diff --git a/bot/bot.go b/bot/bot.go
index ea0333c..f08c894 100644
--- a/bot/bot.go
+++ b/bot/bot.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package bot
 
-//import "github.com/kr/pretty"
+import "github.com/kr/pretty"
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5/model"
-	"net/http"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"regexp"
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ func New(options ...func(s *Bot)) *Bot {
 	return b
 }
 
+func (b *Bot) identify() {
+	log.Info().
+		Str("version", b.Version).
+		Str("buildarch", b.Buildarch).
+		Str("commit", b.Commit).
+		Msg("starting")
+}
+
 func (b *Bot) Main() int {
 	println(b.BotName)
 
@@ -50,6 +58,8 @@ func (b *Bot) Main() int {
 
 	b.SetupGracefulShutdown()
 
+	b.setupLogging()
+
 	b.client = model.NewAPIv4Client(b.APIURL)
 
 	// Lets test to see if the mattermost server is up and running
@@ -72,7 +82,7 @@ func (b *Bot) Main() int {
 
 	// Lets create a bot channel for logging debug messages into
 	b.CreateBotDebuggingChannelIfNeeded()
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("_**%s** (version `%s`) is now starting up", b.BotName, b.Version)
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("_**%s** (version `%s`) is now starting up_", b.BotName, b.Version)
 	b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel(msg, "")
 
 	// Lets start listening to some channels via the websocket!
@@ -230,38 +240,6 @@ func (b *Bot) Shutdown() {
 	syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGINT)
 }
 
-func (b *Bot) HandleWeatherRequest(channelid string, postid string, message string) {
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("weather request received: `%s`", message)
-	b.SendMsgToChannel(msg, postid, channelid)
-
-	r := regexp.MustCompile(`metar\s+([A-Za-z]{4})`)
-	loc := r.FindString(message)
-	if loc == "" {
-		b.SendMsgToChannel("error, sorry", postid, channelid)
-	}
-
-	token := os.Getenv("METAR_API_TOKEN")
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://avwx.rest/api/metar/%s?options=&airport=true&reporting=true&format=json&onfail=cache", loc)
-
-	msg = fmt.Sprintf("calculated url: `%s`", url)
-	b.SendMsgToChannel(msg, postid, channelid)
-
-	client := http.Client{
-		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
-	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
-	req.Header.Add("Authorization", `Token `+token)
-	resp, err := client.Do(req)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		b.SendMsgToChannel(fmt.Sprintf("weather fetch error: %s", err), postid, channelid)
-		return
-	}
-
-	b.SendMsgToChannel(fmt.Sprintf("weather %s: %s", loc, resp), postid, channelid)
-
-}
-
 func (b *Bot) HandleMsgFromChannel(event *model.WebSocketEvent) {
 
 	post := model.PostFromJson(strings.NewReader(event.Data["post"].(string)))
@@ -269,7 +247,6 @@ func (b *Bot) HandleMsgFromChannel(event *model.WebSocketEvent) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	//pretty.Print(post)
 	if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)metar(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
 		b.HandleWeatherRequest(post.ChannelId, post.Id, post.Message)
 		return
@@ -304,37 +281,41 @@ func (b *Bot) HandleMsgFromDebuggingChannel(event *model.WebSocketEvent) {
 	println("responding to debugging channel msg")
 
 	post := model.PostFromJson(strings.NewReader(event.Data["post"].(string)))
-	if post != nil {
+	if post == nil {
+		return
+	}
 
-		// ignore my events
-		if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)shutdown(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
-			b.Shutdown()
-			return
-		}
+	// FIXME check and see if the message from mm is a bot message, if so,
+	// ignore it
+	pretty.Print(post)
 
-		// if you see any word matching 'alive' then respond
-		if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)alive(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
-			b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
-			return
-		}
+	if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)shutdown(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
+		b.Shutdown()
+		return
+	}
 
-		// if you see any word matching 'up' then respond
-		if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)up(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
-			b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
-			return
-		}
+	// if you see any word matching 'alive' then respond
+	if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)alive(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
+		b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
+		return
+	}
 
-		// if you see any word matching 'running' then respond
-		if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)running(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
-			b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
-			return
-		}
+	// if you see any word matching 'up' then respond
+	if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)up(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
+		b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
+		return
+	}
 
