diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index c47269d..e333185 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ func httpPost(url string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var req *http.Request
 
 	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, bytes.NewBuffer(data))
-	// log.Info("httpPost() with len", len(data), "url", url)
+	log.Info("httpPost() with len", len(data), "url", url)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	usr, _ := user.Current()
 	req.Header.Set("author", usr.Username)
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ func httpPost(url string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 		return body, err
 	}
 
+	log.Info("gitpb.httpPost() worked", url)
 	return body, nil
 }
 
@@ -53,8 +58,10 @@ func (r *Repos) SubmitReposPB(url string) (*Repos, error) {
 		log.Info("httpPost() failed:", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	log.Info("httpPost() worked with url:", url, "len(body) =", len(body))
 	if err := r.Unmarshal(body); err != nil {
-		log.Info("Unmarshal() failed:", err)
+		log.Info("SubmitReposPB() Unmarshal() failed:", err)
+		log.Printf("%s\n", body)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/reloadTags.go b/reloadTags.go
index 9017171..ce25b0c 100644
--- a/reloadTags.go
+++ b/reloadTags.go
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ import (
 	timestamppb "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
+// redo this. use go-git2 ?
+func (repo *Repo) allCommits() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+/*
+// this is dumb
 func (repo *Repo) AllCommits() error {
 	// tags := []string{"cd", "%(creatordate)", "%(*authordate)", "%(refname)", "%(subject)"}
 	// format := strings.Join(tags, "_,,,_%")
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) AllCommits() error {
 	repo.Times.NewestCommit = timestamppb.New(tmp)
 	return nil
 }
+*/
 
 // reload the tags
 func (repo *Repo) reloadGitTags() error {