diff --git a/controllers/analyticsController.js b/controllers/analyticsController.js
index 1497b411..0aee6bc4 100644
--- a/controllers/analyticsController.js
+++ b/controllers/analyticsController.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const db = require('../models');
 
 module.exports = {
   getAnalyticsSummary: () => {
+    logger.debug('retrieving analytics');
     const deferred = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // get the raw analytics data
       db.Analytics
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ module.exports = {
           let totalCount = 0;
           let totalSuccess = 0;
           let totalFailure = 0;
-
           // sumarise the data
           for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
             let key = data[i].action + data[i].url;
diff --git a/controllers/publishController.js b/controllers/publishController.js
index e6474276..ccc8967f 100644
--- a/controllers/publishController.js
+++ b/controllers/publishController.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ module.exports = {
           });
         })
         .catch(error => {
-          logger.error(`Error publishing ${fileName}`, error);
           // delete the local file
           publishHelpers.deleteTemporaryFile(publishParams.file_path);
           // reject the promise
diff --git a/controllers/serveController.js b/controllers/serveController.js
index 4017bd33..4b0423eb 100644
--- a/controllers/serveController.js
+++ b/controllers/serveController.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ module.exports = {
       // 1. get the top free, public claims
       getAllFreePublicClaims(claimName)
         .then(freePublicClaimList => {
+          console.log('I got here!');
           const name = freePublicClaimList[0].name;
           const claimId = freePublicClaimList[0].claim_id;
           const uri = `${name}#${claimId}`;
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ module.exports = {
             });
         })
         .catch(error => {
+          console.log('I got here too!');
           reject(error);
         });
     });
diff --git a/helpers/libraries/analytics.js b/helpers/libraries/analytics.js
index 509d7362..1a42a2f5 100644
--- a/helpers/libraries/analytics.js
+++ b/helpers/libraries/analytics.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ const db = require('../../models');
 const logger = require('winston');
 
 function createAnalyticsRecord (action, url, ipAddress, result) {
+  logger.silly('creating record for analytics');
+  if (result && (typeof result !== 'string')) {
+    result = result.toString();
+  }
   db.Analytics.create({
     action,
     url,
diff --git a/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js b/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js
index 172ee912..09a18c81 100644
--- a/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js
+++ b/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   },
   handlePublishError (error) {
-    logger.error('Publish Error >>', error);
     if (error.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
+      logger.error('Publish Error:', 'Connection refused.  The daemon may not be running.');
       return 'Connection refused.  The daemon may not be running.';
     } else if (error.response.data.error) {
-      return error.response.data.error;
+      logger.error('Publish Error:', error.response.data.error);
+      return error.response.data.error.message;
     } else {
+      logger.error('Unhandled Publish Error:', error);
       return error;
     }
   },
diff --git a/models/analytics.js b/models/analytics.js
index fca25233..9bb80378 100644
--- a/models/analytics.js
+++ b/models/analytics.js
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ module.exports = (sequelize, { STRING }) => {
       ipAddress: {
         type     : STRING,
         allowNull: true,
+        default  : null,
       },
       result: {
         type     : STRING,
-        allowNull: false,
+        allowNull: true,
+        default  : null,
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/routes/serve-routes.js b/routes/serve-routes.js
index bfce7db1..4a57bff0 100644
--- a/routes/serve-routes.js
+++ b/routes/serve-routes.js
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
     serveController
       .getClaimByName(params.name)
       .then(fileInfo => {
+        console.log('hi there!');
         postRequestAnalytics(originalUrl, ip, 'success');
         serveFile(fileInfo, res);
       })
       .catch(error => {
+        console.log('hi there too!');
         postRequestAnalytics(originalUrl, ip, error);
         errorHandlers.handleRequestError(error, res);
       });
diff --git a/routes/sockets-routes.js b/routes/sockets-routes.js
index 063f5357..569a4f08 100644
--- a/routes/sockets-routes.js
+++ b/routes/sockets-routes.js
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath) => {
             socket.emit('publish-complete', { name: publishParams.name, result });
           })
           .catch(error => {
+            error = errorHandlers.handlePublishError(error);
             postPublishAnalytics('spee.ch/', null, error);
-            socket.emit('publish-failure', errorHandlers.handlePublishError(error));
+            socket.emit('publish-failure', error);
           });
       } else {
         logger.error(`An error occurred in uploading the client's file`);