diff --git a/src/.env b/src/.env
index 94e0c32..6fd4480 100644
--- a/src/.env
+++ b/src/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Uncomment any of the variables below to customize your enviornment
 
-#SERVER_ADDR=
-#REDIS_ADDR=
 #POSTGRES_ADDR=
-CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS="GET OPTIONS"
+#REDIS_ADDR=
+#SERVER_ADDR=
+#SSE_UPDATE_INTERVAL=
+#WS_UPDATE_INTERVAL=
+#REDIS_POLL_INTERVAL=
+
+#Possible values for the log level are eror, warn, info, debug, trace
+RUST_LOG=warn
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c7a1aa8..70511ad 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -18,15 +18,21 @@ const DEFAULT_WS_UPDATE_INTERVAL: u64 = 100;
 const DEFAULT_REDIS_POLL_INTERVAL: u64 = 100;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    static ref POSTGRES_ADDR: String = env::var("POSTGRESS_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-        let mut postgres_addr = DEFAULT_POSTGRES_ADDR.to_string();
-        postgres_addr.insert_str(11,
-             &env::var("USER").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-                 warn!("No USER env variable set.  Connecting to Postgress with default `postgres` user");
-                 "postgres".to_string()
-             }).as_str()
-        );
-        postgres_addr
+    static ref POSTGRES_ADDR: String = env::var("POSTGRES_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        warn!("No POSTGRES_ADDR env variable set; using default postgres address.");
+        match &env::var("USER") {
+            Err(_) => {
+                let addr = DEFAULT_POSTGRES_ADDR.replace("@", format!("{}@", "postgres").as_str());
+                warn!("No USER env variable set; using default `postgres` user.\n Using postgres address:  {}\n", addr);
+                addr
+            },
+            Ok(user) => {
+                let addr = DEFAULT_POSTGRES_ADDR.replace("@", format!("{}@", user).as_str());
+                warn!("Connecting to postgres with current user.\n Using postgres address:  {}\n", addr);
+                addr
+            }
+        }
+
     });
 
     static ref REDIS_ADDR: String = env::var("REDIS_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_REDIS_ADDR.to_owned());
@@ -64,8 +70,9 @@ pub fn cross_origin_resource_sharing() -> warp::filters::cors::Cors {
 
 /// Initialize logging and read values from `src/.env`
 pub fn logging_and_env() {
-    pretty_env_logger::init();
     dotenv().ok();
+    pretty_env_logger::init();
+    POSTGRES_ADDR.to_string();
 }
 
 /// Configure Postgres and return a connection
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c989738..adb55e5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use log::{log_enabled, Level};
 use ragequit::{
     any_of, config,
     parse_client_request::{sse, user, ws},
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ fn main() {
     let client_agent_sse = ClientAgent::blank();
     let client_agent_ws = client_agent_sse.clone_with_shared_receiver();
 
+    if log_enabled!(Level::Warn) {
+        println!("Streaming server initialized and ready to accept connections");
+    };
+
     // Server Sent Events
     //
     // For SSE, the API requires users to use different endpoints, so we first filter based on
diff --git a/src/parse_client_request/user/postgres.rs b/src/parse_client_request/user/postgres.rs
index 50af32b..db56096 100644
--- a/src/parse_client_request/user/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/parse_client_request/user/postgres.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::config;
 
 pub fn query_for_user_data(access_token: &str) -> (i64, Option<Vec<String>>, Vec<String>) {
     let conn = config::postgres();
+
     let query_result = conn
             .query(
                 "
diff --git a/src/redis_to_client_stream/client_agent.rs b/src/redis_to_client_stream/client_agent.rs
index 1f5a972..dcc9cbe 100644
--- a/src/redis_to_client_stream/client_agent.rs
+++ b/src/redis_to_client_stream/client_agent.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Provides an interface between the `Warp` filters and the underlying
-//! mechanics of talking with Redis/managing multiple threads.  
+//! mechanics of talking with Redis/managing multiple threads.
 //!
 //! The `ClientAgent`'s interface is very simple.  All you can do with it is:
 //!  * Create a totally new `ClientAgent` with no shared data;