diff --git a/komrade/backend/switchboard.py b/komrade/backend/switchboard.py
index 5214661..7a84ce3 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/switchboard.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/switchboard.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class TheSwitchboard(FlaskView, Logger):
 
     
     def get(self,data_b64_str_esc):
+        clear_screen()
         self.log('Incoming call!:',data_b64_str_esc)
         if not data_b64_str_esc:
             self.log('empty request!')
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def run_forever(port='8080'):
     # OP_PASS = getpass('@op pass? ')
     TELEPHONE = TheTelephone()
     OPERATOR = TheOperator()
-    print(OPERATOR,'!?',OPERATOR.keychain())
+    # print(OPERATOR,'!?',OPERATOR.keychain())
     app = Flask(__name__)
     TheSwitchboard.register(app, route_base='/op/', route_prefix=None)
     app.run(debug=False, port=port, host='0.0.0.0')
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diff --git a/komrade/backend/the_operator.py b/komrade/backend/the_operator.py
index a10fb34..719b569 100644
--- a/komrade/backend/the_operator.py
+++ b/komrade/backend/the_operator.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class TheOperator(Operator):
     # ends the ring_ring() chain
     def answer_phone(self,data_b):
         # route incoming call from the switchboard
-        self.log('Hello, this is the Operator. I heard you say:\n\n',b64encode(data_b))
+        from komrade.cli.artcode import ART_OLDPHONE4
+        self.log(f'{ART_OLDPHONE4}\nHello, this is the Operator. I heard you say:\n\n',b64encode(data_b))
 
         # unseal
         msg_obj = self.unseal_msg(
@@ -69,14 +70,14 @@ class TheOperator(Operator):
             from_whom=self.phone,
             to_whom = self
         )
-        self.log(f'Operator understood message: {msg_obj} {msg_obj.route}')
+        self.log(f'Operator understood message: {msg_obj}')
         
         # decrypt?
         msg_obj.decrypt()
 
         # carry out message instructions
         resp_msg_obj = self.pronto_pronto(msg_obj) #,route=msg_obj.route)
-        self.log('route_result <-',resp_msg_obj)
+        # self.log('route_result <-',resp_msg_obj)
 
         # send back down encrypted