diff --git a/update-password.js b/update-password.js
index 5b94e93c..fbafe10b 100644
--- a/update-password.js
+++ b/update-password.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 // load dependencies
 const logger = require('winston');
 const db = require('./models'); // require our models for syncing
+// configure logging
+const config = require('./config/speechConfig.js');
+const logLevel = config.logging.logLevel;
+require('./config/loggerConfig.js')(logger, logLevel);
 
 const userName = process.argv[2];
 logger.debug('user name:', userName);
@@ -22,20 +26,22 @@ db.sequelize.sync() // sync sequelize
     if (!user) {
       throw new Error('no user found');
     }
-    return user.comparePassword(oldPassword, (passwordErr, isMatch) => {
-      if (passwordErr) {
-        throw passwordErr;
-      }
-      if (!isMatch) {
-        throw new Error('Incorrect old password.');
-      }
-      logger.debug('Password was a match, updating password');
-      return user.changePassword(newPassword);
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      user.comparePassword(oldPassword, (passwordErr, isMatch) => {
+        if (passwordErr) {
+          return reject(passwordErr);
+        }
+        if (!isMatch) {
+          return reject('Incorrect old password.');
+        }
+        logger.debug('Password was a match, updating password');
+        return resolve(user.changePassword(newPassword));
+      });
     });
   })
   .then(() => {
     logger.debug('Password successfully updated');
   })
   .catch((error) => {
-    logger.error('error:', error);
+    logger.error(error);
   });