diff --git a/arvo/eyre.hoon b/arvo/eyre.hoon
index 69a6cc413..cce7da9ac 100644
--- a/arvo/eyre.hoon
+++ b/arvo/eyre.hoon
@@ -1191,11 +1191,20 @@
               
                 if(cb) {
                   xhr.onload = function() {
-                    console.log("response text" + this.responseText);
-                    cb(null,{
-                      status:this.status,
-                      data:JSON.parse(this.responseText)
-                    })
+                    try {
+                      err = null
+                      res = {
+                        status:this.status,
+                        data: JSON.parse(this.responseText)
+                      }
+                    } catch(e) {
+                      err = {
+                        message:"Failed to parse JSON",
+                        raw:this.responseText
+                      }
+                      res = null
+                    }
+                    cb(err,res)
                   }
                   xhr.onerror = function() {
                     cb({
diff --git a/main/lib/urb.js b/main/lib/urb.js
index 8c964985d..919ccb0f4 100644
--- a/main/lib/urb.js
+++ b/main/lib/urb.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ window.urb.send = function(params,cb) {
 }
 
 window.urb.subscribe = function(params,cb) {
-  console.log("Someone is subscribing");
   if(!cb)
     throw new Error("You must supply a callback to urb.subscribe.")
   if(!params)