diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f13b138..672a032 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/kschamplin/gotelem
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.1
 	go.bug.st/serial v1.5.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 33c444a..af5cd21 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673 h1:bAn7/zixMGCfxrRT
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673/go.mod h1:N3UwUGtsrSj3ccvlPHLoLsHnpR27oXr4ZE984MbSER8=
 go.bug.st/serial v1.5.0 h1:ThuUkHpOEmCVXxGEfpoExjQCS2WBVV4ZcUKVYInM9T4=
 go.bug.st/serial v1.5.0/go.mod h1:UABfsluHAiaNI+La2iESysd9Vetq7VRdpxvjx7CmmOE=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a h1:HinSgX1tJRX3KsL//Gxynpw5CTOAIPhgL4W8PNiIpVE=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a/go.mod h1:CxmFvTBINI24O/j8iY7H1xHzx2i4OsyguNBmN/uPtqc=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 h1:3jlCCIQZPdOYu1h8BkNvLz8Kgwtae2cagcG/VamtZRU=
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index be68cee..4aa6f5c 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"nhooyr.io/websocket/wsjson"
 )
 
-type slogHttpLogger struct {
-	slog.Logger
-}
-
 func TelemRouter(log *slog.Logger, broker *Broker, db *db.TelemDb) http.Handler {
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
 
@@ -165,7 +161,8 @@ func apiV1GetValues(db *db.TelemDb) http.HandlerFunc {
 		if startString != "" {
 			start, err = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, startString)
 			if err != nil {
-
+				// error out
+				panic("hi")
 			}
 		}
 		end := time.Now().Add(1 * time.Hour)
@@ -173,6 +170,7 @@ func apiV1GetValues(db *db.TelemDb) http.HandlerFunc {
 		if endParam != "" {
 			end, err = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, endParam)
 			if err != nil {
+				panic("hi")
 			}
 		}
 		name := chi.URLParam(r, "name")
@@ -186,6 +184,9 @@ func apiV1GetValues(db *db.TelemDb) http.HandlerFunc {
 			fmt.Print(err)
 		}
 		b, err := json.Marshal(res)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
 		w.Write(b)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/logparsers/parsers.go b/internal/logparsers/parsers.go
index 459f890..0d816c6 100644
--- a/internal/logparsers/parsers.go
+++ b/internal/logparsers/parsers.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (e *FormatError) Error() string {
 	if e.err != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", e.msg, e.err.Error())
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", e.msg)
+	return e.msg
 
 }
 func (e *FormatError) Unwrap() error {
diff --git a/internal/middleware/recoverer2.go b/internal/middleware/recoverer2.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aab6da..0000000
--- a/internal/middleware/recoverer2.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package middleware
-
-// Recoverer2 is a reimplementation of recoverer but using slog as the backend.
diff --git a/internal/middleware/slogger.go b/internal/middleware/slogger.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c526f..0000000
--- a/internal/middleware/slogger.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-package middleware
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-
-	"log/slog"
-
-	chi_middleware "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
-)
-
-// Slogger is a slog-enabled logging middleware.
-// It logs the start and end of the request, and logs info
-// about the request itself, response status, and response time.
-
-// Slogger returns a log handler that uses the given slog logger as the base.
-func Slogger(sl *slog.Logger) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-
-	logger := sl.WithGroup("http")
-	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-
-		// this triple-nested function is strange, but basically the Slogger() call makes a new middleware function (above)
-		// the middleware function returns a handler that calls the next handler in the chain(wrapping it)
-
-		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			// wrap writer allows us to get info on the response from further handlers.
-			ww := chi_middleware.NewWrapResponseWriter(w, r.ProtoMajor)
-			t1 := time.Now()
-			// attrs is stored to allow for the helpers to add additional elements to the main record.
-			attrs := make([]slog.Attr, 0)
-
-			// This function runs at the end and adds all the response details to the attrs before logging them.
-			defer func() {
-				attrs = append(attrs, slog.Int("status_code", ww.Status()))
-				attrs = append(attrs, slog.Int("resp_size", ww.BytesWritten()))
-				attrs = append(attrs, slog.Duration("duration", time.Since(t1)))
-				attrs = append(attrs, slog.String("method", r.Method))
-				logger.LogAttrs(r.Context(), slog.LevelInfo, r.RequestURI, attrs...)
-
-			}()
-
-			// embed the logger and the attrs for later items in the chain.
-			ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), SloggerAttrsKey, attrs)
-			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, SloggerLogKey, logger)
-			// push it to the request and serve the next handler
-			r = r.WithContext(ctx)
-			next.ServeHTTP(ww, r)
-		}
-
-		return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
-	}
-}
-
-type slogKeyType int
-
-const (
-	SloggerLogKey slogKeyType = iota
-	SloggerAttrsKey
-)
-
-func AddSlogAttr(r *http.Request, attr slog.Attr) {
-	ctx := r.Context()
-	attrs, ok := ctx.Value(SloggerAttrsKey).([]slog.Attr)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	attrs = append(attrs, attr)
-
-}
-
-// TODO: write rest of functions
diff --git a/skylab/skylab_gen.go b/skylab/skylab_gen.go
index 96e1191..008e608 100644
--- a/skylab/skylab_gen.go
+++ b/skylab/skylab_gen.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// generated by gen_skylab.go at 2024-02-27 19:26:47.373116343 -0600 CST m=+0.002925968 DO NOT EDIT!
+// generated by gen_skylab.go at 2024-02-28 14:10:10.252960174 -0600 CST m=+0.003082874 DO NOT EDIT!
 
 package skylab
 
@@ -104,11 +104,7 @@ const (
 	WslSlipSpeedMeasurementId SkylabId = 0x117
 )
 
-var nameToIdMap = map[string]can.CanID{
-
-}
-
-// list of every packet ID. can be used for O(1) checks.
+// list of every packet ID. Can be used for O(1) checks.
 var idMap = map[can.CanID]bool{
 	
 	{ Id: 0x10, Extended: false }: true,
diff --git a/skylab/templates/golang.go.tmpl b/skylab/templates/golang.go.tmpl
index b8b8034..08bcf92 100644
--- a/skylab/templates/golang.go.tmpl
+++ b/skylab/templates/golang.go.tmpl
@@ -100,11 +100,7 @@ const (
 {{- end}}
 )
 
-var nameToIdMap = map[string]can.CanID{
-
-}
-
-// list of every packet ID. can be used for O(1) checks.
+// list of every packet ID. Can be used for O(1) checks.
 var idMap = map[can.CanID]bool{
 	{{ range $p := .Packets -}}
 	{{ if $p.Repeat }}