diff --git a/passport/local-signup.js b/passport/local-signup.js
index d72a95f6..177f388c 100644
--- a/passport/local-signup.js
+++ b/passport/local-signup.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = new PassportLocalStrategy(
     passReqToCallback: true,  // we want to be able to read the post body message parameters in the callback
   },
   (req, username, password, done) => {
-    logger.debug(`new channel signup request. user: ${username} pass: ${password} .`);
+    logger.verbose(`new channel signup request. user: ${username} pass: ${password} .`);
     let userInfo = {};
     // server-side validaton of inputs (username, password)
 
@@ -23,37 +23,37 @@ module.exports = new PassportLocalStrategy(
           userName: username,
           password: password,
         };
-        logger.debug('userData >', userData);
+        logger.verbose('userData >', userData);
         // create user record
         const channelData = {
           channelName   : `@${username}`,
           channelClaimId: tx.claim_id,
         };
-        logger.debug('channelData >', channelData);
+        logger.verbose('channelData >', channelData);
         // create certificate record
         const certificateData = {
           claimId: tx.claim_id,
           name   : `@${username}`,
           // address,
         };
-        logger.debug('certificateData >', certificateData);
+        logger.verbose('certificateData >', certificateData);
         // save user and certificate to db
         return Promise.all([db.User.create(userData), db.Channel.create(channelData), db.Certificate.create(certificateData)]);
       })
       .then(([newUser, newChannel, newCertificate]) => {
-        logger.debug('user and certificate successfully created');
+        logger.verbose('user and certificate successfully created');
         logger.debug('user result >', newUser.dataValues);
         userInfo['id'] = newUser.id;
         userInfo['userName'] = newUser.userName;
-        logger.debug('channel result >', newChannel.dataValues);
+        logger.verbose('channel result >', newChannel.dataValues);
         userInfo['channelName'] = newChannel.channelName;
         userInfo['channelClaimId'] = newChannel.channelClaimId;
-        logger.debug('certificate result >', newCertificate.dataValues);
+        logger.verbose('certificate result >', newCertificate.dataValues);
         // associate the instances
         return Promise.all([newCertificate.setChannel(newChannel), newChannel.setUser(newUser)]);
       })
       .then(() => {
-        logger.debug('user and certificate successfully associated');
+        logger.verbose('user and certificate successfully associated');
         return db.getShortChannelIdFromLongChannelId(userInfo.channelClaimId, userInfo.channelName);
       })
       .then(shortChannelId => {
diff --git a/public/assets/css/general.css b/public/assets/css/general.css
index 2d0d4c09..fae61178 100644
--- a/public/assets/css/general.css
+++ b/public/assets/css/general.css
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ table {
 }
 
 .nav-bar-logo, .nav-bar-title, .nav-bar-link, .nav-bar-subtitle {
-	padding: 2rem 0.5rem 1.5rem 0.5rem;
+	padding: 2rem 1rem 1.5rem 1rem;
 	display: inline-block;
 	color: black;
 }
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ table {
 .dropzone:hover, .dropzone--drag-over {
 	border: 2px dashed dodgerblue;
 	cursor: pointer;
+	background-color: #FCFCFC;
 }
 
 #primary-dropzone-wrapper, #publish-form-wrapper {
diff --git a/routes/auth-routes.js b/routes/auth-routes.js
index 8350c0e0..c1650009 100644
--- a/routes/auth-routes.js
+++ b/routes/auth-routes.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const passport = require('passport');
 module.exports = (app) => {
   // route for sign up
   app.post('/signup', passport.authenticate('local-signup'), (req, res) => {
-    logger.debug('successful signup');
+    logger.verbose(`successful signup for ${req.user.channelName}`);
     res.status(200).json({
       success       : true,
       channelName   : req.user.channelName,