diff --git a/checkAndPublish.mjs b/checkAndPublish.mjs
index ec0c0cf..42ff416 100644
--- a/checkAndPublish.mjs
+++ b/checkAndPublish.mjs
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ export default  async function checkAndPublish () {
     if(!await todaysPromptAlreadyPublished()){
         try {            
             const prompt = await tableIsNotEmpty('buffer') ? await getPromptFromBuffer() : await getNewPrompt()
-
-            logger.trace("prompt acquired successfully!")
+            logger.trace({prompt:prompt},"prompt acquired successfully!")
             try {
                 const text = makeText(prompt)
                 try {
diff --git a/config.mjs b/config.mjs
index deb2f34..4809264 100644
--- a/config.mjs
+++ b/config.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export default {
  maxCount : 30000000,
- minCount : 200000,
+ minCount : 0,
  rarityBias: 0.7,
- spamMode : false
 }
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diff --git a/data/database-testing b/data/database-testing
index 5a911f3..65e5932 100644
Binary files a/data/database-testing and b/data/database-testing differ
diff --git a/data/scripts/deleteMisspelled.mjs b/data/scripts/deleteMisspelled.mjs
index ce279ed..b0d958f 100644
--- a/data/scripts/deleteMisspelled.mjs
+++ b/data/scripts/deleteMisspelled.mjs
@@ -7,20 +7,11 @@ const words = await getWords(db)
 console.dir(words)
 for (const element of words) {
   if(isMisspelled(element.word)){
-    try {
       await db('dictionary')
       .where('word', element.word)
       .del()
       console.log("deleted non-word " + element.word)
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error.message)
-    } finally {
-    }
   }
 }
 
-try {
-  db.destroy()
-} catch (error) {
-  console.error(error.message)
-}
+
diff --git a/database-calls/db.mjs b/database-calls/db.mjs
index 61d32d1..ad0201b 100644
--- a/database-calls/db.mjs
+++ b/database-calls/db.mjs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const blocklist = db.union([
 
 export const getAcceptablePrompts = async (word) => {
   logger.trace("getAcceptablePrompt called")
-  try {
     return db('dictionary')
       .select('*')
       .where({
@@ -35,10 +34,6 @@ export const getAcceptablePrompts = async (word) => {
       .whereRaw('length(word) > 3')
       .whereNotNull('pronunciation')
       .orderByRaw('count desc')
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error("getAcceptablePrompts failed!")
-    throw error
-  }
 }
 
 
@@ -51,31 +46,21 @@ export const getWords = async () => {
 }
 
 export const insertIntoBuffer = async (word,timestamp) => {
-  try {
     return db('buffer')
     .insert({
       word:word,
       timestamp:timestamp
     })
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error("buffer insert failed!")
-    throw error
-  }
 }
 
 
 
 export const valueExistsInColumn = async (table, column, value) => {
-  try {
+
     const number = await db(table)
       .count('* as count')
       .where(column, value)
     return number[0].count > 0
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error("valueExistsInColumn failed!")
-    throw error
-  }
-
 }
 
 export const wordExistsInDictionary = async (word) => {
@@ -91,13 +76,9 @@ export const wordIsAlreadyInBuffer = async (word) => {
 }
 
 export const tableIsNotEmpty = async (table) => {
-  try {
     const number = await db(table)
       .count('* as count')
     return number[0].count > 0
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw error
-  }
 }
 
 export const getPromptFromBuffer = async () => {
@@ -105,34 +86,21 @@ export const getPromptFromBuffer = async () => {
   const oldestWordInBuffer = await db('buffer').select('word').orderBy('timestamp', 'asc').limit(1)
   const word = oldestWordInBuffer[0].word
   if(!word){throw new Error("Requested oldest word in buffer but got an empty array! Is buffer empty?")}
-  try {
     const prompt = await getAcceptablePrompts(word)
     if(prompt.length===0){throw new Error("Prompt from buffer is not acceptable! Has it already been published? Have the acceptability criteria changed?")}
     return prompt[0]
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error("getPromptFromBuffer failed!")
-    throw error
-  }
 }
 
 export const deleteFromBuffer = async (word) => {
   logger.trace(`deleteFromBuffer called for word ${word}!`)
-  try {
     return db('buffer')
     .where('word', word)
     .del()
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error("deleteFromBuffer failed!")
-  }
 }
 
 
 export const getDatePublished = async (word) => {
-  try {
     return db('published')
     .select('date')
     .where('word',word)
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw error
-  }
 }
diff --git a/database-calls/insertPublished.mjs b/database-calls/insertPublished.mjs
index c4ad251..7317067 100644
--- a/database-calls/insertPublished.mjs
+++ b/database-calls/insertPublished.mjs
@@ -47,16 +47,11 @@ const sampleRes = {
 
 export default async function insertPublished(res, word) {
   logger.trace("insertPublished called")
-  try {
     return db('published')
       .insert({
         id: res.createdNote.id,
         word,
         date: isoDate(sampleRes.createdNote.createdAt)
       })
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw error
-  }
-
 }
 //console.log(await insertPublished(sampleRes,'marmalade'))
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diff --git a/firefish-calls/createNote.mjs b/firefish-calls/createNote.mjs
index 28061b7..4378434 100644
--- a/firefish-calls/createNote.mjs
+++ b/firefish-calls/createNote.mjs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default async function createNote(text,replyId) {
     cw:"Today's #micro365 prompt is:"
   }
   if(replyId){body.replyId=replyId}
-  try {
     const response = await firefish.post("notes/create",body)
     logger.info({
       status: response.status,
@@ -27,9 +26,6 @@ export default async function createNote(text,replyId) {
       data: response.data
     })
     return response.data
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw error
-  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/logger.mjs b/logger.mjs
index 4a8fd4b..3c1b596 100644
--- a/logger.mjs
+++ b/logger.mjs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 // })
 export default pino(
     {
-      level: 'info',
+      level: 'trace',
       formatters: {
         level: (label) => {
           return { level: label.toUpperCase() };
diff --git a/social-interaction/handleMention.mjs b/social-interaction/handleMention.mjs
index c43a11d..c699963 100644
--- a/social-interaction/handleMention.mjs
+++ b/social-interaction/handleMention.mjs
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ export default async function handleMentions(body) {
     }
     const isRealWord = await note.isRealWord
     if (!isRealWord) {
-        createNote(`I'm afraid I can't do that, ${note.author}. That's not a 'real' word, at least as far as I'm aware! Have you checked the spelling? 
-        You might just be too cool for me.`,note.id)
+        createNote(`I'm afraid I can't do that, ${note.author}. That's not a 'real' word, at least as far as I'm aware! Have you checked the spelling?`,note.id)
         return { code: "NOTREAL" }
     }
     if (await wordIsAlreadyInBuffer(word)) {
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ export default async function handleMentions(body) {
     unacceptable = unacceptable.length===0
     if (unacceptable) {
         if (await valueExistsInColumn('medical_dictionary', 'word', word)) {
-            createNote("I'm afraid I can't use any word that appears in my medical dictionary. I know this delivers some false positives, but it was the only way to avoid accidentally triggering people!",note.id)
+            createNote("I'm afraid I can't use any word that appears in my medical dictionary. I know this delivers some false positives, but it was the only way.",note.id)
             return { code: "MEDICAL" }
         }