diff --git a/internal/activity/activity.go b/internal/activity/activity.go
index 9430085..488de9d 100644
--- a/internal/activity/activity.go
+++ b/internal/activity/activity.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package activity
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"gitlab.com/whom/bingobot/internal/config"
-	"gitlab.com/whom/bingobot/internal/state"
 	"gitlab.com/whom/bingobot/internal/logging"
+	"gitlab.com/whom/bingobot/internal/state"
 )
 
 /* Activity module
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 	ActivityModuleStartFail = "failed to start activity module"
 )
 
-var currentUserActivity map[string][]state.UserActiveEvent
+var currentUserActivity = make(map[string][]state.UserActiveEvent)
 var userActivityLock sync.RWMutex
 
 func Start() error {
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ func Start() error {
 			user := emap[state.UserEventUserKey]
 			etime := ev.Time()
 			delta := time.Since(etime).Hours() / float64(24)
+			logging.Debug(fmt.Sprintf(
+				"processing UserActive event for %s", user,
+			))
+	
 
 			if delta <= float64(config.Get().UserEventLifespanDays) {
 				new := []state.UserActiveEvent{ev.(state.UserActiveEvent)}
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ func Start() error {
 				if found {
 					new = append(new, current...)
 				}
+				currentUserActivity[user] = new
 				userActivityLock.Unlock()
 			} else {
 				logging.Warn("recieved expired useractive event")
diff --git a/internal/confession/confession.go b/internal/confession/confession.go
index 81babdb..d76aa38 100644
--- a/internal/confession/confession.go
+++ b/internal/confession/confession.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func Start() error {
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			ev := <- ch
-			logging.Info("recieved new confessional channel link")
+			logging.Debug("recieved new confessional channel link")
 			e := ev.(state.ConfessionsChannelLinkEvent)
 			linkLock.Lock()
 			confessionChannelLinks[e.GuildID] = e
diff --git a/internal/discord/activity.go b/internal/discord/activity.go
index 62329f3..002f3b4 100644
--- a/internal/discord/activity.go
+++ b/internal/discord/activity.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewActivityTimer(uid string) *UserActivityTimer {
 Start() initializes the timer and calls run()
 */
 func (t *UserActivityTimer) Start(ctx context.Context) {
-	logging.Info("starting voiceActivityTimer", "uid", t.UID)
+	logging.Debug("starting voiceActivityTimer", "uid", t.UID)
 
 	t.sleepDuration = time.Millisecond * time.Duration(config.Get().VoiceActivityTimerSleepIntervalMillis)
 	activityTimerDuration := time.Second * time.Duration(config.Get().VoiceActivityThresholdSeconds)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (t *UserActivityTimer) run() {
 	}
 
 	// the timer's context has been cancelled or deadline expired.
-	logging.Info("voiceActivityTimer stopping", "uid", t.UID, "reason", context.Cause(t.ctx))
+	logging.Debug("voiceActivityTimer stopping", "uid", t.UID, "reason", context.Cause(t.ctx))
 
 	if context.Cause(t.ctx) == ErrTimerExpired {
 		/*
@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@ func emitUserActiveEvent(uid string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	logging.Info("published UserActiveEvent", "uid", uid)
+	logging.Debug("published UserActiveEvent", "uid", uid)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a91fdb4..96e2e36 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	logging.Info("startup: starting activity module")
 	if err := activity.Start(); err != nil {
-		// TODO: handle gracefully and continue?
 		log.Fatalf("failed to start activity module: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	logging.Info("startup: starting confession module")
 	if err := confession.Start(); err != nil {
-		// TODO: handle gracefully and continue?
 		log.Fatalf("failed to start confession module: %s", err.Error())
 	}