diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 6b1c36b..d175796 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:354e62d5acb9af138e13ec842f78a846d214a8d4a9f80e578698f1f1565e2ef8"
+  digest = "1:d64110a78451e373c5a952d2625323dbbe3bfe41c67f9652ea9668a6ceb4f645"
   name = "github.com/armon/go-metrics"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:b1b9627af19ee54d3ed6b069375f0e91baa4a25267cf3b684e80fdefb17f4719"
+  digest = "1:c0b6dbbb56a745020d5939bdde2197241a1c6109f226cca57b16f46916be5e94"
   name = "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go"
   packages = [
     "aws",
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:56b87c786a316d6e9b9c7ba8f3dd64e3199ca3b33a55cc596c633023bed20264"
+  digest = "1:e250643be8120824556f39df6ef128fc2be490fc96e0cb64b1a8ecf96bbe3ce6"
   name = "github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
   packages = ["base58"]
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "ab6388e0c60ae4834a1f57511e20c17b5f78be4b"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:56c130d885a4aacae1dd9c7b71cfe39912c7ebc1ff7d2b46083c8812996dc43b"
+  digest = "1:0a39ec8bf5629610a4bc7873a92039ee509246da3cef1a0ea60f1ed7e5f9cea5"
   name = "github.com/davecgh/go-spew"
   packages = ["spew"]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   version = "v1.0.1"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:858b7fe7b0f4bc7ef9953926828f2816ea52d01a88d72d1c45bc8c108f23c356"
+  digest = "1:d19c78214e03e297e9e30d2eb11892f731358b2951f2a5c7374658a156373e4c"
   name = "github.com/go-ini/ini"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:7150b23ba935d63f7b930d6c5ff20b52649ba623d62e0344971c822615fe57a3"
+  digest = "1:27b11ca1ad214ead955ff5480e8575e74c5df4e4dc02b04256a8d92131e1d3ad"
   name = "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   version = "v1.6.2"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:91aaeb45b3c10cc9cb68d1450cbc8ac77d0a677cf34a8ed3d4ef4dacb9df8a50"
+  digest = "1:b4817bdb0da3054166de058111943ac58b315aead2fed4ee838625a4e304f74c"
   name = "github.com/gorilla/rpc"
   packages = [
     "v2",
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
   version = "v1.1.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:64d212c703a2b94054be0ce470303286b177ad260b2f89a307e3d1bb6c073ef6"
+  digest = "1:fe1b4d4cbe48c0d55507c55f8663aa4185576cc58fa0c8be03bb8f19dfe17a9c"
   name = "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:6396690228a7560bf9247cb90e5ae9c797bd630b01e7d2acab430bbca9a1ecb3"
+  digest = "1:6a611e691e739173805cb54019b5c39bb9d46455526dff31e0e6fe3aaca52776"
   name = "github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack"
   packages = ["codec"]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:0b5ca7d18e4ded1e4dacbb37ff027cb40a80c0fed969e4e03cf7aff129bc1b44"
+  digest = "1:deaebb4a98ca748bbad7eb653f3a675749500020823a086448ffcd7ba6b8b02d"
   name = "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:fd8ec2359315965bb6b84fd8e45cd5e8b58b80d8430dc96c8c5dfce46d30dbfc"
+  digest = "1:74f54e6ef2339f1de1e8c4b6674442118bd89e619b2fbd949ef2337330067994"
   name = "github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
   revision = "0fb14efe8c47ae851c0034ed7a448854d3d34cf3"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:d2c45a353b65012162c7ca22c39b1b0bd06d39362fb375cf42b4e48e1104bfc6"
+  digest = "1:d7ce65372f495908f80fc1f80f4dab5d763d9a1de544abd95aa719e4262d0dd5"
   name = "github.com/hashicorp/memberlist"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:7b8e4a60bfdacc2a79ba4a4ef21b2e86e98fb1dc99d816179e0b4aee75106051"
+  digest = "1:4fd01ac3766b886665cfd335cc63819ec4e4538dcc1180c05d6edc089619962c"
   name = "github.com/hashicorp/serf"
   packages = [
     "coordinate",
@@ -202,12 +202,28 @@
   version = "v1.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:6f49eae0c1e5dab1dafafee34b207aeb7a42303105960944828c2079b92fc88e"
+  digest = "1:4f767a115bc8e08576f6d38ab73c376fc1b1cd3bb5041171c9e8668cc7739b52"
   name = "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "0b12d6b5"
 
