diff --git a/carousel.py b/carousel.py
index ae70899..0f9e393 100755
--- a/carousel.py
+++ b/carousel.py
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ try:
     bmp = Image.open(str(flierPath))
     Limage.paste(bmp)
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(Limage)
-    draw.text((2, 240), 'EBB', font = font18, fill = 255)
-    draw.text((2, 260), 'version .02', font = font18, fill = 255)
+    draw.text((2, 280), 'EBB', font = font18, fill = 255)
+    draw.text((2, 300), 'version .02', font = font18, fill = 255)
     epd.display(epd.getbuffer(Limage))
     time.sleep(2)
     epd.sleep()
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def button_e(button, pressed):
     buttonshim.set_pixel(0x00, 0x00, 0xFF)
     button_flag = "button_5"
 
+buttonshim.set_pixel(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)
 
 buttonshim.set_pixel(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)
 
diff --git a/refreshdb.py b/refreshdb.py
index 7c33037..a129085 100644
--- a/refreshdb.py
+++ b/refreshdb.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def main():
 
 
 def fresh():
+	print 'refreshing db from ssb'
 	#get our ssb pub key and db location from config
 	configParser = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
 	configFilePath = r'config.txt'
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ def fresh():
 	#get time of last db-to-ssb sync from db
 	root_entry = db.get(doc_id=1)
 	last_run = root_entry["date"]
+	print 'looking for posts since: ' last_run
 
 	#if last run is never ran then only look back 1 month (new installs don't need EVERY old post...)
 	if last_run==4:
@@ -89,11 +91,11 @@ def fresh():
 					except:
 						print 'traceback.format_exc():\n%s' % traceback.format_exc()
 						exit()
-					#tru/false:
+					#tru/false whether we have the blob:
 					newssb=proc.stdout.read()
+					print 'do we have the blob? ' newssb
 
-					print newssb
-
+					# if we have it, add it!
 					if (str(newssb)=='true\n'):
 						print "yep, we have the blob"
 						#generate unique file_name