diff --git a/json-api/client-tests/client.py b/json-api/client-tests/client.py
index bb09803..38ef985 100644
--- a/json-api/client-tests/client.py
+++ b/json-api/client-tests/client.py
@@ -52,16 +52,14 @@ class Worker:
         @auth: Denotes if we use basic auth or jwt if its not 'basic'
 
         '''
-        if type(auth) == str:
-            opts['id'] = self.id
-            if auth == 'basic':
-                opts['secret'] = self.secret
-            else:
-                opts['jwt'] = auth
-            return opts
+        # id is basically always required by the api so we mindlessly add it here
+        opts['id'] = self.id
+
+        if auth == 'basic':
+            opts['secret'] = self.secret
         else:
-            # if its not a string we don't add anything in 
-            return opts
+            opts['jwt'] = auth
+        return opts
 
     def logs(self):
         ids = sorted(self.requests.keys()) # shared keys in requests/responses
@@ -71,9 +69,9 @@ class Worker:
             # Logg the provided data to ensure that _it_ wasn't the cause for error
             resp = self.responses[key]
             if resp.code != resp.expected:
-                opts = self.requests[key].params
-                print(f'\tParams: {opts}')
-            if self.body_logs[key] is True:
+                self.responses[key].log()
+            # if body is request to be shown then dump it tabbed out by 1 tab
+            if self.body_logs[key] is True: 
                 print(f'\tBody: {self.responses[key].body}')
 
 
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ def run(worker: Worker):
     channel_tests = [
         # sanity check
         {'init': ['get', '/channels/list', {}], 'auth': None, 'hope': 401},
-
         {'init': ['post', '/channels/list', {}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 404},
 
         {'init': ['post', '/channels/create', {'name': str(new_channel_name), 'kind': TEXT_CHAN, 'description': 'asdf'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
@@ -142,46 +139,46 @@ def run(worker: Worker):
 
     message_tests = [
         # bs message spam
-        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
-        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
-        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
-        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
+        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
+        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
+        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
+        {'init': ['post', '/message/send', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'content': 'bs content'}], 'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200},
 
         # can we get them back tho?
         {
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'start-time': int(msg_chan_name-10), 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name + 10)}
+                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'start-time': int(msg_chan_name-10), 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name + 10)}
             ], 
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200
         },
         {
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name)}
+                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name)}
             ], 
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 400
         },
         {
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'start-time': int(msg_chan_name), 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name)}
+                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'start-time': int(msg_chan_name), 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name)}
             ], 
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 400
         },
         {
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel': chan_d['id'], 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name), 'start-time': int(msg_chan_name)}
+                'get', '/message/get_range', {'channel_id': chan_d['id'], 'end-time': int(msg_chan_name), 'start-time': int(msg_chan_name)}
             ], 
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 400
         },
         # two tests that follow the rules
         {
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start': 1, 'channel': 3}
+                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start': 1, 'channel_id': 3}
             ],
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200, 'body': True
         },
         {
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start':1, 'channel':3, 'limit':2}
+                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start':1, 'channel_id':3, 'limit':2}
             ],
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 200, 'body': True
         },
@@ -189,14 +186,14 @@ def run(worker: Worker):
         {
             # channel doesn't exist so a 404 seems to be inorder
             'init': [
-                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start': 1, 'channel':9}
+                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start': 1, 'channel_id':9}
             ],
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 404
         },
         {
             'init': [
                 # good channel but id is tooo high
-                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start': 5, 'channel':3}
+                'get', '/message/from_id', {'start': 5, 'channel_id':3}
             ],
             'auth': jwt, 'hope': 404
         },
@@ -216,5 +213,5 @@ def run(worker: Worker):
     worker.logs()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    worker = Worker('http://localhost:8888', create_admin=True)
+    worker = Worker('http://localhost:4536', create_admin=True)
     run(worker)