diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab360761..dbe0467d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ temp/
 .env
 build/
 db.sqlite
-.key/
\ No newline at end of file
+.key/
+logs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/auth.ts b/src/auth.ts
index a0fa62f1..9e774225 100644
--- a/src/auth.ts
+++ b/src/auth.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { ServerOptions } from "../proto/autogenerated/ts/express_server";
 import { AdminContext } from "../proto/autogenerated/ts/types";
 import Main from './services/main'
+import { getLogger } from './services/helpers/logger.js'
 const serverOptions = (mainHandler: Main): ServerOptions => {
+    const log = getLogger({})
     return {
+        logger: { log, error: err => log("ERROR", err) },
         AdminAuthGuard: adminAuth,
-        AppAuthGuard: async (authHeader) => { return { app_id: mainHandler.applicationManager.DecodeAppToken(authHeader) } },
-        UserAuthGuard: async (authHeader) => { return { user_id: mainHandler.userManager.DecodeUserToken(authHeader) } },
+        AppAuthGuard: async (authHeader) => { return { app_id: mainHandler.applicationManager.DecodeAppToken(stripBearer(authHeader)) } },
+        UserAuthGuard: async (authHeader) => { return { user_id: mainHandler.userManager.DecodeUserToken(stripBearer(authHeader)) } },
         GuestAuthGuard: async (_) => ({}),
         encryptCallback: async (_, b) => b,
         decryptCallback: async (_, b) => b,
@@ -13,6 +16,16 @@ const serverOptions = (mainHandler: Main): ServerOptions => {
     }
 }
 
+const stripBearer = (header?: string) => {
+    if (!header) {
+        return ""
+    }
+    if (header.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
+        return header.substring("Bearer ".length)
+    }
+    return header
+}
+
 const adminAuth = async (header: string | undefined): Promise<AdminContext> => {
     const AdminToken = process.env.ADMIN_TOKEN
     if (!AdminToken) {
diff --git a/src/services/helpers/logger.ts b/src/services/helpers/logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..754489a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/helpers/logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+type LoggerParams = { appName?: string, userId?: string }
+export type PubLogger = (...message: (string | number | object)[]) => void
+type Writer = (message: string) => void
+try {
+    fs.mkdirSync("logs")
+} catch { }
+const z = (n: number) => n < 10 ? `0${n}` : `${n}`
+const openWriter = (fileName: string): Writer => {
+    const logStream = fs.createWriteStream(`logs/${fileName}`, { flags: 'a' });
+    return (message) => {
+        logStream.write(message + "\n")
+    }
+}
+const rootWriter = openWriter("ROOT.log")
+export const getLogger = (params: LoggerParams): PubLogger => {
+    const writers: Writer[] = []
+    if (params.appName) {
+        writers.push(openWriter(`apps/${params.appName}.log`))
+    }
+    if (params.userId) {
+        writers.push(openWriter(`users/${params.userId}.log`))
+    }
+    if (writers.length === 0) {
+        writers.push(rootWriter)
+    }
+
+    return (...message) => {
+        const now = new Date()
+        const timestamp = `${now.getFullYear()}-${z(now.getMonth())}-${z(now.getDate())} ${z(now.getHours())}:${z(now.getMinutes())}:${z(now.getSeconds())}`
+        const toLog = [timestamp]
+        if (params.appName) {
+            toLog.push(params.appName)
+        }
+        if (params.userId) {
+            toLog.push(params.userId)
+        }
+        const parsed = message.map(m => typeof m === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(m) : m)
+        const final = `${toLog.join(" ")} >> ${parsed.join(" ")}`
+        console.log(final)
+        writers.forEach(w => w(final))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/services/lnd/index.ts b/src/services/lnd/index.ts
index ca9a8cbb..78831c36 100644
--- a/src/services/lnd/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/lnd/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { EnvMustBeNonEmptyString, EnvMustBeInteger, EnvCanBeBoolean } from '../h
 import { AddressPaidCb, DecodedInvoice, Invoice, InvoicePaidCb, LndSettings, NodeInfo, PaidInvoice } from './settings.js'
 import LND from './lnd.js'
 import MockLnd from './mock.js'
+import { getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js'
 export const LoadLndSettingsFromEnv = (test = false): LndSettings => {
     const lndAddr = EnvMustBeNonEmptyString("LND_ADDRESS")
     const lndCertPath = EnvMustBeNonEmptyString("LND_CERT_PATH")
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@ export interface LightningHandler {
 
