diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf63a8a..f20ba17 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-identity"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36e1cc6f95e245b2f3c6995df4e1c0c697704c48c28ec325d135a3ca039d4952"
+checksum = "1224c9f9593dc27c9077b233ce04adedc1d7febcfc35ee9f53ea3c24df180bec"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-service",
- "actix-session 0.8.0",
+ "actix-session",
  "actix-utils",
  "actix-web",
- "derive_more",
+ "anyhow",
  "futures-core",
  "serde",
  "tracing",
@@ -240,23 +240,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "actix-session"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e6a28f813a6671e1847d005cad0be36ae4d016287690f765c303379837c13d6"
-dependencies = [
- "actix-service",
- "actix-utils",
- "actix-web",
- "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
- "derive_more",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-tls"
 version = "3.1.1"
@@ -2961,7 +2944,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix",
  "actix-identity",
  "actix-multipart",
- "actix-session 0.7.2",
+ "actix-session",
  "actix-web",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9042945..1148c7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.1", features = ["derive"] }
 # webserver shit
 actix = "0.13"
 actix-web = "4.0"
-actix-identity = "*"
+actix-identity = "0.5"
 actix-session = { version = "0.7", features = ["redis-actor-session"] }
 actix-multipart = "*"
 derive_more = "0"
diff --git a/tests/trekkie_tests.py b/tests/trekkie_tests.py
index 7d7f78c..d5ecb77 100644
--- a/tests/trekkie_tests.py
+++ b/tests/trekkie_tests.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 init_json = {"line": 63, "run": 8, "region": 0, "app_commit": "EEEEE", "app_name": "test"}
 
 # this enables higly verbose logging for debug purposes
-#http_client.HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
-#logging.basicConfig()
+http_client.HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
+logging.basicConfig()
 #logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 #requests_log = logging.getLogger("requests.packages.urllib3")
 #requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)