diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/recurly_client.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/recurly_client.rb
index 5b0a8262d..1accc1246 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/recurly_client.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/recurly_client.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ module JamRuby
 
 
     def get_account(current_user)
-      account = current_user && current_user.recurly_code ? Recurly::Account.find(current_user.recurly_code) : nil
+      begin
+        account = current_user && current_user.recurly_code ? Recurly::Account.find(current_user.recurly_code) : nil
+      rescue Recurly::Error => x
+        puts "Swallow find acct for user #{current_user.email} error initial #{x}"
+      end
+
       # check again, assuming account_code is the user ID (can happen in error scenarios where we create the account
       # on recurly, but couldn't save the account_code to the user.recurly_code  field)
 
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ module JamRuby
         begin
           account = Recurly::Account.find(current_user.id)
         rescue Recurly::Error => x
-          puts "Swallow find acct error #{x}"
+          puts "Swallow find acct for user #{current_user.email}  error #{x}"
         end
 
         # repair user local account info
diff --git a/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/router.rb b/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/router.rb
index 5fb2865b6..fbb2b70dd 100644
--- a/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/router.rb
+++ b/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/router.rb
@@ -1455,8 +1455,9 @@ module JamWebsockets
 
     def wipe_all_connections
       # meant to be called only on startup; delete all connections fo myself
-      ConnectionManager.active_record_transaction do |connection_manager|
+      ConnectionManager.active_record_transaction do |connection_manager, conn|
         clients = connection_manager.connection_client_ids_for_gateway(@gateway_name)
+        @log.info "Cleaning up #{clients.length} clients on startup"
         clients.each do |client_id|
           cleanup_client_with_id(client_id)
         end
diff --git a/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/server.rb b/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/server.rb
index 6b2d8a116..65e8520e3 100644
--- a/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/server.rb
+++ b/websocket-gateway/lib/jam_websockets/server.rb
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ module JamWebsockets
 
       @log.info "starting server #{host}:#{port} staleness_time=#{connect_time_stale_client}; reconnect time = #{connect_time_expire_client}, rabbitmq=#{rabbitmq_host}:#{rabbitmq_port} gateway_name=#{gateway_name}"
 
-      @router.init
-
       EventMachine.error_handler{|e|
         puts "unhandled error #{e}"
         puts "unhandled error #{e.backtrace}"
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@ module JamWebsockets
       EventMachine.run do
         @router.start(connect_time_stale_client, connect_time_expire_client, connect_time_stale_browser, connect_time_expire_browser, host: rabbitmq_host, port: rabbitmq_port, max_connections_per_user: max_connections_per_user, gateway: gateway_name, allow_dynamic_registration: allow_dynamic_registration, chat_enabled: chat_enabled, chat_blast: chat_blast) do
 
+          @router.init
+          
           #start_connection_expiration
           #start_client_expiration
           #start_connection_flagger