diff --git a/node_app/main.js b/node_app/main.js
index 9055b59..9a3659c 100644
--- a/node_app/main.js
+++ b/node_app/main.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tokenHandler.getAccessToken((accessToken) => {
         access_token: accessToken,
     });
     let memeHandler = new MemeHandler(memeAPI, subreddits, allowedMedia);
-    executeAndSetInterval(() => {
+    executeAndSetInterval(function postRandomMeme(){
         memeHandler.getRandomMeme(sub => {
             let status = `"${sub.title}"\n${sub.text}\nby ${sub.author}`;
             if (allowedMedia.find(type => type === sub.url.split(/[.]+/).pop())){
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ tokenHandler.getAccessToken((accessToken) => {
                     client.postMedia(status, filepath);
                 })
             }else{
-                client.postStatus(status);
+                console.log("no valid media, fetching new sub")
+                postRandomMeme();
             }
         })
     }, interval);
diff --git a/node_app/memeHandler.js b/node_app/memeHandler.js
index 4e69bb8..dc2e078 100644
--- a/node_app/memeHandler.js
+++ b/node_app/memeHandler.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export class MemeHandler{
     getRandomMeme(callback){
         this.request(this.memeAPI+this.randomFromArray(this.subreddits), (res) => {
             let sub = this.randomFromArray(res.subs);
+            console.log("got sub => ");
+            console.log(sub)
             callback(sub);
         });
     }
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ export class MemeHandler{
         const request = https.get(url, (res) => {
             res.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(filepath));
             res.on('end', () => {
+                console.log(`downloaded media => ${filepath}`);
                 callback();
             })
         });