 export default (settings: LndSettings, addressPaidCb: AddressPaidCb, invoicePaidCb: InvoicePaidCb): LightningHandler => {
     if (settings.mockLnd) {
-        console.log("registering mock lnd handler")
+        getLogger({})("registering mock lnd handler")
         return new MockLnd(settings, addressPaidCb, invoicePaidCb)
     } else {
-        console.log("registering prod lnd handler")
+        getLogger({})("registering prod lnd handler")
         return new LND(settings, addressPaidCb, invoicePaidCb)
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts b/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts
index 7087e3ab..0441126f 100644
--- a/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts
+++ b/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import { AddInvoiceReq } from './addInvoiceReq.js';
 import { PayInvoiceReq } from './payInvoiceReq.js';
 import { SendCoinsReq } from './sendCoinsReq.js';
 import { LndSettings, AddressPaidCb, InvoicePaidCb, NodeInfo, Invoice, DecodedInvoice, PaidInvoice } from './settings.js';
+import { getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js';
 const DeadLineMetadata = (deadline = 10 * 1000) => ({ deadline: Date.now() + deadline })
-
+const deadLndRetrySeconds = 5
 export default class {
     lightning: LightningClient
     invoices: InvoicesClient
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export default class {
     abortController = new AbortController()
     addressPaidCb: AddressPaidCb
     invoicePaidCb: InvoicePaidCb
+    log = getLogger({})
     constructor(settings: LndSettings, addressPaidCb: AddressPaidCb, invoicePaidCb: InvoicePaidCb) {
         this.settings = settings
         this.addressPaidCb = addressPaidCb
@@ -49,8 +51,6 @@ export default class {
         this.lightning = new LightningClient(transport)
         this.invoices = new InvoicesClient(transport)
         this.router = new RouterClient(transport)
-        this.SubscribeAddressPaid()
-        this.SubscribeInvoicePaid()
     }
     SetMockInvoiceAsPaid(invoice: string, amount: number): Promise<void> {
         throw new Error("SetMockInvoiceAsPaid only available in mock mode")
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ export default class {
     Stop() {
         this.abortController.abort()
     }
-    async Warmup() { this.ready = true }
+    async Warmup() {
+        this.SubscribeAddressPaid()
+        this.SubscribeInvoicePaid()
+        this.ready = true
+    }
 
     async GetInfo(): Promise<NodeInfo> {
         const res = await this.lightning.getInfo({}, DeadLineMetadata())
@@ -71,12 +75,27 @@ export default class {
         }
         const info = await this.GetInfo()
         if (!info.syncedToChain || !info.syncedToGraph) {
-            throw new Error("not ready")
+            throw new Error("not synced")
         }
     }
-    checkReady(): void {
-        if (!this.ready) throw new Error("lnd not ready, warmup required before usage")
+
+    RestartStreams() {
+        if (!this.ready) {
+            return
+        }
+        this.log("LND is dead, will try to reconnect in", deadLndRetrySeconds, "seconds")
+        const interval = setInterval(async () => {
+            try {
+                await this.Health()
+                this.log("LND is back online")
+                clearInterval(interval)
+                this.Warmup()
+            } catch (err) {
+                this.log("LND still dead, will try again in", deadLndRetrySeconds, "seconds")
+            }
+        }, deadLndRetrySeconds * 1000)
     }
+
     SubscribeAddressPaid(): void {
         const stream = this.lightning.subscribeTransactions({
             account: "",
@@ -84,19 +103,24 @@ export default class {
             startHeight: this.latestKnownBlockHeigh,
         }, { abort: this.abortController.signal })
         stream.responses.onMessage(tx => {
+
             if (tx.blockHeight > this.latestKnownBlockHeigh) {
                 this.latestKnownBlockHeigh = tx.blockHeight
             }
             if (tx.numConfirmations > 0) {
                 tx.outputDetails.forEach(output => {
                     if (output.isOurAddress) {
+                        this.log("received chan TX", Number(output.amount), "sats")
                         this.addressPaidCb({ hash: tx.txHash, index: Number(output.outputIndex) }, output.address, Number(output.amount))
                     }
                 })
             }
         })
         stream.responses.onError(error => {
-            // TODO...
+            this.log("Error with onchain tx stream")
+        })
+        stream.responses.onComplete(() => {
+            this.log("onchain tx stream closed")
         })
     }
 
