diff --git a/client/src/pages/both/homepage/Dashboard.tsx b/client/src/pages/both/homepage/Dashboard.tsx
index ec530484..fbb07370 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/both/homepage/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/both/homepage/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ export function Dashboard() {
         navigate(`/maker/training/${import.meta.env.VITE_STARTING_MODULE_ID}`)
       }
     }
+    const buttonColor = loggedIn ? "primary" :  "secondary"
     const buttonText = !loggedIn ? "New Maker? Click to create an account." : "Click here to learn how to access equipment"
     return <Stack justifyContent={"center"} alignItems={"center"} spacing={"10px"} paddingY={"1em"} margin={"10px"}>
       <Typography variant="h2" fontWeight={"bold"} display={"inline"} textAlign={"center"}>
           Welcome to the SHED Makerspace
       </Typography>
-      <Button variant="contained" sx={{borderRadius: "2.5em", paddingX: "2em", textTransform: 'none'}} onClick={buttonAction}>
+      <Button variant="contained" sx={{borderRadius: "2.5em", paddingX: "2em", textTransform: 'none'}} onClick={buttonAction} color={buttonColor}>
         <Typography fontSize={"2.5em"}  fontWeight={"bold"} display={"inline"}>
             {buttonText}
         </Typography>
diff --git a/server/src/database/models/api/ACSOrchestrator.ts b/server/src/database/models/api/ACSOrchestrator.ts
index 6033369d..049a2384 100644
--- a/server/src/database/models/api/ACSOrchestrator.ts
+++ b/server/src/database/models/api/ACSOrchestrator.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export class ACSOrchestrator {
         }
         
 
-        if (inst.hobbsTime > channel.hobbsTime) {
-          console.warn("hobbs tme fiasco", inst, channel)
+        if (inst.hobbsTime > channel.hobbsTime && channel.state != undefined) {
+          console.warn("hobbs time fiasco", inst, channel)
           // warning: the device is wrong about how long
           DeviceLogRepo.createDeviceLog(deviceID, DeviceLogSeverity.MEDIUM, { msg: "hobbs-time-mismatch", reported: channel.hobbsTime, stored: inst.hobbsTime })
           shouldUpdateTimes = true
diff --git a/server/src/database/models/api/MQTTACSController.ts b/server/src/database/models/api/MQTTACSController.ts
index e5050b49..dc356a90 100644
--- a/server/src/database/models/api/MQTTACSController.ts
+++ b/server/src/database/models/api/MQTTACSController.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ export default class MQTTACSController extends ACSController {
 
       const infoRequest: CoreInfoRequest = JSON.parse(payload.toString());
       // TODO: INPUT VALIDATION
-      console.log("info request")
       ACSOrchestrator.handleCoreInfoRequest(device.id, infoRequest);
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(`[MQTTACSController] handleCoreInfoRequest error: ${e}`);
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ export default class MQTTACSController extends ACSController {
   }
 
   sendCoreInfoResponse(core: Core, response: ServerInfoResponse): boolean {
-    console.log("sending info", response)
     try {
       MQTTACSController.client.publish(`makerspace/device/${core.SN}/info/response`, JSON.stringify(response), { qos: 2 });
     } catch (_e) {