-		// if you see any word matching 'hello' then respond
-		if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)hello(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
-			b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
-			return
-		}
+	// if you see any word matching 'running' then respond
+	if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)running(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
+		b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// if you see any word matching 'hello' then respond
+	if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?:^|\W)hello(?:$|\W)`, post.Message); matched {
+		b.SendMsgToDebuggingChannel("Yes I'm running", post.Id)
+		return
 	}
 
 	b.SendMsgToChannel("I did not understand your command, sorry", post.Id, post.ChannelId)
diff --git a/bot/logger.go b/bot/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7c4073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package bot
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func (b *Bot) setupLogging() {
+
+	log.Logger = log.With().Caller().Logger()
+
+	tty := isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdin.Fd()) || isatty.IsCygwinTerminal(os.Stdin.Fd())
+
+	if tty {
+		out := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(
+			func(w *zerolog.ConsoleWriter) {
+				// Customize time format
+				w.TimeFormat = time.RFC3339
+			},
+		)
+		log.Logger = log.Output(out)
+	}
+
+	// always log in UTC
+	zerolog.TimestampFunc = func() time.Time {
+		return time.Now().UTC()
+	}
+
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	//zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+	//if viper.GetBool("debug") {
+	//}
+
+	b.identify()
+}
diff --git a/bot/metar.go b/bot/metar.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf4efc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/metar.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package bot
+
+//import "github.com/kr/pretty"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func (b *Bot) HandleWeatherRequest(channelid string, postid string, message string) {
+
+	// we are using a very bare image with no CA cert bundle
+	// actually if you docker bind mount the ca cert bundle in the right
+	// place, golang will find it and use it.
+	//http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
+
+	log.Info().Msgf("weather request received: `%s`", message)
+
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(`metar\s+([A-Za-z]{4})`)
+	matches := r.FindStringSubmatch(message)
+	if len(matches) < 2 {
+		b.SendMsgToChannel("error, sorry", postid, channelid)
+	}
+
+	loc := matches[1]
+
+	token := os.Getenv("METAR_API_TOKEN")
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://avwx.rest/api/metar/%s?options=&airport=true&reporting=true&format=json&onfail=cache", loc)
+
+	log.Info().Msgf("calculated url: `%s`", url)
+
+	client := http.Client{
+		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", `Token `+token)
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		b.SendMsgToChannel(fmt.Sprintf("weather fetch error: %s", err), postid, channelid)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		b.SendMsgToChannel(fmt.Sprintf("weather fetch error: http status %d", resp.StatusCode), postid, channelid)
+		return
+	}
+
+	data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	log.Info().Msgf("weather %s: %s", loc, data)
+	b.SendMsgToChannel(fmt.Sprintf("weather %s: %s", loc, data), postid, channelid)
+
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3e9867..27e7050 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ go 1.15
 require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0
 	github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 v5.26.2
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.19.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index caabd46..d81c33a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hd
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.9/go.mod h1:YNRxwqDuOph6SZLI9vUUz6OYw3QyUt7WiY2yME+cCiQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10/go.mod h1:qgIWMr58cqv1PHHyhnkY9lrL7etaEgOFcMEpPG5Rm84=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
@@ -443,6 +444,9 @@ github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20190728182440-6a916e37a237/go.mod h1:qq
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0/go.mod h1:gFx+x8UowdsKA9AchylcLynDq+nNFfI8FkUZdN/jGCU=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.2.1/go.mod h1:+uKXf+4Djp6Md1KODXJxgGQPKngRmWyn10oCKFzNHOQ=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.19.0 h1:hYz4ZVdUgjXTBUmrkrw55j1nHx68LfOKIQk5IYtyScg=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.19.0/go.mod h1:IzD0RJ65iWH0w97OQQebJEvTZYvsCUm9WVLWBQrJRjo=
 github.com/rudderlabs/analytics-go v3.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:LF8/ty9kUX4PTY3l5c97K3nZZaX5Hwsvt+NBaRL/f30=
 github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig v0.0.0-20180430223755-7acd5e4a6ef7/go.mod h1:Oz4y6ImuOQZxynhbSXk7btjEfNBtGlj2dcaOvXl2FSM=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
@@ -674,6 +678,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200202164722-d101bd2416d5/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200615200032-f1bc736245b1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae h1:Ih9Yo4hSPImZOpfGuA4bR/ORKTAbhZo2AbWNRCnevdo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -698,6 +703,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190328211700-ab21143f2384/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190424220101-1e8e1cfdf96b/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
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 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190621195816-6e04913cbbac/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190828213141-aed303cbaa74/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190907020128-2ca718005c18/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
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