@@ -107,16 +131,22 @@ export default class {
         }, { abort: this.abortController.signal })
         stream.responses.onMessage(invoice => {
             if (invoice.state === Invoice_InvoiceState.SETTLED) {
+                this.log("An invoice was paid for", Number(invoice.amtPaidSat), "sats")
                 this.latestKnownSettleIndex = Number(invoice.settleIndex)
                 this.invoicePaidCb(invoice.paymentRequest, Number(invoice.amtPaidSat))
             }
         })
         stream.responses.onError(error => {
-            // TODO...
+            this.log("Error with invoice stream")
+        })
+        stream.responses.onComplete(() => {
+            this.log("invoice stream closed")
+            this.RestartStreams()
         })
     }
+
     async NewAddress(addressType: Types.AddressType): Promise<NewAddressResponse> {
-        this.checkReady()
+        await this.Health()
         let lndAddressType: AddressType
         switch (addressType) {
             case Types.AddressType.NESTED_PUBKEY_HASH:
@@ -136,7 +166,7 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async NewInvoice(value: number, memo: string, expiry: number): Promise<Invoice> {
-        this.checkReady()
+        await this.Health()
         const encoder = new TextEncoder()
         const ecoded = encoder.encode(memo)
         const hashed = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(ecoded).digest();
@@ -158,7 +188,7 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async PayInvoice(invoice: string, amount: number, feeLimit: number): Promise<PaidInvoice> {
-        this.checkReady()
+        await this.Health()
         const abortController = new AbortController()
         const req = PayInvoiceReq(invoice, amount, feeLimit)
         const stream = this.router.sendPaymentV2(req, { abort: abortController.signal })
@@ -167,12 +197,13 @@ export default class {
                 rej(error)
             })
             stream.responses.onMessage(payment => {
-                console.log(payment)
                 switch (payment.status) {
                     case Payment_PaymentStatus.FAILED:
+                        this.log("invoice payment failed", payment.failureReason)
                         rej(PaymentFailureReason[payment.failureReason])
                         return
                     case Payment_PaymentStatus.SUCCEEDED:
+                        this.log("invoice payment succeded", Number(payment.valueSat))
                         res({ feeSat: Number(payment.feeSat), valueSat: Number(payment.valueSat), paymentPreimage: payment.paymentPreimage })
                 }
             })
@@ -180,7 +211,7 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async EstimateChainFees(address: string, amount: number, targetConf: number): Promise<EstimateFeeResponse> {
-        this.checkReady()
+        await this.Health()
         const res = await this.lightning.estimateFee({
             addrToAmount: { [address]: BigInt(amount) },
             minConfs: 1,
@@ -191,14 +222,15 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async PayAddress(address: string, amount: number, satPerVByte: number, label = ""): Promise<SendCoinsResponse> {
-        this.checkReady()
+        await this.Health()
         const res = await this.lightning.sendCoins(SendCoinsReq(address, amount, satPerVByte, label), DeadLineMetadata())
+        this.log("sent chain TX for", amount, "sats")
         return res.response
     }
 
 
     async OpenChannel(destination: string, closeAddress: string, fundingAmount: number, pushSats: number): Promise<string> {
-        this.checkReady()
+        await this.Health()
         const abortController = new AbortController()
         const req = OpenChannelReq(destination, closeAddress, fundingAmount, pushSats)
         const stream = this.lightning.openChannel(req, { abort: abortController.signal })
diff --git a/src/services/lnd/mock.ts b/src/services/lnd/mock.ts
index 0641cf9d..6f19ef7f 100644
--- a/src/services/lnd/mock.ts
+++ b/src/services/lnd/mock.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { AddInvoiceReq } from './addInvoiceReq.js';
 import { PayInvoiceReq } from './payInvoiceReq.js';
 import { SendCoinsReq } from './sendCoinsReq.js';
 import { LndSettings, AddressPaidCb, InvoicePaidCb, NodeInfo, Invoice, DecodedInvoice, PaidInvoice } from './settings.js';
+import { getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js';
 
