diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff29e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build]
+rustflags = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 27c1305..59ebdf0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -158,6 +158,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b5a71a6f37880a80d1d7f19efd781e4b5de42c88f0722cc13bcb6cc2cfe8476"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream-impl",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream-impl"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7c24de15d275a1ecfd47a380fb4d5ec9bfe0933f309ed5e705b775596a3574d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.83"
@@ -169,6 +191,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "attribute-derive"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -213,7 +241,7 @@ checksum = "504e3947307ac8326a5437504c517c4b56716c9d98fac0028c2acc7ca47d70ae"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -278,6 +306,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -475,6 +509,45 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console-api"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86ed14aa9c9f927213c6e4f3ef75faaad3406134efe84ba2cb7983431d5f0931"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "console-subscriber"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2e3a111a37f3333946ebf9da370ba5c5577b18eb342ec683eb488dd21980302"
+dependencies = [
+ "console-api",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "futures-task",
+ "hdrhistogram",
+ "humantime",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console_error_panic_hook"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -565,6 +638,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33480d6946193aa8033910124896ca395333cae7e2d1113d1fef6c3272217df2"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.20"
@@ -987,6 +1069,31 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "493913a18c0d7bebb75127a26a432162c59edbe06f6cf712001e3e769345e8b5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "524e8ac6999421f49a846c2d4411f337e53497d8ec55d67753beffa43c5d9205"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "http",
+ "indexmap 2.6.0",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
@@ -999,6 +1106,19 @@ version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e087f84d4f86bf4b218b927129862374b72199ae7d8657835f1e89000eea4fb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hdrhistogram"
+version = "7.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "765c9198f173dd59ce26ff9f95ef0aafd0a0fe01fb9d72841bc5066a4c06511d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.7",
+ "byteorder",
+ "flate2",
+ "nom",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1066,6 +1186,12 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hydration_context"
 version = "0.2.0-gamma2"
@@ -1089,6 +1215,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
+ "h2",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
@@ -1097,6 +1224,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
+ "want",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3203a961e5c83b6f5498933e78b6b263e208c197b63e9c6c53cc82ffd3f63793"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1106,13 +1247,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41296eb09f183ac68eec06e03cdbea2e759633d4067b2f6552fc2e009bcad08b"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1349,6 +1493,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -1504,7 +1658,7 @@ checksum = "378d042feaf5eb03652bd8e5c01420afd50df1081251f84f29733dde5de223fe"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "camino",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.6.0",
  "parking_lot",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1543,7 +1697,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a1b999b1574abc17a07a68b54fb1f7aa670c50a60c0407b05fa26fdd4108458"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.6.0",
  "leptos",
  "once_cell",
  "or_poisoned",
@@ -1596,7 +1750,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c981b0748be2de45ed7af9d7a0752bf8ec505b15f96e84bf88ca239857c585d"
 dependencies = [
  "any_spawner",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "codee",
  "futures",
  "hydration_context",
@@ -2110,6 +2264,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "yansi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b0487d90e047de87f984913713b85c601c05609aad5b0df4b4573fbf69aa13f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9552f850d5f0964a4e4d0bf306459ac29323ddfbae05e35a7c0d35cb0803cc5"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4759aa0d3a6232fb8dbdb97b61de2c20047c68aca932c7ed76da9d788508d670"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quanta"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -2419,6 +2605,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "clap",
+ "console-subscriber",
  "futures",
  "lib",
  "rand",
@@ -2635,7 +2822,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "either_of",
  "futures",
  "html-escape",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.6.0",
  "itertools",
  "js-sys",
  "linear-map",
@@ -2821,6 +3008,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
+ "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2835,6 +3023,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f4e6ce100d0eb49a2734f8c0812bcd324cf357d21810932c5df6b96ef2b86f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -2887,19 +3086,58 @@ version = "0.22.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ae48d6208a266e853d946088ed816055e556cc6028c5e8e2b84d9fa5dd7c7f5"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.6.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "877c5b330756d856ffcc4553ab34a5684481ade925ecc54bcd1bf02b1d0d4d52"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "prost",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
 dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rand",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -3038,6 +3276,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tungstenite"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -3205,6 +3449,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa7760aed19e106de2c7c0b581b509f2f25d3dacaf737cb82ac61bc6d760b0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 3f10263..84df752 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ futures = "0"
 rand = "0"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full", "tracing"] }
 tower = { version = "0", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0", features = ["fs", "trace", "compression-full"] }
 tower_governor = { version = "0", features = ["axum", "tracing"] }
 tracing = "0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0", features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v7", "serde", "fast-rng"] }
+console-subscriber = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/server/src/game_handler.rs b/server/src/game_handler.rs
index 8fbca9a..98d3959 100644
--- a/server/src/game_handler.rs
+++ b/server/src/game_handler.rs
@@ -261,8 +261,12 @@ impl GameHandler {
                     let msg = serde_json::to_string(&meta).unwrap();
                     let user_tx = player.user.read().unwrap().tx.clone();
                     tokio::spawn(async move {
-                        if let Err(e) = user_tx.send(msg).await {
-                            tracing::error!("Error sending user update: {}", e)
+                        // channel can still close after this point but it'll catch most of it
+                        // TODO: handle this later? make this situation impossible to begin with?
+                        if !user_tx.is_closed() {
+                            if let Err(e) = user_tx.send(msg).await {
+                                tracing::error!("Error sending user update: {}", e)
+                            }
                         }
                     });
                 }
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index cd68a7f..9a14ab9 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,22 @@ use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc};
 use tower::ServiceBuilder;
 use tower_governor::{governor::GovernorConfigBuilder, GovernorLayer};
 use tower_http::{compression::CompressionLayer, services::ServeDir};
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+// use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 use user_handler::UserHandler;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    // stuff for logging
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(
-            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "server=trace,tower_http=trace,lib=trace".into()),
-        )
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-        .init();
+    // // stuff for logging
+    // tracing_subscriber::registry()
+    //     .with(
+    //         tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+    //             "server=trace,tower_http=trace,lib=trace,tokio=trace,runtime=trace".into()
+    //         }),
+    //     )
+    //     .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+    //     .init();
+
+    console_subscriber::init();
 
     // Handle command-line args
     let matches = command!()