diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/main.py b/ai_ta_backend/main.py
index 41f9ce5a..1f2ee238 100644
--- a/ai_ta_backend/main.py
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/main.py
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def logToNomic():
   print("course_name: ", course_name)
   print("conversation: ", conversation)
 
-  print("print json: ", request.get_json())
+  # print("print json: ", request.get_json())
   data = request.get_json()
   print(len(data))
   print(type(data))
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ def logToNomic():
   course_name = data['course_name']
   conversation = data['conversation']
 
-  print("course_name: ", course_name)
-  print("conversation: ", conversation)
+  # print("course_name: ", course_name)
+  # print("conversation: ", conversation)
 
   if course_name == '' or conversation == '':
     # proper web error "400 Bad request"
diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/nomic_logging.py b/ai_ta_backend/nomic_logging.py
index 99893b3d..6afbdaec 100644
--- a/ai_ta_backend/nomic_logging.py
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/nomic_logging.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def log_convo_to_nomic(course_name: str, conversation) -> str:
   user_email = conversation['conversation']['user_email']
   conversation_id = conversation['conversation']['id']
 
-  print("conversation: ", conversation)
+  #print("conversation: ", conversation)
   
   # we have to upload whole conversations
   # check what the fetched data looks like - pandas df or pyarrow table
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def create_nomic_map(course_name: str, log_data: list):
   2. appends current embeddings and metadata to it
   2. creates map if there are at least 20 queries
   """
+  print("in create_nomic_map()")
   # initialize supabase
   supabase_client = supabase.create_client(  # type: ignore
         supabase_url=os.getenv('SUPABASE_URL'),  # type: ignore