 export default class {
     invoicesAwaiting: Record<string /* invoice */, { value: number, memo: string, expiryUnix: number }> = {}
@@ -86,10 +87,11 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async PayInvoice(invoice: string, amount: number, feeLimit: number): Promise<PaidInvoice> {
-        console.log('payng', invoice)
+        const log = getLogger({})
+        log('payng', invoice)
         await new Promise(res => setTimeout(res, 200))
         const amt = this.decodeOutboundInvoice(invoice)
-        console.log('paid', invoice)
+        log('paid', invoice)
         return { feeSat: 1, paymentPreimage: "all_good", valueSat: amt || amount }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/main/applicationManager.ts b/src/services/main/applicationManager.ts
index aa3922b0..8af7fe4b 100644
--- a/src/services/main/applicationManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/main/applicationManager.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { MainSettings } from './settings.js'
 import PaymentManager from './paymentManager.js'
 import { InboundOptionals, defaultInvoiceExpiry } from '../storage/paymentStorage.js'
 import { ApplicationUser } from '../storage/entity/ApplicationUser.js'
+import { getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js'
 export default class {
     storage: Storage
     settings: MainSettings
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async SetMockAppUserBalance(appId: string, req: Types.SetMockAppUserBalanceRequest) {
-        const user = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(appId, req.user_identifier, 0)
+        const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
+        const { user } = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(app, req.user_identifier, 0)
         await this.paymentManager.SetMockUserBalance(user.user.user_id, req.amount)
     }
 
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ export default class {
 
     async AddApp(req: Types.AuthAppRequest): Promise<Types.AuthApp> {
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.AddApplication(req.name)
+        getLogger({ appName: app.name })("app created")
+
         return {
             app: {
                 id: app.app_id,
@@ -79,11 +83,16 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async AddAppUser(appId: string, req: Types.AddAppUserRequest): Promise<Types.AppUser> {
+        const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
+        const log = getLogger({ appName: app.name })
         let u: ApplicationUser
         if (req.fail_if_exists) {
-            u = await this.storage.applicationStorage.AddApplicationUser(appId, req.identifier, req.balance)
+            u = await this.storage.applicationStorage.AddApplicationUser(app, req.identifier, req.balance)
+            log(u.identifier, u.user.user_id, "user created")
         } else {
-            u = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(appId, req.identifier, req.balance)
+            const { user, created } = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(app, req.identifier, req.balance)
+            u = user
+            if (created) log(u.identifier, u.user.user_id, "user created")
         }
         return {
             identifier: u.identifier,
@@ -97,26 +106,29 @@ export default class {
 
     async AddAppInvoice(appId: string, req: Types.AddAppInvoiceRequest): Promise<Types.NewInvoiceResponse> {
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
-        const payer = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(appId, req.payer_identifier, 0)
+        const { user: payer } = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(app, req.payer_identifier, 0)
         const opts: InboundOptionals = { callbackUrl: req.http_callback_url, expiry: defaultInvoiceExpiry, expectedPayer: payer.user, linkedApplication: app }
-        return this.paymentManager.NewInvoice(app.owner.user_id, req.invoice_req, opts)
+        const invoice = await this.paymentManager.NewInvoice(app.owner.user_id, req.invoice_req, opts)
+        getLogger({ appName: app.name })("app invoice created to be paid by", payer.identifier)
+        return invoice
     }
 
     async AddAppUserInvoice(appId: string, req: Types.AddAppUserInvoiceRequest): Promise<Types.NewInvoiceResponse> {
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
-        const receiver = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(appId, req.receiver_identifier)
-        const payer = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(appId, req.payer_identifier, 0)
+        const receiver = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(app, req.receiver_identifier)
+        const { user: payer } = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(app, req.payer_identifier, 0)
         const opts: InboundOptionals = { callbackUrl: req.http_callback_url, expiry: defaultInvoiceExpiry, expectedPayer: payer.user, linkedApplication: app }
         const appUserInvoice = await this.paymentManager.NewInvoice(receiver.user.user_id, req.invoice_req, opts)
+        getLogger({ appName: app.name })(receiver.identifier, "invoice created to be paid by", payer.identifier)
         return {
             invoice: appUserInvoice.invoice
         }
     }
 
