diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public.pm
index a9815d132..46ae90bb2 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public.pm
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ sub mailpw {
     # we have.
     unless ($email = $rec->{secretemail}) {
       my $u = $c->active_user_record($param,{hidden_user_ok => 1});
-      require YAML::Syck; print STDERR "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . YAML::Syck::Dump({u=>$u}); # XXX
-
+      require YAML::Syck;
+      my $message = "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . YAML::Syck::Dump({u=>$u});
+      $mgr->log({level => 'debug', message => $message});
       $email = $u->{email};
     }
     if ($email) {
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public/RequestId.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public/RequestId.pm
index f1058ba7e..5ea014ceb 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public/RequestId.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Public/RequestId.pm
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ sub request {
                          userid => $userid,
                          rationale => $rationale,
                         };
-    require Data::Dumper; print STDERR "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([$session->{APPLY}],[qw(APPLY)])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump; # XXX
+    require Data::Dumper;
+    my $message = "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([$session->{APPLY}],[qw(APPLY)])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump;
+    $c->app->pause->log({level => 'debug', message => $message });
     if (lc($fullname) eq lc($userid)) {
       die PAUSE::Web::Exception->new(ERROR => "fullname looks like spam");
     }
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Distperms.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Distperms.pm
index 3bf77859d..fcc96716c 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Distperms.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Distperms.pm
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ sub remove_dist_primary {
   if (0) {
     # here I discovered that Apache::Request has case-insensitive keys
     my %p = map { $_, [ $req->every_param($_)] } @{$req->param->names};
-    require Data::Dumper; print STDERR "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([\%p],[qw()])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump; # XXX
-
+    require Data::Dumper;
+    my $message = "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([\%p],[qw()])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump;
+    $c->app->pause->log({level => 'debug', message => $message});
   }
 
   if (
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Perms.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Perms.pm
index 9c3db8926..43972fa6d 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Perms.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/User/Perms.pm
@@ -283,8 +283,9 @@ sub _share_remopr {
   if (0) {
     # here I discovered that Apache::Request has case-insensitive keys
     my %p = map { $_, [ $req->every_param($_)] } @{$req->param->names};
-    require Data::Dumper; print STDERR "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([\%p],[qw()])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump; # XXX
-
+    require Data::Dumper;
+    my $message = "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([\%p],[qw()])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump;
+    $c->app->pause->log({level => 'debug', message => $message});
   }
 
   if (
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Plugin/WrapAction.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Plugin/WrapAction.pm
index bfb82240a..c7ced54fd 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Plugin/WrapAction.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Plugin/WrapAction.pm
@@ -19,24 +19,25 @@ sub _wrap {
   }
 
   my $res = eval { $next->(); };
-  if ($@) {
-    if (UNIVERSAL::isa($@, "PAUSE::Web::Exception")) {
-      if ($@->{ERROR}) {
-        $@->{ERROR} = [ $@->{ERROR} ] unless ref $@->{ERROR} eq 'ARRAY';
-        push @{$pause->{ERROR}}, @{$@->{ERROR}};
+  if (my $e = $@) {
+    if (UNIVERSAL::isa($e, "PAUSE::Web::Exception")) {
+      if ($e->{ERROR}) {
+        $e->{ERROR} = [ $e->{ERROR} ] unless ref $e->{ERROR} eq 'ARRAY';
+        push @{$pause->{ERROR}}, @{$e->{ERROR}};
         require Data::Dumper;
-        print STDERR "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([$pause->{ERROR}],[qw(error)])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump; # XXX
-        $c->res->code($@->{HTTP_STATUS}) if $@->{HTTP_STATUS};
+        my $message = "Line " . __LINE__ . ", File: " . __FILE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->new([$pause->{ERROR}],[qw(error)])->Indent(1)->Useqq(1)->Dump;
+        $c->app->pause->log({level => 'debug', message => $message});
+        $c->res->code($e->{HTTP_STATUS}) if $e->{HTTP_STATUS};
         $c->render('layouts/layout') unless $c->stash('Action');
-      } elsif ($@->{HTTP_STATUS}) {
+      } elsif ($e->{HTTP_STATUS}) {
         $c->res->headers->content_type('text/plain');
-        $c->res->body(status_message($@->{HTTP_STATUS}));
-        $c->rendered($@->{HTTP_STATUS});
+        $c->res->body(status_message($e->{HTTP_STATUS}));
+        $c->rendered($e->{HTTP_STATUS});
         return;
       }
     } else {
       # this is NOT a known error type, we need to handle it anon
-      my $error = "$@";
+      my $error = "$e";
       if ($pause->{ERRORS_TO_BROWSER}) {
         push @{$pause->{ERROR}}, " ", $error;
       } else {