diff --git a/bin/u_agent/src/lib.rs b/bin/u_agent/src/lib.rs
index 286b3ac..a7405ab 100644
--- a/bin/u_agent/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bin/u_agent/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 extern crate log;
 
 use daemonize::Daemonize;
-use std::panic;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 use u_lib::{
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ pub async fn process_request(job_requests: Vec<AssignedJob>, client: &ClientHand
     if !job_requests.is_empty() {
         for jr in &job_requests {
             if !JobCache::contains(jr.job_id) {
-                debug!("Fetching job: {}", &jr.job_id);
+                info!("Fetching job: {}", &jr.job_id);
                 let fetched_job = loop {
                     match client.get_jobs(Some(jr.job_id)).await {
                         Ok(mut result) => break result.pop().unwrap(),
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ pub async fn process_request(job_requests: Vec<AssignedJob>, client: &ClientHand
                 JobCache::insert(fetched_job);
             }
         }
-        debug!(
+        info!(
             "Scheduling jobs: {}",
             job_requests
                 .iter()
@@ -46,7 +45,9 @@ pub async fn process_request(job_requests: Vec<AssignedJob>, client: &ClientHand
         let mut builder = JobBuilder::from_request(job_requests);
         let errors = builder.pop_errors();
         if !errors.is_empty() {
-            errors.into_iter().for_each(ErrChan::send)
+            for e in errors {
+                ErrChan::send(e, "ebld").await;
+            }
         }
         builder.unwrap_one().spawn().await;
     }
@@ -54,32 +55,35 @@ pub async fn process_request(job_requests: Vec<AssignedJob>, client: &ClientHand
 
 async fn error_reporting(client: Arc<ClientHandler>) -> ! {
     loop {
-        let err = ErrChan::recv();
-        debug!("Error encountered: {:?}", err);
-        'retry: for _ in 0..3 {
-            match client.report(&[Reportable::Error(err.to_string())]).await {
-                Ok(_) => break 'retry,
-                Err(e) => {
-                    debug!("Reporting error: {:?}", e);
-                    sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+        match ErrChan::recv().await {
+            Some(err) => {
+                'retry: for _ in 0..3 {
+                    match client.report(&[Reportable::Error(err.to_string())]).await {
+                        Ok(_) => break 'retry,
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            debug!("Reporting error: {:?}", e);
+                            sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
+            None => sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await,
         }
     }
 }
 
 async fn do_stuff(client: Arc<ClientHandler>) -> ! {
     loop {
-        match client.get_personal_jobs(Some(get_self_uid())).await {
+        match client.get_personal_jobs(get_self_uid()).await {
             Ok(resp) => {
                 process_request(resp, &client).await;
             }
-            Err(err) => ErrChan::send(err),
+            Err(err) => ErrChan::send(err, "personal").await,
         }
         let result: Vec<Reportable> = pop_completed().await.into_iter().collect();
         if !result.is_empty() {
             if let Err(err) = client.report(&result).await {
-                ErrChan::send(err)
+                ErrChan::send(err, "report").await;
             }
         }
         sleep(Duration::from_secs(ITERATION_LATENCY)).await;
@@ -87,11 +91,12 @@ async fn do_stuff(client: Arc<ClientHandler>) -> ! {
 }
 