     async GetAppUser(appId: string, req: Types.GetAppUserRequest): Promise<Types.AppUser> {
-        const user = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(appId, req.user_identifier)
+        const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
+        const user = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(app, req.user_identifier)
         const max = this.paymentManager.GetMaxPayableInvoice(user.user.balance_sats, true)
-        console.log(max, user.user.balance_sats)
         return {
             max_withdrawable: max, identifier: req.user_identifier, info: {
                 userId: user.user.user_id, balance: user.user.balance_sats
@@ -126,25 +138,29 @@ export default class {
 
     async PayAppUserInvoice(appId: string, req: Types.PayAppUserInvoiceRequest): Promise<Types.PayAppUserInvoiceResponse> {
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
-        const appUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(appId, req.user_identifier)
-        return this.paymentManager.PayInvoice(appUser.user.user_id, req, app)
+        const appUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(app, req.user_identifier)
+        const paid = await this.paymentManager.PayInvoice(appUser.user.user_id, req, app)
+        getLogger({ appName: app.name })(appUser.identifier, "invoice paid", paid.amount_paid, "sats")
+        return paid
     }
 
     async SendAppUserToAppUserPayment(appId: string, req: Types.SendAppUserToAppUserPaymentRequest): Promise<void> {
-        const fromUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(appId, req.from_user_identifier)
-        const toUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(appId, req.to_user_identifier, 0)
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
+        const fromUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(app, req.from_user_identifier)
+        const { user: toUser } = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetOrCreateApplicationUser(app, req.to_user_identifier, 0)
         await this.paymentManager.SendUserToUserPayment(fromUser.user.user_id, toUser.user.user_id, req.amount, app)
+        getLogger({ appName: app.name })(toUser.identifier, "received internal payment by", fromUser.identifier, "of", req.amount, "sats")
     }
 
     async SendAppUserToAppPayment(appId: string, req: Types.SendAppUserToAppPaymentRequest): Promise<void> {
-        const fromUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(appId, req.from_user_identifier)
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
+        const fromUser = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(app, req.from_user_identifier)
         await this.paymentManager.SendUserToUserPayment(fromUser.user.user_id, app.owner.user_id, req.amount, app)
+        getLogger({ appName: app.name })("app received internal payment by", fromUser.identifier, "of", req.amount, "sats")
     }
     async GetAppUserLNURLInfo(appId: string, req: Types.GetAppUserLNURLInfoRequest): Promise<Types.LnurlPayInfoResponse> {
-        const user = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(appId, req.user_identifier)
         const app = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplication(appId)
+        const user = await this.storage.applicationStorage.GetApplicationUser(app, req.user_identifier)
         return this.paymentManager.GetLnurlPayInfoFromUser(user.user.user_id, app, req.base_url_override)
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/main/index.ts b/src/services/main/index.ts
index 10958c7e..136df8ff 100644
--- a/src/services/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/main/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import PaymentManager from './paymentManager.js'
 import { MainSettings } from './settings.js'
 import NewLightningHandler, { LoadLndSettingsFromEnv, LightningHandler } from "../lnd/index.js"
 import { AddressPaidCb, InvoicePaidCb } from "../lnd/settings.js"
+import { getLogger, PubLogger } from "../helpers/logger.js"
 export const LoadMainSettingsFromEnv = (test = false): MainSettings => {
     return {
         lndSettings: LoadLndSettingsFromEnv(test),
@@ -75,8 +76,9 @@ export default class {
         this.storage.StartTransaction(async tx => {
             const userInvoice = await this.storage.paymentStorage.GetInvoiceOwner(paymentRequest, tx)
             if (!userInvoice || userInvoice.paid_at_unix > 0) { return }
+            const log = getLogger({})
             if (!userInvoice.linkedApplication) {
-                console.error("an invoice was paid, that has no linked application")
+                log("ERROR", "an invoice was paid, that has no linked application")
                 return
             }
             const isAppUserPayment = userInvoice.user.user_id !== userInvoice.linkedApplication.owner.user_id
@@ -92,22 +94,23 @@ export default class {
                 if (isAppUserPayment && fee > 0) {
                     await this.storage.userStorage.IncrementUserBalance(userInvoice.linkedApplication.owner.user_id, fee, tx)
                 }
-                await this.triggerPaidCallback(userInvoice.callbackUrl)
-            } catch {
-                //TODO
+
+                await this.triggerPaidCallback(log, userInvoice.callbackUrl)
+                log("paid invoice processed successfully")
+            } catch (err: any) {
+                log("ERROR", "cannot process paid invoice", err.message || "")
             }
         })
     }
 
