diff --git a/server_ui/__init__.py b/server_ui/__init__.py
index 8b46056adecd8dbe1ddfd2323acfd5fce9b72060..bb89b654f886d6c945b7212738cfa15717e54ea3 100644
--- a/server_ui/__init__.py
+++ b/server_ui/__init__.py
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 This django app is meant only to connect the pieces of Helios and Auth to present a clean UI
 """
 
+import glue
diff --git a/server_ui/glue.py b/server_ui/glue.py
index c74affb3bfb015a1c8c32c8b949599f373bffd04..376087a34e266ebaaf3386e875d6b18626ae1010 100644
--- a/server_ui/glue.py
+++ b/server_ui/glue.py
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ Your voter alias is : %s
   # send it via the notification system associated with the auth system
   user.send_message(subject, body)
 
-import logging
-logging.error("connecting the vote_cast signal")
 helios.signals.vote_cast.connect(vote_cast_send_message)
 
 def election_tallied(election, **kwargs):
   pass
 
-helios.signals.election_tallied.connect(election_tallied)
\ No newline at end of file
+helios.signals.election_tallied.connect(election_tallied)
diff --git a/settings.py.sample b/settings.py.sample
index 357624c221790165579e5d4633079848dd902ac0..42fc18e2dbf812c6aee913616a07984f314180fb 100644
--- a/settings.py.sample
+++ b/settings.py.sample
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(
     level = logging.DEBUG,
     format = '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'
 )
-    
+
 # set up django-celery
 BROKER_HOST = "localhost"
 BROKER_PORT = 5672