 pub async fn run_forever() -> ! {
-    panic::set_hook(Box::new(|panic_info| {
-        ErrChan::send(UError::Panic(panic_info.to_string()))
-    }));
+    let env = load_env_default().unwrap();
+    let client = Arc::new(ClientHandler::new(&env.u_server, None));
+    tokio::spawn(error_reporting(client.clone()));
+
     if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
-        init_logger(format!(
+        init_logger(Some(format!(
             "u_agent-{}",
             get_self_uid()
                 .hyphenated()
@@ -99,14 +104,12 @@ pub async fn run_forever() -> ! {
                 .split("-")
                 .next()
                 .unwrap()
-        ));
+        )));
     } else {
         if let Err(e) = Daemonize::new().start() {
-            ErrChan::send(UError::Runtime(e.to_string()))
+            ErrChan::send(UError::Runtime(e.to_string()), "deeeemon").await
         }
     }
-    let env = load_env_default().unwrap();
-    let client = Arc::new(ClientHandler::new(&env.u_server, None));
-    tokio::spawn(error_reporting(client.clone()));
+    info!("Startup");
     do_stuff(client).await
 }
diff --git a/bin/u_panel/Cargo.toml b/bin/u_panel/Cargo.toml
index 21456d0..4ba454a 100644
--- a/bin/u_panel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/u_panel/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 actix-web = "3.3.2"
 backtrace = "0.3.61"
 structopt = "0.3.21"
-log = "^0.4"
 uuid = "0.6.5"
 serde_json = "1.0.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0.114", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/bin/u_panel/src/argparse.rs b/bin/u_panel/src/argparse.rs
index 371cb77..e89710b 100644
--- a/bin/u_panel/src/argparse.rs
+++ b/bin/u_panel/src/argparse.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use anyhow::Result as AnyResult;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use u_lib::{
     api::ClientHandler,
@@ -76,10 +77,10 @@ fn parse_uuid(src: &str) -> Result<Uuid, String> {
 }
 
 pub async fn process_cmd(client: ClientHandler, args: Args) -> UResult<String> {
-    fn to_json<Msg: AsMsg>(data: UResult<Msg>) -> String {
+    fn to_json<Msg: AsMsg>(data: AnyResult<Msg>) -> String {
         let data = match data {
             Ok(r) => PanelResult::Ok(r),
-            Err(e) => PanelResult::Err(e),
+            Err(e) => PanelResult::Err(e.downcast().expect("unknown error type")),
         };
         serde_json::to_string(&data).unwrap()
     }
diff --git a/bin/u_panel/src/main.rs b/bin/u_panel/src/main.rs
index 413a0b7..0726a88 100644
--- a/bin/u_panel/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/u_panel/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use argparse::{process_cmd, Args};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use u_lib::api::ClientHandler;
+use u_lib::logging::init_logger;
 use u_lib::utils::{env::default_host, load_env};
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ async fn main() -> AnyResult<()> {
     let client = ClientHandler::new(&env.u_server, Some(env.admin_auth_token));
     let args = Args::from_args();
 
-    process_cmd(client, args).await?;
+    init_logger(None::<&str>);
+    let result = process_cmd(client, args).await?;
+    println!("{result}");
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/bin/u_panel/src/server/mod.rs b/bin/u_panel/src/server/mod.rs
index f5a5c30..a427567 100644
--- a/bin/u_panel/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/u_panel/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async fn send_cmd(
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 pub async fn serve(client: ClientHandler) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    init_logger("u_panel");
+    init_logger(Some("u_panel"));
 
     let addr = "127.0.0.1:8080";
     info!("Serving at http://{}", addr);
diff --git a/bin/u_server/Cargo.toml b/bin/u_server/Cargo.toml
index 41e4693..d2e5f75 100644
--- a/bin/u_server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/u_server/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "u_server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4.11"
+tracing = "0.1.35"
 thiserror = "*"
 warp = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["tls"] }
 uuid = { version = "0.6.5", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/bin/u_server/src/handlers.rs b/bin/u_server/src/handlers.rs
index efcb78a..41c2411 100644
--- a/bin/u_server/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/bin/u_server/src/handlers.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl Endpoints {
                         err.agent_id,
                         Stripped(&err.msg.as_str())
                     );
-                    UDB::lock_db().report_error(&err)?;
+                    //UDB::lock_db().report_error(&err)?;
                 }
                 Reportable::Dummy => (),
             }
diff --git a/bin/u_server/src/main.rs b/bin/u_server/src/main.rs
index 84d2139..77877ce 100644
--- a/bin/u_server/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/u_server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 use u_server_lib::serve;
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate tracing;
+
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
-    serve().await.map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+async fn main() {
+    if let Err(e) = serve().await {
+        error!("U_SERVER error: {}", e);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/bin/u_server/src/u_server.rs b/bin/u_server/src/u_server.rs
index d7ec8b3..406159c 100644
--- a/bin/u_server/src/u_server.rs
+++ b/bin/u_server/src/u_server.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #[macro_use]
-extern crate log;
+extern crate tracing;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[macro_use]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn init_endpoints(
         .map(ok);
 
