diff --git a/.lando.yml b/.lando.yml
index 72d7a008e..f8af5fb8a 100644
--- a/.lando.yml
+++ b/.lando.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
     xdebug: true
     overrides:
       environment:
-        PHP_IDE_CONFIG: serverName=appserver
+        PHP_IDE_CONFIG: "serverName=appserver"
         XDEBUG_SESSION_START: lando
     config:
       php: .vscode/php.ini
@@ -37,15 +37,10 @@ tooling:
   xdebug-on:
     service: appserver
     description: Enable xdebug for Apache.
-    cmd: >-
-      rm -f /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini &&
-      docker-php-ext-enable xdebug && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload && echo "Xdebug
-      enabled"
+    cmd: rm -f /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload && echo "Xdebug enabled"
     user: root
   xdebug-off:
     service: appserver
     description: Disable xdebug for Apache.
-    cmd: >-
-      rm -f /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini &&
-      /etc/init.d/apache2 reload && echo "Xdebug disabled"
+    cmd: rm -f /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload && echo "Xdebug disabled"
     user: root
diff --git a/Code/Lib/Libzot.php b/Code/Lib/Libzot.php
index 73441cb8b..3a58de525 100644
--- a/Code/Lib/Libzot.php
+++ b/Code/Lib/Libzot.php
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ class Libzot
         $result = [];
         $commentApproval = null;
 
-        logger('msg_arr: ' . print_r($msg_arr,true),LOGGER_ALL);
+        // logger('msg_arr: ' . print_r($msg_arr,true),LOGGER_ALL);
 
         // If an upstream hop used ActivityPub, set the identities to zot6 nomadic identities where applicable
         // else things could easily get confused
diff --git a/include/dba/dba_driver.php b/include/dba/dba_driver.php
index 4fe334ddd..e7741046a 100755
--- a/include/dba/dba_driver.php
+++ b/include/dba/dba_driver.php
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ function q($sql)
 
     $args = func_get_args();
     array_shift($args);
-    $watching = false;
 
     if (DBA::$dba && DBA::$dba->connected) {
         $stmt = vsprintf($sql, $args);
@@ -371,23 +370,11 @@ function q($sql)
             db_logger('dba: vsprintf error: ' .
                 print_r(debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_PROVIDE_OBJECT, 1), true), LOGGER_NORMAL, LOG_CRIT);
         }
-        $watch = get_config('system','db_watch');
-        if ($watch && stripos($stmt, $watch) !== false) {
-            dbg(2);
-            $watching = true;
-        }
-
         if (DBA::$dba->debug) {
             db_logger('Sql: ' . $stmt, LOGGER_DEBUG, LOG_INFO);
         }
 
-        $result = DBA::$dba->q($stmt);
-        if ($watching) {
-            dbg(0);
-        }
-
-
-        return $result;
+        return DBA::$dba->q($stmt);
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 4b028a6e2..89cd12361 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1846,7 +1846,6 @@ function item_store($arr, $deliver = true) {
 
     if(($terms) && (is_array($terms))) {
         foreach($terms as $t) {
-            dbg(2);
             q("insert into term (uid,oid,otype,ttype,term,url)
                 values(%d,%d,%d,%d,'%s','%s') ",
                 intval($arr['uid']),
@@ -1856,7 +1855,6 @@ function item_store($arr, $deliver = true) {
                 dbesc($t['term']),
                 dbesc($t['url'])
             );
-            dbg(0);
         }
 
         $arr['term'] = $terms;
@@ -2190,7 +2188,6 @@ function item_store_update($arr, $deliver = true) {
 
     if(is_array($terms)) {
         foreach($terms as $t) {
-            dbg(2);
             q("insert into term (uid,oid,otype,ttype,term,url)
                 values(%d,%d,%d,%d,'%s','%s') ",
                 intval($uid),
@@ -2200,7 +2197,6 @@ function item_store_update($arr, $deliver = true) {
                 dbesc($t['term']),
                 dbesc($t['url'])
             );
-            dbg(0);
         }
         $arr['term'] = $terms;
     }
@@ -2569,7 +2565,7 @@ function tag_deliver($uid, $item_id) {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                // don't boost likes and other response activities as it isdelivery_cha likely that
+                // don't boost likes and other response activities as it is likely that
                 // few platforms will handle this in an elegant way
 
                 if (ActivityStreams::is_response_activity($item['verb'])) {
@@ -2904,7 +2900,7 @@ function i_am_mentioned($channel,$item,$check_groups = false) {
  */
 function start_delivery_chain($channel, $item, $item_id, bool|array $parent, $group = false, $edit = false) {
 
-    btlogger('start_chain: ' . $channel['channel_id'] . ' item: ' . print_r($item, true));
+   // btlogger('start_chain: ' . $channel['channel_id'] . ' item: ' . $item_id);
     $moderated = perm_is_allowed($channel['channel_id'], $item['author_xchan'], 'moderated');
 
     $source = check_item_source($channel['channel_id'],$item);
@@ -3646,6 +3642,11 @@ function delete_item_lowlevel($item, $stage = DROPITEM_NORMAL, $force = false, $
         ObjCache::Delete($item['mid']);
     }
 
+    q("delete from term where oid = %d and otype = %d",
+        intval($item['id']),
+        intval(TERM_OBJ_POST)
+    );
+
     // remove delivery reports
 
     $c = q("select channel_hash from channel where channel_id = %d limit 1",