diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index f962e69..ce66dae 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ void process_queue(snac *snac)
                 else {
                     /* requeue */
                     enqueue_output(snac, msg, inbox, retries + 1);
-                    snac_log(snac, xs_fmt("process_queue requeue %s %d", inbox, retries + 1));
+                    snac_log(snac, xs_fmt("process_queue requeue %s #%d", inbox, retries + 1));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ void process_queue(snac *snac)
                 else {
                     /* reenqueue */
                     enqueue_input(snac, msg, req, retries + 1);
-                    snac_log(snac, xs_fmt("process_queue input requeue %d", retries + 1));
+                    snac_log(snac, xs_fmt("process_queue input requeue #%d", retries + 1));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ void process_queue(snac *snac)
                 else {
                     /* requeue */
                     snac_log(snac, xs_fmt(
-                        "process_queue email requeue %d (errno: %d)", retries + 1, errno));
+                        "process_queue email requeue #%d (errno: %d)", retries + 1, errno));
 
                     enqueue_email(snac, msg, retries + 1);
                 }
diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 3f0ccf7..ffb218a 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -594,9 +594,8 @@ int timeline_add(snac *snac, char *id, char *o_msg, char *parent, char *referrer
 
     msg = xs_dict_set(msg, "_snac", md);
 
-    ret = _timeline_write(snac, id, msg, parent, referrer);
-
-    snac_debug(snac, 1, xs_fmt("timeline_add %s %d", id, ret));
+    if ((ret = _timeline_write(snac, id, msg, parent, referrer)))
+        snac_debug(snac, 1, xs_fmt("timeline_add %s", id));
 
     return ret;
 }