     let auth_token = format!("Bearer {auth_token}",).into_boxed_str();
-    let auth_header = warp::header::exact("authorization", Box::leak(auth_token));
+    let auth_header = warp::header::exact("Authorization", Box::leak(auth_token));
 
     let auth_zone = (get_agents
         .or(get_jobs)
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pub fn prefill_jobs() -> SResult<()> {
 }
 
 pub async fn serve() -> SResult<()> {
-    init_logger("u_server");
+    init_logger(Some("u_server"));
     prefill_jobs()?;
 
     let env = load_env::<ServEnv>().map_err(|e| Error::Other(e.to_string()))?;
diff --git a/integration/Cargo.toml b/integration/Cargo.toml
index 5e3f6fd..eda6095 100644
--- a/integration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integration/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.2.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "process", "time"] }
-log = "^0.4"
+tracing = "0.1.35"
 uuid = { version = "0.6.5", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ once_cell = "1.10.0"
 [dependencies.u_lib]
 path = "../lib/u_lib"
 version = "*"
+features = ["panel"]
 
 
 [[test]]
diff --git a/integration/docker-compose.yml b/integration/docker-compose.yml
index bca0fdd..04bc87b 100644
--- a/integration/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/integration/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       - ../.env
       - ../.env.private
     environment:
-      RUST_LOG: trace
+      RUST_LOG: info
     healthcheck:
         test: ss -tlpn | grep 63714
         interval: 5s
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ services:
     image: unki/u_db
     networks:
       - u_net
-    expose:
-      - '5432'
+    ports:
+      - 54321:5432
     env_file:
       - ../.env
       - ../.env.private
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ services:
     networks:
       - u_net
     volumes:
-      - ../target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/${PROFILE:-debug}/u_agent:/u_agent
-    command: /u_agent u_server
+      - ../target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/${PROFILE:-debug}/u_agent:/unki/u_agent
+      - ../logs:/unki/logs:rw
+    working_dir: /unki
+    command: /unki/u_agent u_server
     env_file:
       - ../.env
     environment:
-      RUST_LOG: u_agent=debug
+      RUST_LOG: u_agent=debug,u_lib=debug
     depends_on:
       u_server:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ services:
       - ../certs:/certs
       - ../target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/${PROFILE:-debug}/u_panel:/u_panel
       - ../lib/u_lib:/lib/u_lib
+      - ../logs:/tests/logs:rw
     working_dir:
       /tests/
     depends_on:
diff --git a/integration/tests/fixtures/agent.rs b/integration/tests/fixtures/agent.rs
index 4160af7..b80366d 100644
--- a/integration/tests/fixtures/agent.rs
+++ b/integration/tests/fixtures/agent.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub async fn register_agent() -> RegisteredAgent {
     let cli = ClientHandler::new(&ENV.u_server, None);
     let agent_uid = Uuid::new_v4();
     let resp = cli
-        .get_personal_jobs(Some(agent_uid))
+        .get_personal_jobs(agent_uid)
         .await
         .unwrap()
         .pop()
diff --git a/integration/tests/helpers/panel.rs b/integration/tests/helpers/panel.rs
index 526b028..d381898 100644
--- a/integration/tests/helpers/panel.rs
+++ b/integration/tests/helpers/panel.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ pub struct Panel;
 
