diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9857bcc..52c1880 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -351,11 +351,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), MainError> {
 
         move || {
             loop {
+                tracing::debug!("waiting to send check-in");
+
                 if watchdog_tx.try_send(()).is_err() {
                     tracing::error!("tokio runtime deadlocked");
 
-                    vcs_watcher.borrow().par_iter().for_each(|(&guild_id, vcs_in_guild)| {
-                        if let Some(&voice_channel_id) = vcs_in_guild.get_left_for(&discord_user_id) {
+                    vcs_watcher
+                        .borrow()
+                        .par_iter()
+                        .for_each(|(&guild_id, vcs_in_guild)| {
+                            if let Some(&voice_channel_id) =
+                                vcs_in_guild.get_left_for(&discord_user_id)
+                            {
                                 let text_channel_id =
                                     discord_voice_channel_corresponding_text_channel
                                         .get(&guild_id)
@@ -364,7 +371,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), MainError> {
                                         })
                                         .unwrap_or(voice_channel_id);
 
-                                let _ = futures::executor::block_on(discord_client.create_message(text_channel_id).content("so sorry I died, I'm in purgatory now, I don't like it here.\nbut I will be back in 5-20 minutes (even if it says I'm still there, I'm not currently recording and will be disconnected soon before later reconnecting and announcing recording again)").into_future());
+                                    tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap().block_on(discord_client.create_message(text_channel_id).content("so sorry I died, I'm in purgatory now, I don't like it here.\nbut I will be back in 5-20 minutes (even if it says I'm still there, I'm not currently recording and will be disconnected soon before later reconnecting and announcing recording again)").into_future());
+
                             }
                         });
 
@@ -378,6 +386,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), MainError> {
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         loop {
+            tracing::debug!("waiting to acknowledge the watchdog");
+
             if watchdog_rx.recv().await.is_err() {
                 tracing::error!("watchdog died (this should be impossible)");
                 std::process::exit(1);