-    async triggerPaidCallback(url: string) {
-        console.log(url)
+    async triggerPaidCallback(log: PubLogger, url: string) {
         if (!url) {
             return
         }
         try {
             await fetch(url + "&ok=true")
         } catch (err: any) {
-            console.log("error sending cb", err)
+            log("error sending paid callback for invoice", err.message || "")
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/main/paymentManager.ts b/src/services/main/paymentManager.ts
index 1b82feb5..ca94eff7 100644
--- a/src/services/main/paymentManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/main/paymentManager.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { MainSettings } from './settings.js'
 import { InboundOptionals, defaultInvoiceExpiry } from '../storage/paymentStorage.js'
 import { LightningHandler } from '../lnd/index.js'
 import { Application } from '../storage/entity/Application.js'
+import { getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js'
 interface UserOperationInfo {
     serial_id: number
     paid_amount: number
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export default class {
         if (!this.settings.lndSettings.mockLnd) {
             throw new Error("mock disabled, cannot set invoice as paid")
         }
-        console.log("setting mock balance...")
+        getLogger({})("setting mock balance...")
         await this.storage.userStorage.UpdateUser(userId, { balance_sats: balance })
     }
 
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ export default class {
     }
 
     async lockUserWithMinBalance(userId: string, minBalance: number) {
-        console.log("locking", userId)
         return this.storage.StartTransaction(async tx => {
             const user = await this.storage.userStorage.GetUser(userId, tx)
             if (user.locked) {
diff --git a/src/services/serverMethods/index.ts b/src/services/serverMethods/index.ts
index cd6797dc..e598d248 100644
--- a/src/services/serverMethods/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/serverMethods/index.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ export default (mainHandler: Main): Types.ServerMethods => {
                 payer_identifier_CustomCheck: id => id !== '',
             })
             if (err != null) throw new Error(err.message)
-            console.log(req)
             return mainHandler.applicationManager.AddAppInvoice(ctx.app_id, req)
         },
         AddAppUserInvoice: async (ctx, req) => {
diff --git a/src/services/storage/applicationStorage.ts b/src/services/storage/applicationStorage.ts
index b5f9d0c1..67f8372b 100644
--- a/src/services/storage/applicationStorage.ts
+++ b/src/services/storage/applicationStorage.ts
@@ -46,38 +46,38 @@ export default class {
         return found
     }
 
-    async AddApplicationUser(appId: string, userIdentifier: string, balance: number) {
+    async AddApplicationUser(application: Application, userIdentifier: string, balance: number) {
         return this.DB.transaction(async tx => {
             const user = await this.userStorage.AddUser(balance, tx)
             const repo = tx.getRepository(ApplicationUser)
             const appUser = repo.create({
                 user: user,
-                application: await this.GetApplication(appId),
+                application,
                 identifier: userIdentifier,
             })
             return repo.save(appUser)
         })
     }
 
-    GetApplicationUserIfExists(appId: string, userIdentifier: string, entityManager = this.DB): Promise<ApplicationUser | null> {
-        return entityManager.getRepository(ApplicationUser).findOne({ where: { identifier: userIdentifier, application: { app_id: appId } } })
+    GetApplicationUserIfExists(application: Application, userIdentifier: string, entityManager = this.DB): Promise<ApplicationUser | null> {
+        return entityManager.getRepository(ApplicationUser).findOne({ where: { identifier: userIdentifier, application: application } })
     }
 