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  digest = "1:1e4cb5c6d4e92e2fb34f1545e071fb61e81c71fc0c325445db19b9f3981cb343"
+  name = "github.com/johntdyer/slack-go"
+  packages = ["."]
+  pruneopts = ""
+  revision = "95fac1160b220c5abcf8b0ef88e9c3cb213c09f4"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  digest = "1:132aae3fa5ad407b53f57cf6ebe274e414ec22d1700899023319931fa90b63e2"
+  name = "github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
+  packages = ["."]
+  pruneopts = ""
+  revision = "f7aae3243a0786c5a974bce71ed951c459876e64"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   digest = "1:65bb92382468ce7a1ee218b5f352cd0927d358569be7521dd7cb42e74589a308"
@@ -218,7 +234,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:3e990fec1701f7cd3a301cb0fa824f65e35a37c224ff17f4d842720651d2f2fb"
+  digest = "1:76fd7507e6014c598a01f1b3d558774d2a3114c438403bc98123870d2aecec62"
   name = "github.com/lbryio/lbry.go"
   packages = [
     "crypto",
@@ -240,7 +256,7 @@
   revision = "b7abd7672df533e627eddbf3a5a529786e8bda7f"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:4c8d8358c45ba11ab7bb15df749d4df8664ff1582daead28bae58cf8cbe49890"
+  digest = "1:f0bad0fece0fb73c6ea249c18d8e80ffbe86be0457715b04463068f04686cf39"
   name = "github.com/miekg/dns"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -248,7 +264,7 @@
   version = "v1.0.8"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:e6352ff4bd34c601567ad5e274837275f08e2a933e2688354cf5d44595c13ef9"
+  digest = "1:ba3b2eb0ae6fd3deac4386c02fe9d2279c9520738eb9db2f0667e74d5c7a0a61"
   name = "github.com/nlopes/slack"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -257,7 +273,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:d38c630298ac75e214f3caa5c240ea2923c7a089824d175ba4107d0650d56579"
+  digest = "1:af967afd3cbc6b0145937f4dcab78bcd93e7b2f2b618fb2bcaf7069ad5c638fa"
   name = "github.com/phayes/freeport"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -281,7 +297,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:56de39853758a4b6053a3f71e527305bbed11a0d876156e32e8cc7180d36198b"
+  digest = "1:1747c026a603e3c9f33f238e1d1390df2c8f48876b6bcb7a9c52c7b479e040f4"
   name = "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -297,7 +313,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:c8f6919ab9f140506fd4ad3f4a9c9c2af9ee7921e190af0c67b2fca2f903083c"
+  digest = "1:b5212c335a490d958a6b1b5b48901b46e682b82fa9af3a238fa88df6eaa60873"
   name = "github.com/spf13/cobra"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -313,7 +329,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:b7ef38166f9ee44c54ef992b2754950f73fa09daf30355bea7aa510f224c38a6"
+  digest = "1:f05efcac20bea32e1fcefde9a3cbefb07e02053666c4a67681ad18c8efc682d3"
   name = "github.com/uber-go/atomic"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -321,7 +337,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:53c4b75f22ea7757dea07eae380ea42de547ae6865a5e3b41866754a8a8219c9"
+  digest = "1:16b935c128f178647036048862a21e8bfd66d1e83fb19787a8b356bdcf0de899"
   name = "golang.org/x/crypto"
   packages = [
     "ed25519",
@@ -335,7 +351,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:9f170ebb5ac75debb7e958e0388545441cc77de4d131a0c170530e948f3e857e"
+  digest = "1:15f2fc8cc79d90b0d4d712f04bd3eb3a3856ff3dd6b610a1425113ead3501610"
   name = "golang.org/x/net"
   packages = [
     "bpf",
@@ -350,7 +366,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:309d0f514b3f0dd143089ff4ab91c894d3e3f7e771c89b59d4b015b955cbaa5c"
+  digest = "1:e8f649ecfae7835a0a27ef39fd2180f6d3c12bc422e2ae55cd611f0b283b3e6e"
   name = "golang.org/x/sys"
   packages = [
     "unix",
@@ -368,7 +384,7 @@
   revision = "fbb02b2291d28baffd63558aa44b4b56f178d650"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:c1771ca6060335f9768dff6558108bc5ef6c58506821ad43377ee23ff059e472"
+  digest = "1:eede11c81b63c8f6fd06ef24ba0a640dc077196ec9b7a58ecde03c82eee2f151"
   name = "google.golang.org/appengine"
   packages = ["cloudsql"]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -376,7 +392,7 @@
   version = "v1.1.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:f771bf87a3253de520c2af6fb6e75314dce0fedc0b30b208134fe502932bb15d"
+  digest = "1:05eca53b271663de74078b5484b1995a8d56668a51434a698dc5d0863035d575"
   name = "gopkg.in/nullbio/null.v6"
   packages = ["convert"]
   pruneopts = ""
@@ -399,6 +415,7 @@
     "github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2",
     "github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2/json",
     "github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf",
+    "github.com/johntdyer/slackrus",
     "github.com/lbryio/errors.go",
     "github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/crypto",
     "github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/errors",
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index d0f1a96..c8739e0 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@
 [[constraint]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/phayes/freeport"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
diff --git a/cmd/reflector.go b/cmd/reflector.go
index 75e1326..ea52e17 100644
--- a/cmd/reflector.go
+++ b/cmd/reflector.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/db"
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/meta"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/reflector"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/store"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	log.Printf("reflector version %s", meta.Version)
 	db := new(db.SQL)
 	err := db.Connect(globalConfig.DBConn)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index adcb1ac..099ef22 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/util"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/dht"
 
