diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.test.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.test.ts
index 806ae6bda..9a8c223f1 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.test.ts
@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@ describe('UserResolver', () => {
     })
 
     describe('no users in database', () => {
+      beforeAll(() => {
+        clearLogs()
+      })
       it('throws an error', async () => {
         jest.clearAllMocks()
         const result = await mutate({ mutation: login, variables })
@@ -709,6 +712,7 @@ describe('UserResolver', () => {
       })
 
       it('logs the error found', () => {
+        printLogs()
         expect(logger.warn).toBeCalledWith(
           `findUserByEmail failed, user with email=${variables.email} not found`,
         )
diff --git a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.test.ts b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.test.ts
index 9953bee9b..20cc52057 100644
--- a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.test.ts
+++ b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Community as DbCommunity, FederatedCommunity as DbFederatedCommunity }
 import { validate as validateUUID, version as versionUUID } from 'uuid'
 
 import { cleanDB, testEnvironment } from '@test/helpers'
-import { cleanLogs, getLogger, printLogs } from 'config-schema/test/testSetup'
+import { clearLogs, getLogger, printLogs } from 'config-schema/test/testSetup'
 
 import { CONFIG } from '@/config'
 
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ describe('federation', () => {
               let jsonArray: any[]
               let result: DbFederatedCommunity[] = []
               beforeAll(async () => {
+                clearLogs()
                 jest.clearAllMocks()
                 jsonArray = [
                   {
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ describe('federation', () => {
                 ]
                 await socketEventMocks.data(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(jsonArray)))
                 result = await DbFederatedCommunity.find({ where: { foreign: true } })
+                printLogs()
               })
 
               afterAll(async () => {
diff --git a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
index 394c5d86c..dc45b15ed 100644
--- a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
+++ b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export const startDHT = async (topic: string): Promise<void> => {
 
     server.on('connection', function (socket: any) {
       logger.info(`server on... with Remote public key: ${socket.remotePublicKey.toString('hex')}`)
-
       socket.on('data', async (data: Buffer) => {
         try {
           if (data.length > 1141) {
@@ -110,10 +109,9 @@ export const startDHT = async (topic: string): Promise<void> => {
             const variables = {
               apiVersion: recApiVersion.api,
               endPoint: recApiVersion.url,
-              publicKey: socket.remotePublicKey.toString('hex'),
+              publicKey: socket.remotePublicKey,
               lastAnnouncedAt: new Date(),
             }
-            logger.debug(`upsert with variables=${JSON.stringify(variables, null, 2)}`)
             // this will NOT update the updatedAt column, to distingue between a normal update and the last announcement
             await DbFederatedCommunity.createQueryBuilder()
               .insert()