 30000000
-const minCount = 200000
-
-export default  async function daily () {
-
-    try {
-        const prompt = await getNewPrompt({ minCount, maxCount, rarityBias: 0.7 })
-        try {
-            const text = makeText(prompt)
-            try {
-                const note = await createNote(text)
-                try {
-                    await insertPublished(note, prompt.word)
-                } catch (error) {
-                    logger.error(error, 'insertPublished failed!')
-                }
-            } catch (error) {
-                logger.error(error, 'createNote failed!')
-            }
-        } catch (error) {
-            logger.error(error, 'makeText failed!')
-        }  
-    } catch (error) {
-        logger.error(error,'getNewPrompt failed!')
-    }   
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/data/database b/src/data/database
index 60260cf..48854d0 100644
Binary files a/src/data/database and b/src/data/database differ
diff --git a/src/insertPublished.mjs b/src/insertPublished.mjs
index 6378965..1d8d3f9 100644
--- a/src/insertPublished.mjs
+++ b/src/insertPublished.mjs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export default async function insertPublished(res, word){
         date: isoDate(sampleRes.createdNote.createdAt)
     })
     .then(res => {
+        childLogger.trace("succesful insertion into table: published")
         return res
     })
     .catch(error => {throw error})  
diff --git a/src/logger.mjs b/src/logger.mjs
index 78c9688..50d373a 100644
--- a/src/logger.mjs
+++ b/src/logger.mjs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 //   });
 
 export default pino({
-    level: process.env.PINO_LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
+    level: process.env.PINO_LOG_LEVEL || 'trace',
     formatters: {
         level: (label) => {
             return { severity: label.toUpperCase() };
diff --git a/src/spam.mjs b/src/spam.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 47d5484..0000000
--- a/src/spam.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import daily from "./daily.mjs"
-import logger from "./logger.mjs"
-const maxCount = 30000000
-const minCount = 200000
-
-
-const spam = async ()=>{
-    await daily()
-}
-
-
-
-const delay = ms => new Promise(res=>{setTimeout(res,ms)})
-
-do{
-await delay(1000)
-await spam()
-logger.trace("Spam!")
-}while(true)
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diff --git a/src/start.mjs b/src/start.mjs
index 57285d5..420e524 100644
--- a/src/start.mjs
+++ b/src/start.mjs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import cron from 'node-cron'
 import logger from './logger.mjs';
+import checkAndPublish from './checkAndPublish.mjs';
 
 export default function start(){
+    logger.trace("start() called")
     cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
-        logger.trace('running a task every minute');
+        checkAndPublish()
+        logger.trace('one-minute cron call');
       });
 }
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diff --git a/src/todaysPromptAlreadyPublished.mjs b/src/todaysPromptAlreadyPublished.mjs
index a2b3184..058ec1c 100644
--- a/src/todaysPromptAlreadyPublished.mjs
+++ b/src/todaysPromptAlreadyPublished.mjs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { db } from "./db.mjs";
 import { isoDate } from "./utilities.mjs";
 import logger from "./logger.mjs";
 export default async function todaysPromptAlreadyPublished() {
-    const childLogger = logger.child()
-    childLogger.trace("todaysPromptAlreadyPublished called")
     const number = await db('published')
         .count('* as count')
         .where('date', isoDate())