+	"github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	BucketRegion string `json:"bucket_region"`
 	BucketName   string `json:"bucket_name"`
 	DBConn       string `json:"db_conn"`
+	SlackHookURL string `json:"slack_hook_url"`
 }
 
 var verbose []string
@@ -34,39 +36,9 @@ var conf string
 var globalConfig Config
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "prism",
-	Short: "Prism is a single entry point application with multiple sub modules which can be leveraged individually or together",
-	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		debugLogger := logrus.New()
-		debugLogger.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
-
-		if util.InSlice(verboseAll, verbose) {
-			logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
-			verbose = []string{verboseDHT, verboseNodeFinder}
-		}
-
-		for _, debugType := range verbose {
-			switch debugType {
-			case verboseDHT:
-				dht.UseLogger(debugLogger)
-			case verboseNodeFinder:
-				dht.NodeFinderUseLogger(debugLogger)
-			}
-		}
-
-		var err error
-		if conf == "" {
-			logrus.Errorln("--conf flag required")
-			os.Exit(1)
-		} else if conf != "none" {
-			globalConfig, err = loadConfig(conf)
-			if err != nil {
-				logrus.Error(err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-		}
-	},
-
+	Use:              "prism",
+	Short:            "Prism is a single entry point application with multiple sub modules which can be leveraged individually or together",
+	PersistentPreRun: preRun,
 	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
 	// has an action associated with it:
 	//	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { },
@@ -87,6 +59,51 @@ func Execute() {
 	}
 }
 
+func preRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	debugLogger := logrus.New()
+	debugLogger.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+	debugLogger.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+
+	if util.InSlice(verboseAll, verbose) {
+		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+		verbose = []string{verboseDHT, verboseNodeFinder}
+	}
+
+	for _, debugType := range verbose {
+		switch debugType {
+		case verboseDHT:
+			dht.UseLogger(debugLogger)
+		case verboseNodeFinder:
+			dht.NodeFinderUseLogger(debugLogger)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	if conf == "" {
+		logrus.Errorln("--conf flag required")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	} else if conf != "none" {
+		globalConfig, err = loadConfig(conf)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Error(err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if globalConfig.SlackHookURL != "" {
+		hook := &slackrus.SlackrusHook{
+			HookURL:        globalConfig.SlackHookURL,
+			AcceptedLevels: slackrus.LevelThreshold(logrus.InfoLevel),
+			Channel:        "#reflector-logs",
+			//IconEmoji:      ":ghost:",
+			//Username:       "reflector.go",
+		}
+		//logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
+		logrus.AddHook(hook)
+		debugLogger.AddHook(hook)
+	}
+}
+
 func checkErr(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/reflector/server.go b/reflector/server.go
index 0bc7aa6..3251ee3 100644
--- a/reflector/server.go
+++ b/reflector/server.go
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ func NewServer(store store.BlobStore) *Server {
 
 // Shutdown shuts down the reflector server gracefully.
 func (s *Server) Shutdown() {
-	log.Debug("shutting down reflector server...")
+	log.Println("shutting down reflector server...")
 	s.grp.StopAndWait()
-	log.Debug("reflector server stopped")
+	log.Println("reflector server stopped")
 }
 
 //Start starts the server to handle connections.
 func (s *Server) Start(address string) error {
-	log.Println("reflector listening on " + address)
 	l, err := net.Listen(network, address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Err(err)
 	}
+	log.Println("reflector listening on " + address)
 
 	s.grp.Add(1)
 	go func() {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleConn(conn net.Conn) {
 func (s *Server) doError(conn net.Conn, err error) error {
 	log.Errorln(errors.FullTrace(err))
 	if e2, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
-		log.Printf("syntax error at byte offset %d", e2.Offset)
+		log.Errorf("syntax error at byte offset %d", e2.Offset)
 	}
 	resp, err := json.Marshal(errorResponse{Error: err.Error()})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (s *Server) receiveBlob(conn net.Conn) error {
 		// this can also happen if the blob size is wrong, because the server will read the wrong number of bytes from the stream
 	}
 
-	log.Println("Got blob " + blobHash[:8])
+	log.Debugln("Got blob " + blobHash[:8])
 
 	if isSdBlob {
 		err = s.store.PutSD(blobHash, blob)