diff --git a/http-server.c b/http-server.c
index 13d99684601a6a778fe16d27739e66b52d5cfe41..56e985ca80faecf130efbe12b6e0511b9087c4c4 100644
--- a/http-server.c
+++ b/http-server.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ bool player_session(char* buff, int sockfd, char* file_name, char* response){
      * */
     struct stat st;
     stat(file_name, &st);
-    // printf("pre add %s\n", buff);
     int n = sprintf(buff, response, st.st_size);
     // send the header first
     if (write(sockfd, buff, n) < 0)
@@ -380,7 +379,6 @@ static void exit_handler(int sig){
     if (user_list){
         free_users(user_list);
     }
-    printf("keep alive changed");
 }
 
 
@@ -416,6 +414,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
     // if ip parameter is not specified
     serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(argv[1]);
     serv_addr.sin_port = htons(atoi(argv[2]));
+    printf("image_tagger server is now running at IP: %s on port %s\n", argv[1], argv[2]);
     // bind address to socket
     if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
     {
diff --git a/user.c b/user.c
index edbaa3da89766e5542dfc9cb8c4cb445ef595d9d..d5cd6a493b7e26c68d4fb673aa6173a376d39da4 100644
--- a/user.c
+++ b/user.c
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ void resize_keywords(User* user, char* keyword){
     // adds keyword to user
     user->keywords[user->n_keywords] = keyword;
     user->n_keywords++;
-    for(int j=0; j<user->n_keywords; j++){
-        printf("%d: %s\n",j, user->keywords[j]);
-    }
 }
 
 
@@ -275,7 +272,6 @@ char* return_all_keywords(User* user){
     /**
      * Returns all the keywords for a particular user
      * */
-    printf("%d\n\n\n", user->n_keywords);
     
     int length = (user->n_keywords)*(INITIAL_KEYWORD_LENGTH+3);
     char *keywords = calloc(length, user->n_keywords);
@@ -288,6 +284,5 @@ char* return_all_keywords(User* user){
     }
     // terminating byte
     keywords[strlen(keywords)-1] = '\0';
-    printf("**** %s \n   ", keywords);
     return keywords;
 }
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