diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f8a023fc..4eb9fd09 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ notifications:
   email: false
 
 before_install:
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]]; then travis_wait 30 docker pull karalabe/xgo-latest; fi
 
 before_script:
   - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ script:
   - go test -v -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out && $GOPATH/bin/goveralls -coverprofile=coverage.out -service=travis -repotoken $COVERALLS
 
 after_success:
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]]; then travis_wait 30 docker pull karalabe/xgo-latest; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]]; then /bin/bash -c .travis/build.sh; fi
 
 after_deploy:
diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index e5594727..80104f55 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"upper.io/db.v3/mysql"
 	"upper.io/db.v3/postgresql"
 	"upper.io/db.v3/sqlite"
+	"github.com/hunterlong/statup/log"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ func DbConnection(dbType string) error {
 		}
 		dbSession, err = sqlite.Open(sqliteSettings)
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Send(3, err)
 			return err
 		}
 	} else if dbType == "mysql" {
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ func DbConnection(dbType string) error {
 		}
 		dbSession, err = mysql.Open(mysqlSettings)
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Send(3, err)
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ func DbConnection(dbType string) error {
 		}
 		dbSession, err = postgresql.Open(postgresSettings)
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Send(3, err)
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ func DeleteAllSince(table string, date time.Time) {
 	sql := fmt.Sprintf("DELETE FROM %v WHERE created_at < '%v';", table, date.Format("2006-01-02"))
 	_, err := dbSession.Exec(db.Raw(sql))
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
+		log.Send(2, err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/emailer.go b/emailer.go
index 73b0a677..3f7df2a5 100644
--- a/emailer.go
+++ b/emailer.go
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ func EmailerQueue() {
 	uniques := []*types.Email{}
 	for _, out := range emailQue.Outgoing {
 		if isUnique(uniques, out) {
-			fmt.Printf("sending email to: %v \n", out.To)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("sending email to: %v \n", out.To)
 			Send(out)
+			log.Send(0, msg)
 			uniques = append(uniques, out)
 		}
 	}
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ func Send(em *types.Email) {
 	m.SetBody("text/html", source)
 	if err := emailQue.Mailer.DialAndSend(m); err != nil {
 		log.Send(2, err)
-		fmt.Println(err)
 	}
 	emailQue.LastSent++
 	emailQue.LastSentTime = time.Now()
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ func LoadMailer(config *types.Communication) *gomail.Dialer {
 func EmailTemplate(tmpl string, data interface{}) string {
 	emailTpl, err := emailBox.String(tmpl)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Send(3, err)
 	}
 	t := template.New("email")
 	t, err = t.Parse(emailTpl)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Send(3, err)
 	}
 	var tpl bytes.Buffer
 	if err := t.Execute(&tpl, data); err != nil {
diff --git a/log/log.go b/log/log.go
index 645b154f..5a75485a 100644
--- a/log/log.go
+++ b/log/log.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func Panic(err interface{}) {
+	lg.Printf("PANIC: %v\n", err)
 	panic(err)
 }