diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 7b0476ad..c4382839 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ These are roughly in order of completition
 - [x] web3_proxy_cli command should read database settings from config
 - [-] add configurable size limits to all the Caches
   - instead of configuring each cache with MB sizes, have one value for total memory footprint and then percentages for each cache
+- [-] more trace logging
+- [ ] add more to web3_proxy_cli
 - [ ] add block timestamp to the /status page
 - [ ] cache the status page for a second
 - [ ] probably need to turn more sentry log integrations (like anyhow) on!
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/app.rs b/web3_proxy/src/app.rs
index c92fda8e..3c2c08ee 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/app.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/app.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use ipnet::IpNet;
-use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
+use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 use metered::{metered, ErrorCount, HitCount, ResponseTime, Throughput};
 use migration::sea_orm::{self, ConnectionTrait, Database, DatabaseConnection};
 use migration::sea_query::table::ColumnDef;
@@ -640,7 +640,12 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                     subscription_registration,
                 );
 
-                // // trace!(?subscription_id, "pending transactions subscription");
+                trace!(
+                    "pending transactions subscription id: {:?}",
+                    subscription_id
+                );
+
+                // TODO: do something with this handle?
                 tokio::spawn(async move {
                     while let Some(Ok(new_tx_state)) = pending_tx_receiver.next().await {
                         let new_tx = match new_tx_state {
@@ -668,7 +673,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                         };
                     }
 
-                    // // trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
+                    // trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
                 });
             }
             Some(x) if x == json!(["newPendingFullTransactions"]) => {
@@ -712,7 +717,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                         };
                     }
 
-                    // // trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
+                    // trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
                 });
             }
             Some(x) if x == json!(["newPendingRawTransactions"]) => {
@@ -724,7 +729,10 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                     subscription_registration,
                 );
 
-                // // trace!(?subscription_id, "pending transactions subscription");
+                trace!(
+                    "pending transactions subscription id: {:?}",
+                    subscription_id
+                );
 
                 // TODO: do something with this handle?
                 tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -756,7 +764,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                         };
                     }
 
-                    // // trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
+                    trace!("closed new heads subscription: {:?}", subscription_id);
                 });
             }
             _ => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("unimplemented")),
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs b/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs
index e98877b0..0f9ef556 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ async fn read_web3_socket(
     let subscription_count = AtomicUsize::new(1);
 
     while let Some(Ok(msg)) = ws_rx.next().await {
+        // TODO: spawn this?
         // new message from our client. forward to a backend and then send it through response_tx
         let response_msg = match msg {
             Message::Text(payload) => {
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ async fn write_web3_socket(
 ) {
     // TODO: increment counter for open websockets
 
+    // TODO: is there any way to make this stream receive.
     while let Ok(msg) = response_rx.recv_async().await {
         // a response is ready
 
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
index 06533123..3f0ce72e 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ impl Web3Connections {
         }
 
         if blockchain.contains_node(*block_hash) {
-            // // trace!(%block_hash, %block_num, "block already saved");
+            // trace!(%block_hash, %block_num, "block already saved");
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        // // trace!(%block_hash, %block_num, "saving new block");
+        // trace!(%block_hash, %block_num, "saving new block");
 
         // TODO: this block is very likely already in block_hashes
         self.block_hashes