diff --git a/manager.go b/manager.go
index 7f3198c..b09f26e 100644
--- a/manager.go
+++ b/manager.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 	"time"
 
+	"syscall"
+
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/errors"
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/null"
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/util"
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ func (s SyncManager) Start() error {
 					"NotEnoughFunds",
 					"no space left on device",
 				}
-				if util.InSliceContains(err.Error(), fatalErrors) {
+				if util.ContainedInSlice(err.Error(), fatalErrors) {
 					return errors.Prefix("@Nikooo777 this requires manual intervention! Exiting...", err)
 				}
 				util.SendInfoToSlack("A non fatal error was reported by the sync process. %s\nContinuing...", err.Error())
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ func (s SyncManager) checkUsedSpace() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	usedPctile, err := util.GetUsedSpace(usr.HomeDir + "/.lbrynet/blobfiles/")
+	usedPctile, err := GetUsedSpace(usr.HomeDir + "/.lbrynet/blobfiles/")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -253,3 +255,18 @@ func (s SyncManager) checkUsedSpace() error {
 	util.SendInfoToSlack("disk usage: %.1f%%", usedPctile*100)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// GetUsedSpace returns a value between 0 and 1, with 0 being completely empty and 1 being full, for the disk that holds the provided path
+func GetUsedSpace(path string) (float32, error) {
+	var stat syscall.Statfs_t
+	err := syscall.Statfs(path, &stat)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	// Available blocks * size per block = available space in bytes
+	all := stat.Blocks * uint64(stat.Bsize)
+	free := stat.Bfree * uint64(stat.Bsize)
+	used := all - free
+
+	return float32(used) / float32(all), nil
+}
diff --git a/sources/youtubeVideo.go b/sources/youtubeVideo.go
index 66788c6..9cac0e1 100644
--- a/sources/youtubeVideo.go
+++ b/sources/youtubeVideo.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (v YoutubeVideo) delete() error {
 	videoPath := v.getFilename()
 	err := os.Remove(videoPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Debugln(errors.Prefix("delete error", err))
+		log.Errorln(errors.Prefix("delete error", err))
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Debugln(v.id + " deleted from disk (" + videoPath + ")")
diff --git a/ytsync.go b/ytsync.go
index c8d6fee..dde07f2 100644
--- a/ytsync.go
+++ b/ytsync.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (s *Sync) FullCycle() (e error) {
 			noFailConditions := []string{
 				"this youtube channel is being managed by another server",
 			}
-			if util.InSliceContains(e.Error(), noFailConditions) {
+			if util.ContainedInSlice(e.Error(), noFailConditions) {
 				return
 			}
 			err := s.Manager.setChannelSyncStatus(s.YoutubeChannelID, StatusFailed)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (s *Sync) doSync() error {
 
 	err = s.walletSetup()
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Err("Initial wallet setup failed! Manual Intervention is required. Reason: %v", err)
+		return errors.Prefix("Initial wallet setup failed! Manual Intervention is required.", err)
 	}
 
 	if s.StopOnError {
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (s *Sync) startWorker(workerNum int) {
 					"NotEnoughFunds",
 					"Cannot publish using channel",
 				}
-				if util.InSliceContains(err.Error(), fatalErrors) || s.StopOnError {
+				if util.ContainedInSlice(err.Error(), fatalErrors) || s.StopOnError {
 					s.grp.Stop()
 				} else if s.MaxTries > 1 {
 					errorsNoRetry := []string{
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (s *Sync) startWorker(workerNum int) {
 						"Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)",
 						"video is bigger than 2GB, skipping for now",
 					}
-					if util.InSliceContains(err.Error(), errorsNoRetry) {
+					if util.ContainedInSlice(err.Error(), errorsNoRetry) {
 						log.Println("This error should not be retried at all")
 					} else if tryCount < s.MaxTries {
 						if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "txn-mempool-conflict") ||
@@ -369,9 +369,6 @@ func (s *Sync) enqueueYoutubeVideos() error {
 		}
 
 		for _, item := range playlistResponse.Items {
-			// todo: there's thumbnail info here. why did we need lambda???
-			// because when videos are taken down from youtube, the thumb is gone too
-
 			// normally we'd send the video into the channel here, but youtube api doesn't have sorting
 			// so we have to get ALL the videos, then sort them, then send them in
 			videos = append(videos, sources.NewYoutubeVideo(s.videoDirectory, item.Snippet))
diff --git a/ytsync_test.go b/ytsync_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b1346f0..0000000
--- a/ytsync_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package ytsync
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestWaitForDaemonProcess(t *testing.T) {
-	/*
-		err := startDaemonViaSystemd()
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fail()
-		}
-		log.Infoln("Waiting 5 seconds for the daemon to start...")
-		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
-		err = stopDaemonViaSystemd()
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fail()
-		}
-	*/
-	//start lbrynet before running this test
-	// stop lbrynet while running this test
-	err := waitForDaemonProcess(100)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fail()
-	}
-}