 impl Panel {
     fn run(args: &[&str]) -> Output {
-        Command::new(PANEL_BINARY)
-            .arg("--json")
-            .args(args)
-            .output()
-            .unwrap()
+        Command::new(PANEL_BINARY).args(args).output().unwrap()
     }
 
     pub fn output_argv<T: DeserializeOwned>(argv: &[&str]) -> PanelResult<T> {
diff --git a/integration/tests/integration/behaviour.rs b/integration/tests/integration/behaviour.rs
index 6ff1bf3..6472505 100644
--- a/integration/tests/integration/behaviour.rs
+++ b/integration/tests/integration/behaviour.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::fixtures::agent::*;
 use crate::helpers::Panel;
 
 use rstest::rstest;
+use serde_json::{json, to_string};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ type TestResult<R = ()> = Result<R, Box<dyn Error>>;
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_registration(#[future] register_agent: RegisteredAgent) -> TestResult {
     let agent = register_agent.await;
-    let agents: Vec<Agent> = Panel::check_output("agents list");
+    let agents: Vec<Agent> = Panel::check_output("agents read");
     let found = agents.iter().find(|v| v.id == agent.uid);
     assert!(found.is_some());
     Panel::check_status(format!("agents delete {}", agent.uid));
@@ -23,17 +24,22 @@ async fn test_registration(#[future] register_agent: RegisteredAgent) -> TestRes
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_setup_tasks() -> TestResult {
-    //some independent agents should present
-    let agents: Vec<Agent> = Panel::check_output("agents list");
-    let agent_uid = agents[0].id;
+    let agents: Vec<Agent> = Panel::check_output("agents read");
+    let agent_uid = match agents.get(0) {
+        Some(a) => a.id,
+        None => panic!("Some independent agents should present"),
+    };
     let job_alias = "passwd_contents";
-    let cmd = format!("jobs add --alias {job_alias} 'cat /etc/passwd'");
+    let job = json!(
+        {"alias": job_alias, "payload": b"cat /etc/passwd" }
+    );
+    let cmd = format!("jobs create '{}'", to_string(&job).unwrap());
     Panel::check_status(cmd);
-    let cmd = format!("map add {} {}", agent_uid, job_alias);
+    let cmd = format!("map create {} {}", agent_uid, job_alias);
     let assigned_uids: Vec<Uuid> = Panel::check_output(cmd);
     for _ in 0..3 {
         let result: Vec<AssignedJob> =
-            Panel::check_output(format!("map list {}", assigned_uids[0]));
+            Panel::check_output(format!("map read {}", assigned_uids[0]));
         if result[0].state == JobState::Finished {
             return Ok(());
         } else {
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml
index 88a2cc9..54f1c42 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ libc = "^0.2"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 futures = "0.3.5"
 thiserror = "*"
-log = "*"
 diesel-derive-enum = { version = "1", features = ["postgres"] }
 chrono = "0.4.19"
 strum = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -27,6 +26,8 @@ envy = "0.4.2"
 serde_json = "1.0.81"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.14", features = ["env-filter"] }
 tracing-appender = "0.2.2"
+log = "*"
+anyhow = "1.0.58"
 
 [features]
 panel = []
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/api.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/api.rs
index 7bc0e6d..f5c86fd 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/api.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/api.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 use crate::{
     config::MASTER_PORT,
     messaging::{self, AsMsg, BaseMessage, Empty},
-    models::{self, Agent},
+    models::{self},
     utils::opt_to_string,
-    UError, UResult,
+    UError,
 };
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use reqwest::{header::HeaderMap, Certificate, Client, Identity, Url};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde_json::from_str;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 const AGENT_IDENTITY: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../certs/alice.p12");
 const ROOT_CA_CERT: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../certs/ca.crt");
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct ClientHandler {
     base_url: Url,
     client: Client,
@@ -43,50 +46,50 @@ impl ClientHandler {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn _req<P: AsMsg, M: AsMsg + DeserializeOwned>(
+    async fn _req<P: AsMsg + Debug, M: AsMsg + DeserializeOwned + Debug + Default>(
         &self,
-        url: impl AsRef<str>,
+        url: impl AsRef<str> + Debug,
         payload: P,
-    ) -> UResult<M> {
+    ) -> Result<M> {
         let request = self
             .client
             .post(self.base_url.join(url.as_ref()).unwrap())
             .json(&payload.as_message());
 
