diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/user/billing.py b/litecord/blueprints/user/billing.py
index 56ff7cc..7f79551 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/user/billing.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/user/billing.py
@@ -220,15 +220,18 @@ async def get_payment(payment_id: int, db=None):
     return drow
 
 
-async def create_payment(subscription_id, app):
+async def create_payment(subscription_id, db=None):
     """Create a payment."""
-    sub = await get_subscription(subscription_id, app.db)
+    if not db:
+        db = app.db
+
+    sub = await get_subscription(subscription_id, db)
 
     new_id = get_snowflake()
 
     amount = AMOUNTS[sub['payment_gateway_plan_id']]
 
-    await app.db.execute(
+    await db.execute(
         """
         INSERT INTO user_payments (
             id, source_id, subscription_id, user_id,
diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/user/billing_job.py b/litecord/blueprints/user/billing_job.py
index 6dce986..66bd902 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/user/billing_job.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/user/billing_job.py
@@ -54,18 +54,24 @@ async def _process_user_payments(app, user_id: int):
     subscription = await get_subscription(
         sub_id, app.db)
 
+    # if the max payment is X days old, we create another.
+    # X is 30 for monthly subscriptions of nitro,
+    # X is 365 for yearly subscriptions of nitro
     threshold = THRESHOLDS[subscription['payment_gateway_plan_id']]
 
     log.debug('delta {} delta days {} threshold {}',
               delta, delta.days, threshold)
 
     if delta.days > threshold:
-        # insert new payment, for free !!!!!!
         log.info('creating payment for sid={}',
                  sub_id)
+
+        # create_payment does not call any Stripe
+        # or BrainTree APIs at all, since we'll just
+        # give it as free.
         await create_payment(sub_id, app)
     else:
-        log.debug('not there yet for sid={}', sub_id)
+        log.debug('sid={}, missing {threshold - delta.days} days', sub_id)
 
 
 async def payment_job(app):
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ async def payment_job(app):
     This function will check through users' payments
     and add a new one once a month / year.
     """
-    log.info('payment job start!')
+    log.debug('payment job start!')
 
     user_ids = await app.db.fetch("""
     SELECT DISTINCT user_id
@@ -82,7 +88,6 @@ async def payment_job(app):
     """)
 
     log.debug('working {} users', len(user_ids))
-    print(user_ids)
 
     # go through each user's payments
     for row in user_ids: