diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea4a41c7..f53345d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1884,28 +1884,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fstrings"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7845a0f15da505ac36baad0486612dab57f8b8d34e19c5470a265bbcdd572ae6"
-dependencies = [
- "fstrings-proc-macro",
- "proc-macro-hack",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fstrings-proc-macro"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "63b58c0e7581dc33478a32299182cbe5ae3b8c028be26728a47fb0a113c92d9d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fuchsia-zircon"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -5282,7 +5260,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "fdlimit",
  "fifomap",
  "flume",
- "fstrings",
  "futures",
  "handlebars",
  "hashbrown",
diff --git a/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml b/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml
index d2330e68..d68c05aa 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ ethers = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["rustls", "ws"] }
 fdlimit = "0.2.1"
 flume = "0.10.14"
 futures = { version = "0.3.21", features = ["thread-pool"] }
-fstrings = "0.2.3"
 hashbrown = { version = "0.12.3", features = ["serde"] }
 indexmap = "1.9.1"
 fifomap = { path = "../fifomap" }
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/create_user.rs b/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/create_user.rs
index 5e81f351..0c707e1c 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/create_user.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/create_user.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use argh::FromArgs;
 use entities::{user, user_keys};
 use ethers::types::Address;
-use fstrings::{format_args_f, println_f};
 use sea_orm::ActiveModelTrait;
+use tracing::info;
 use web3_proxy::users::new_api_key;
 
 #[derive(FromArgs, PartialEq, Debug)]
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl CreateUserSubCommand {
 
         let u = u.insert(db).await.context("Failed saving new user")?;
 
-        println_f!("user: {u:?}");
+        info!("user #{}: {:?}", u.id, Address::from_slice(&u.address));
 
         // create a key for the new user
         let uk = user_keys::ActiveModel {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl CreateUserSubCommand {
 
         let uk = uk.insert(db).await.context("Failed saving new user key")?;
 
-        println_f!("user key: {uk:?}");
+        info!("user key: {}", uk.api_key);
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs b/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs
index 0ed4c2d6..a9b97968 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ mod create_user;
 mod two;
 
 use argh::FromArgs;
-use tracing::info;
 use web3_proxy::app::get_migrated_db;
 
 #[derive(Debug, FromArgs)]
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let cli_config: TopConfig = argh::from_env();
 
-    info!("hello, {}", cli_config.db_url);
-
     match cli_config.sub_command {
         SubCommand::CreateUser(x) => {
             let db = get_migrated_db(cli_config.db_url, 1).await?;