-        let response = request.send().await?;
+        let response = request.send().await.context("send")?;
+        let content_len = response.content_length();
         let is_success = match response.error_for_status_ref() {
             Ok(_) => Ok(()),
             Err(e) => Err(UError::from(e)),
         };
-        let resp = response.text().await?;
+        let resp = response.text().await.context("resp")?;
+        debug!("url = {}, resp = {}", url.as_ref(), resp);
         match is_success {
-            Ok(_) => serde_json::from_str::<BaseMessage<M>>(&resp)
+            Ok(_) => from_str::<BaseMessage<M>>(&resp)
                 .map(|msg| msg.into_inner())
-                .or_else(|e| Err(UError::NetError(e.to_string(), resp.clone()))),
+                .or_else(|e| match content_len {
+                    Some(0) => Ok(Default::default()),
+                    _ => Err(UError::NetError(e.to_string(), resp)),
+                }),
             Err(UError::NetError(err, _)) => Err(UError::NetError(err, resp)),
             _ => unreachable!(),
         }
+        .map_err(From::from)
     }
 
     // get jobs for client
-    pub async fn get_personal_jobs(
-        &self,
-        url_param: Option<Uuid>,
-    ) -> UResult<Vec<models::AssignedJob>> {
-        self._req(
-            format!("get_personal_jobs/{}", opt_to_string(url_param)),
-            Empty,
-        )
-        .await
+    pub async fn get_personal_jobs(&self, url_param: Uuid) -> Result<Vec<models::AssignedJob>> {
+        self._req(format!("get_personal_jobs/{}", url_param), Empty)
+            .await
     }
 
     // send something to server
-    pub async fn report(&self, payload: &[messaging::Reportable]) -> UResult<Empty> {
+    pub async fn report(&self, payload: &[messaging::Reportable]) -> Result<Empty> {
         self._req("report", payload).await
     }
 
     // download file
-    pub async fn dl(&self, file: String) -> UResult<Vec<u8>> {
+    pub async fn dl(&self, file: String) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         self._req(format!("dl/{file}"), Empty).await
     }
 }
@@ -95,40 +98,40 @@ impl ClientHandler {
 #[cfg(feature = "panel")]
 impl ClientHandler {
     /// agent listing
-    pub async fn get_agents(&self, agent: Option<Uuid>) -> UResult<Vec<models::Agent>> {
+    pub async fn get_agents(&self, agent: Option<Uuid>) -> Result<Vec<models::Agent>> {
         self._req(format!("get_agents/{}", opt_to_string(agent)), Empty)
             .await
     }
 
     /// update something
-    pub async fn update_item(&self, item: impl AsMsg) -> UResult<Empty> {
+    pub async fn update_item(&self, item: impl AsMsg + Debug) -> Result<Empty> {
         self._req("update_item", item).await
     }
 
     /// get all available jobs
-    pub async fn get_jobs(&self, job: Option<Uuid>) -> UResult<Vec<models::JobMeta>> {
+    pub async fn get_jobs(&self, job: Option<Uuid>) -> Result<Vec<models::JobMeta>> {
         self._req(format!("get_jobs/{}", opt_to_string(job)), Empty)
             .await
     }
 
     /// create and upload job
-    pub async fn upload_jobs(&self, payload: &[models::JobMeta]) -> UResult<Empty> {
+    pub async fn upload_jobs(&self, payload: &[models::JobMeta]) -> Result<Empty> {
         self._req("upload_jobs", payload).await
     }
 