-    async GetOrCreateApplicationUser(appId: string, userIdentifier: string, balance: number, entityManager = this.DB): Promise<ApplicationUser> {
-        const found = await this.GetApplicationUserIfExists(appId, userIdentifier, entityManager)
-        if (found) {
-            return found
+    async GetOrCreateApplicationUser(application: Application, userIdentifier: string, balance: number, entityManager = this.DB): Promise<{ user: ApplicationUser, created: boolean }> {
+        const user = await this.GetApplicationUserIfExists(application, userIdentifier, entityManager)
+        if (user) {
+            return { user, created: false }
         }
-        return this.AddApplicationUser(appId, userIdentifier, balance)
+        return { user: await this.AddApplicationUser(application, userIdentifier, balance), created: true }
     }
 
-    async GetApplicationUser(appId: string, userIdentifier: string, entityManager = this.DB): Promise<ApplicationUser> {
-        const found = await this.GetApplicationUserIfExists(appId, userIdentifier, entityManager)
+    async GetApplicationUser(application: Application, userIdentifier: string, entityManager = this.DB): Promise<ApplicationUser> {
+        const found = await this.GetApplicationUserIfExists(application, userIdentifier, entityManager)
         if (!found) {
             throw new Error(`application user not found`)
         }
 
-        if (found.application.app_id !== appId) {
+        if (found.application.app_id !== application.app_id) {
             throw new Error("requested user does not belong to requestor application")
         }
         return found
diff --git a/src/services/storage/index.ts b/src/services/storage/index.ts
index eac8e49a..544331ae 100644
--- a/src/services/storage/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/storage/index.ts
@@ -69,17 +69,14 @@ export default class {
 
     doTransaction(exec: TX) {
         if (this.pendingTx) {
-            throw new Error("cannot start transaction")
+            throw new Error("cannot start DB transaction")
         }
         this.pendingTx = true
-        console.log("starting tx")
         return this.DB.transaction(async tx => {
             try {
                 await exec(tx)
-                console.log("tx done")
                 this.ExecNextInQueue()
             } catch (err) {
-                console.log("tx err")
                 this.ExecNextInQueue()
                 throw err
             }
diff --git a/src/services/storage/userStorage.ts b/src/services/storage/userStorage.ts
index a011df82..006843ff 100644
--- a/src/services/storage/userStorage.ts
+++ b/src/services/storage/userStorage.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { DataSource, EntityManager } from "typeorm"
 import { User } from './entity/User.js';
 import { UserBasicAuth } from './entity/UserBasicAuth.js';
 import { UserNostrAuth } from './entity/UserNostrAuth.js';
+import { getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js';
 export default class {
     DB: DataSource | EntityManager
     constructor(DB: DataSource | EntityManager) {
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ export default class {
         if (balance && process.env.ALLOW_BALANCE_MIGRATION !== 'true') {
             throw new Error("balance migration is not allowed")
         }
-        console.log("Adding user with balance", balance)
+        getLogger({})("Adding user with balance", balance)
         const newUser = entityManager.getRepository(User).create({
             user_id: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex'),
             balance_sats: balance
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ export default class {
         }
     }
     async UnlockUser(userId: string, entityManager = this.DB) {
-        console.log("unlocking", userId)
         const res = await entityManager.getRepository(User).update({
             user_id: userId
         }, { locked: false })
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ export default class {
         }
     }
     async IncrementUserBalance(userId: string, increment: number, entityManager = this.DB) {
+        const user = await this.GetUser(userId, entityManager)
         const res = await entityManager.getRepository(User).increment({
             user_id: userId,
         }, "balance_sats", increment)
         if (!res.affected) {
             throw new Error("unaffected balance increment for " + userId) // TODO: fix logs doxing
         }
+        getLogger({ userId: userId })("incremented balance from", user.balance_sats, "sats, by", increment, "sats")
     }
     async DecrementUserBalance(userId: string, decrement: number, entityManager = this.DB) {
         const user = await this.GetUser(userId, entityManager)
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ export default class {
         if (!res.affected) {
             throw new Error("unaffected balance decrement for " + userId) // TODO: fix logs doxing
         }
+        getLogger({ userId: userId })("decremented balance from", user.balance_sats, "sats, by", decrement, "sats")
     }
 
     async UpdateUser(userId: string, update: Partial<User>, entityManager = this.DB) {