diff --git a/poll.go b/poll.go
index 3fb7f5d..b575889 100644
--- a/poll.go
+++ b/poll.go
@@ -108,26 +108,35 @@ func (h *HyperT) pollHypervisor() {
 			d.Current.Hypervisor = h.pb.Hostname
 		}
 	}
+
+	// these are the droplets that don't exist anymore on this hypervisor
+	// this should mean you ran shutdown within domU
 	for name, t := range h.lastDroplets {
 		dur := time.Since(t)
 		if dur > me.hyperPollDelay {
 			d := me.cluster.FindDropletByName(name)
+			header := d.SprintHeader()
 			if d == nil {
-				log.Info("droplet has probably powered down", name, "but findDroplet returned nil")
+				log.Info(header, "droplet has probably powered down", name, "but findDroplet returned nil")
 				// should delete this from h.lastDroplets
 				continue
 			}
+			if d.Current.State == pb.DropletState_OFF {
+				log.Info(header, "droplet timed out and is off. remove from h.lastDroplets[] slice")
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// everthing below here is dumb and needs to be rethought
 			if d.Current.State != pb.DropletState_UNKNOWN {
 				d.SetState(pb.DropletState_UNKNOWN)
-				log.Info("set state UNKNOWN here", name)
+				log.Info(header, "set state UNKNOWN here", name)
 			}
 			if d.Current.State == pb.DropletState_UNKNOWN {
 				if dur > time.Minute*2 {
 					// what this means is the droplet probably wasn't migrated or the migrate failed
 					// where should this be checked? the status needs to be changed to OFF
 					s := pb.FormatDuration(dur)
-					log.Info("UNKNOWN state for more than 2 minutes (clearing out ?)", name, s)
+					log.Info(header, "UNKNOWN state for more than 2 minutes (clearing out ?)", name, s)
 
 					// it might be safe to set the status to OFF here. not really. this poll needs
 					// to be moved somewhere else. there needs to be a new goroutine not tied to the