     /// delete something
-    pub async fn del(&self, item: Uuid) -> UResult<i32> {
+    pub async fn del(&self, item: Uuid) -> Result<i32> {
         self._req(format!("del/{item}"), Empty).await
     }
 
     /// set jobs for any agent
-    pub async fn set_jobs(&self, agent: Uuid, job_idents: &[String]) -> UResult<Vec<Uuid>> {
+    pub async fn set_jobs(&self, agent: Uuid, job_idents: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<Uuid>> {
         self._req(format!("set_jobs/{agent}"), job_idents).await
     }
 
     /// get jobs for any agent
-    pub async fn get_agent_jobs(&self, agent: Option<Uuid>) -> UResult<Vec<models::AssignedJob>> {
-        self._req(format!("set_jobs/{}", opt_to_string(agent)), Empty)
+    pub async fn get_agent_jobs(&self, agent: Option<Uuid>) -> Result<Vec<models::AssignedJob>> {
+        self._req(format!("get_personal_jobs/{}", opt_to_string(agent)), Empty)
             .await
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/builder.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/builder.rs
index 1c1f6ba..01b949d 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/builder.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/builder.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl JobBuilder {
     pub fn from_request(job_requests: impl OneOrVec<AssignedJob>) -> CombinedResult<Self> {
         let job_requests = job_requests.into_vec();
         let mut prepared: Vec<DynFut> = vec![];
-        let mut result = CombinedResult::<JobBuilder, UError>::new();
+        let mut result = CombinedResult::<JobBuilder, _>::new();
         for req in job_requests {
             let job_meta = JobCache::get(req.job_id);
             if job_meta.is_none() {
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/errors/chan.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/errors/chan.rs
index 1c2b995..10668a4 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/errors/chan.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/errors/chan.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-use crate::UError;
-use crossbeam::channel::{self, Receiver, Sender};
+use anyhow::Error;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, error::TryRecvError, Receiver, Sender};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 
-type ChanError = UError;
-static ERR_CHAN: OnceCell<ErrChan> = OnceCell::new();
+type ChanError = Error;
+static ERR_CHAN: OnceCell<Mutex<ErrChan>> = OnceCell::new();
 
 pub struct ErrChan {
     tx: Sender<ChanError>,
@@ -11,18 +12,27 @@ pub struct ErrChan {
 }
 
 impl ErrChan {
-    fn get() -> &'static Self {
-        ERR_CHAN.get_or_init(|| {
-            let (tx, rx) = channel::bounded(20);
-            Self { tx, rx }
-        })
+    async fn get() -> MutexGuard<'static, Self> {
+        ERR_CHAN
+            .get_or_init(|| {
+                let (tx, rx) = channel(20);
+                Mutex::new(Self { tx, rx })
+            })
+            .lock()
+            .await
     }
 
-    pub fn send(msg: ChanError) {
-        Self::get().tx.send(msg).unwrap()
+    pub async fn send(err: impl Into<ChanError>, ctx: impl AsRef<str>) {
+        let err = err.into();
+        error!("Encountered an error at '{}': {:?}", ctx.as_ref(), err);
+        Self::get().await.tx.try_send(err).unwrap();
     }
 
-    pub fn recv() -> ChanError {
-        Self::get().rx.recv().unwrap()
+    pub async fn recv() -> Option<ChanError> {
+        match Self::get().await.rx.try_recv() {
+            Ok(r) => Some(r),
+            Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => panic!("err chan disconnected"),
+            Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => None,
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/logging.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/logging.rs
index cbd7dac..7c4b991 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/logging.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/logging.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,26 @@ use std::env;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use tracing_appender::rolling;
-use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, registry, EnvFilter};
 
-pub fn init_logger(logfile: impl AsRef<Path> + Send + Sync + 'static) {
+pub fn init_logger(logfile: Option<impl AsRef<Path> + Send + Sync + 'static>) {
     if env::var("RUST_LOG").is_err() {
         env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "info")
     }
 
