diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f7a45822..0d137178 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -4,5 +4,13 @@
   "debug.node.autoAttach": "on",
   "editor.formatOnSave": true,
   "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
-  "cSpell.words": ["Epub", "GUNRPC", "ISEA", "PUBKEY", "Reqs", "uuidv"]
+  "cSpell.words": [
+    "Epub",
+    "falsey",
+    "GUNRPC",
+    "ISEA",
+    "PUBKEY",
+    "Reqs",
+    "uuidv"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/services/gunDB/rpc/index.js b/services/gunDB/rpc/index.js
index f4ea4e0f..76f58163 100644
--- a/services/gunDB/rpc/index.js
+++ b/services/gunDB/rpc/index.js
@@ -53,15 +53,13 @@ const deepDecryptIfNeeded = async (value, publicKey, epubForDecryption) => {
     if (user.is.pub === publicKey || 'me' === publicKey) {
       sec = getMySecret()
     } else {
-      sec = await SEA.secret(
-        await (() => {
-          if (epubForDecryption) {
-            return epubForDecryption
-          }
-          return pubToEpub(publicKey)
-        })(),
-        user._.sea
-      )
+      let epub = epubForDecryption
+
+      if (!epub) {
+        epub = await pubToEpub(publicKey)
+      }
+
+      sec = await SEA.secret(epub, user._.sea)
     }
 
     const decrypted = SEA.decrypt(value, sec)
diff --git a/src/routes.js b/src/routes.js
index b719478d..0d11de70 100644
--- a/src/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes.js
@@ -2380,7 +2380,7 @@ module.exports = async (
         return new Promise((res, rej) => {
           const listener = data => {
             logger.info(`got res for: ${keys}`)
-            logger.info(data)
+            logger.info(data || 'falsey data (does not get logged)')
             if (publicKeyForDecryption) {
               GunWriteRPC.deepDecryptIfNeeded(
                 data,
diff --git a/src/sockets.js b/src/sockets.js
index 159c8358..2e908de4 100644
--- a/src/sockets.js
+++ b/src/sockets.js
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ module.exports = (
      */
 
     try {
+      logger.info(
+        'Connect event for socket with handshake: ',
+        socket.handshake.auth
+      )
       if (!isAuthenticated()) {
         socket.emit(Common.Constants.ErrorCode.NOT_AUTH)
         return