diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c3041dd..56ff386 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.89"
+version = "1.0.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0ba8f7aaa012f30d5b2861462f6708eccd49c3c39863fe083a308035f63d723"
+checksum = "8cd6604a82acf3039f1144f54b8eb34e91ffba622051189e71b781822d5ee1f5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ checksum = "fd16c4719339c4530435d38e511904438d07cce7950afa3718a84ac36c10e89e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.34"
+version = "0.4.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5bc015644b92d5890fab7489e49d21f879d5c990186827d42ec511919404f38b"
+checksum = "8eaf5903dcbc0a39312feb77df2ff4c76387d591b9fc7b04a238dcf8bb62639a"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c012a26a7f605efc424dd53697843a72be7dc86ad2d01f7814337794a12231d"
+checksum = "38b35839ba51819680ba087cd351788c9a3c476841207e0b8cee0b04722343b9"
 dependencies = [
  "env_filter",
  "humantime",
@@ -1100,18 +1100,18 @@ checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
-version = "1.1.4"
+version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0302c4a0442c456bd56f841aee5c3bfd17967563f6fadc9ceb9f9c23cf3807e0"
+checksum = "b6bf43b791c5b9e34c3d182969b4abb522f9343702850a2e57f460d00d09b4b3"
 dependencies = [
  "pin-project-internal",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-internal"
-version = "1.1.4"
+version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "266c042b60c9c76b8d53061e52b2e0d1116abc57cefc8c5cd671619a56ac3690"
+checksum = "2f38a4412a78282e09a2cf38d195ea5420d15ba0602cb375210efbc877243965"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/src/handlers/handlers.rs b/src/handlers/handlers.rs
index 87439eb..eda9cc4 100644
--- a/src/handlers/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/handlers.rs
@@ -42,21 +42,28 @@ pub async fn post_signup(
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, CreateUserError> {
     let user = validate_signup(&form).await?;
     match session.insert(SIGNUP_KEY, user).await {
-        Ok(_) => {}
+        Ok(_) => {
+            dbg!("cool");
+        }
         Err(e) => {
-            log::error!(
-                "Could not insert validated user form into session, got {}",
-                e
-            );
+            log::error!("Could not insert validated user form into session, got {e}",);
             return Err(CreateUserErrorKind::UnknownEorr.into());
         }
     }
 
+    dbg!(&*MONTHLY_LINK);
     match session.save().await {
         // TODO: pass in as env var/into a state object that the handlers can read from
-        Ok(_) => Ok(Redirect::to(&MONTHLY_LINK)),
+        Ok(_) => {
+            let resp = Ok(Redirect::to(
+                "https://buy.stripe.com/test_eVa6rrb7ygjNbwk000",
+            ));
+            dbg!(&resp);
+            resp
+        }
         Err(e) => {
-            log::error!("Could not save session, got {}", e);
+            dbg!("error on save");
+            log::error!("Could not save session, got {e}");
             Err(CreateUserErrorKind::UnknownEorr.into())
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8ac260f..6c57ee7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use axum::{
     routing::{get, MethodRouter},
     Router,
 };
-use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqlitePoolOptions};
+use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqlitePool, SqlitePoolOptions};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
 use tower_sessions::{Expiry, SessionManagerLayer};
-use tower_sessions_sqlx_store::{sqlx::SqlitePool, SqliteStore};
+use tower_sessions_sqlx_store::SqliteStore;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate justerror;
@@ -35,15 +35,14 @@ async fn main() {
     let assets_svc = ServeDir::new(assets_dir.as_path());
 
     let pool = db().await;
-    sqlx::migrate!().run(&pool).await.unwrap();
-
     let session_store = SqliteStore::new(pool.clone());
     session_store.migrate().await.unwrap();
-    session_store.migrate().await.unwrap();
     let session_layer = SessionManagerLayer::new(session_store)
         .with_secure(false)
         .with_same_site(tower_sessions::cookie::SameSite::Lax)
-        .with_expiry(Expiry::OnInactivity(time::Duration::hours(2)));
+        .with_expiry(Expiry::OnInactivity(time::Duration::hours(12)));
+
+    sqlx::migrate!().run(&pool).await.unwrap();
 
     // the core application, defining the routes and handlers
     let app = Router::new()
@@ -52,13 +51,15 @@ async fn main() {
         .stripped_clone("/payment_success/", get(payment_success))
         .route("/payment_success/:receipt", get(payment_success))
         .layer(session_layer)
-        .with_state(pool)
+        .with_state(pool.clone())
         .into_make_service();
     let listener = mklistener().await;
     axum::serve(listener, app)
         .with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal())
         .await
         .unwrap();
+
+    pool.close().await;
 }
 
 //-************************************************************************
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ async fn db() -> SqlitePool {
     let opts = SqliteConnectOptions::new()
         .foreign_keys(true)
         .create_if_missing(true)
-        .journal_mode(sqlx::sqlite::SqliteJournalMode::Persist)
+        .journal_mode(sqlx::sqlite::SqliteJournalMode::Wal)
         .optimize_on_close(true, None);
     SqlitePoolOptions::new().connect_with(opts).await.unwrap()
 }
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ async fn shutdown_signal() {
     let terminate = std::future::pending::<()>();
 
     tokio::select! {
-        _ = ctrl_c => {},
+        _ = ctrl_c => {log::info!("shutting down")},
         _ = terminate => {},
     }
 }