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::fmt()
-        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-        .with_writer(move || rolling::never(".", logfile.as_ref().with_extension("log")))
-        .init();
+    let reg = registry()
+        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .with(fmt::layer());
+    match logfile {
+        Some(file) => reg
+            .with(
+                fmt::layer()
+                    .with_writer(move || {
+                        rolling::never("logs", file.as_ref().with_extension("log"))
+                    })
+                    .with_ansi(false),
+            )
+            .init(),
+        None => reg.init(),
+    };
 }
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/messaging/mod.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/messaging/mod.rs
index 64485ae..e79ef34 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/messaging/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/messaging/mod.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Empty {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub enum Reportable {
     Assigned(AssignedJob),
     Agent(Agent),
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs/meta.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs/meta.rs
index 6074c31..657be72 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs/meta.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs/meta.rs
@@ -25,13 +25,20 @@ pub struct JobMeta {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct RawJobMeta {
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub alias: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub argv: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub id: Uuid,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub exec_type: JobType,
     //pub schedule: JobSchedule,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub platform: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub payload: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub payload_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/utils/combined_result.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/utils/combined_result.rs
index b9a7125..12dd4d6 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/utils/combined_result.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/utils/combined_result.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 use crate::utils::OneOrVec;
-use crate::UError;
+use anyhow::Error;
 
-pub struct CombinedResult<T, E: Debug = UError> {
+pub struct CombinedResult<T, E: Debug = Error> {
     ok: Vec<T>,
     err: Vec<E>,
 }
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ impl<T, E: Debug> CombinedResult<T, E> {
         self.ok.extend(result.into_vec());
     }
 
-    pub fn err(&mut self, err: impl OneOrVec<E>) {
-        self.err.extend(err.into_vec());
+    pub fn err<I: Into<E>>(&mut self, err: impl OneOrVec<I>) {
+        self.err.extend(
+            err.into_vec()
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(Into::into)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        );
     }
 
     pub fn unwrap(self) -> Vec<T> {
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/utils/fmt/stripped.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/utils/fmt/stripped.rs
index b1ed949..21d0032 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/utils/fmt/stripped.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/utils/fmt/stripped.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::iter::Iterator;
 use std::slice::Iter as SliceIter;
 use std::str::Chars;
 
-const MAX_DATA_LEN: usize = 200;
+const MAX_DATA_LEN: usize = 2000;
 
 pub trait Strippable {
     type Item: fmt::Display;
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/utils/proc_output.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/utils/proc_output.rs
index a9c4135..d060e89 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/utils/proc_output.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/utils/proc_output.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl ProcOutput {
             altered = true;
         }
         if !altered {
-            result.extend(b"No data");
+            result.extend(b"<empty output>");
         }
         result
     }
diff --git a/migrations/2020-10-24-111622_create_all/up.sql b/migrations/2020-10-24-111622_create_all/up.sql
index ec2949f..d319d65 100644
--- a/migrations/2020-10-24-111622_create_all/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/2020-10-24-111622_create_all/up.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CREATE TYPE JobState AS ENUM ('queued', 'running', 'finished');
 CREATE TYPE AgentState AS ENUM ('new', 'active', 'banned');
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS agents (
-      alias TEXT UNIQUE
+      alias TEXT
     , hostname TEXT NOT NULL
     , id UUID NOT NULL DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4()
     , is_root BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ip_addrs (
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs (
-      alias TEXT UNIQUE
+      alias TEXT
     , argv TEXT NOT NULL
     , id UUID NOT NULL DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4()
-    -- Shell, Binary (with program download),
-    -- Python (with program and python download if not exist), Management
     , exec_type JobType NOT NULL DEFAULT 'shell'
     , platform TEXT NOT NULL
     , payload BYTEA
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs (
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS results (
       agent_id UUID NOT NULL
-    , alias TEXT UNIQUE
+    , alias TEXT
     , created TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
     , id UUID NOT NULL DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4()
     , job_id UUID NOT NULL