diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 47b2529..70511ad 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -19,19 +19,20 @@ const DEFAULT_REDIS_POLL_INTERVAL: u64 = 100;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref POSTGRES_ADDR: String = env::var("POSTGRES_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-        let mut postgres_addr = DEFAULT_POSTGRES_ADDR.to_string();
-        postgres_addr.insert_str(11,
-            match &env::var("USER") {
-                Err(_) => {
-                    warn!("No USER env variable set.  Connecting to Postgress with default `postgres` user");
-                    "postgres"
-                },
-                Ok(user) => {
-                    warn!("No POSTGRES_ADDR env variable set.  Connecting to Postgress with the current user: {}", &user);
-                    user
-                }
-            });
-        postgres_addr
+        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());
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ pub fn cross_origin_resource_sharing() -> warp::filters::cors::Cors {
 pub fn logging_and_env() {
     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