diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs b/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs
index 1ce8774..b312624 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Bot.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
     private void AddServices()
     {
         var startingGuildIdList = GetCurrentGuildIds();
-        var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        var startTime = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
         var bot = Client.CurrentUser;
 
         using (var uow = _db.GetDbContext())
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
             LoadTypeReaders(a);
         }
 
-        sw.Stop();
-        Log.Information("All services loaded in {ServiceLoadTime:F2}s", sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
+        Log.Information("All services loaded in {ServiceLoadTime:F2}s", Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(startTime).TotalSeconds);
     }
 
     private void LoadTypeReaders(Assembly assembly)
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
         if (ShardId == 0)
             await _db.SetupAsync();
 
-        var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        var startTime = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
 
         await LoginAsync(_creds.Token);
 
@@ -274,8 +273,7 @@ public sealed class Bot : IBot
             Helpers.ReadErrorAndExit(9);
         }
 
-        sw.Stop();
-        Log.Information("Shard {ShardId} connected in {Elapsed:F2}s", Client.ShardId, sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
+        Log.Information("Shard {ShardId} connected in {Elapsed:F2}s", Client.ShardId, Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(startTime).TotalSeconds);
         var commandHandler = Services.GetRequiredService<CommandHandler>();
 
         // start handling messages received in commandhandler
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/ChatterbotService.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/ChatterbotService.cs
index 532dd5a..bc357d6 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/ChatterbotService.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/ChatterbotService.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class ChatterBotService : IExecOnMessage
             }
             else
             {
-                Log.Warning("Error in chatterbot: {Error}", error);
+                Log.Warning("Error in chatterbot: {Error}", error.Value);
             }
 
             Log.Information("""
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/_common/OfficialGptSession.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/_common/OfficialGptSession.cs
index 4f7d35a..7a40df0 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/_common/OfficialGptSession.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Games/ChatterBot/_common/OfficialGptSession.cs
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public class OfficialGptSession : IChatterBotSession
         try
         {
             var response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<OpenAiCompletionResponse>(dataString);
+
+            Log.Information("Received response: {response}", dataString);
             var res = response?.Choices?[0];
             var message = res?.Message?.Content;
 
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Search/Searx/SearxSearchService.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Search/Searx/SearxSearchService.cs
index 87e4103..0d2d257 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Search/Searx/SearxSearchService.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Searches/Search/Searx/SearxSearchService.cs
@@ -32,20 +32,21 @@ public sealed class SearxSearchService : SearchServiceBase, IEService
         var instanceUrl = GetRandomInstance();
         
         Log.Information("Using {Instance} instance for web search...", instanceUrl);
-        var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        var startTime = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+
         using var http = _http.CreateClient();
         await using var res = await http.GetStreamAsync($"{instanceUrl}"
                                                         + $"?q={Uri.EscapeDataString(query)}"
                                                         + $"&format=json"
                                                         + $"&strict=2");
 
-        sw.Stop();
+        var elapsed = Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(startTime);
         var dat = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<SearxSearchResult>(res);
 
         if (dat is null)
             return new SearxSearchResult();
         
-        dat.SearchTime = sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString("N2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); 
+        dat.SearchTime = elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString("N2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); 
         return dat;
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public sealed class SearxSearchService : SearchServiceBase, IEService
         var instanceUrl = GetRandomInstance();
         
         Log.Information("Using {Instance} instance for img search...", instanceUrl);
-        var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        var startTime = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
         using var http = _http.CreateClient();
         await using var res = await http.GetStreamAsync($"{instanceUrl}"
                                                         + $"?q={Uri.EscapeDataString(query)}"
@@ -64,13 +65,13 @@ public sealed class SearxSearchService : SearchServiceBase, IEService
                                                         + $"&category_images=on"
                                                         + $"&strict=2");
 
-        sw.Stop();
+        var elapsed = Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(startTime);
         var dat = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<SearxImageSearchResult>(res);
 
         if (dat is null)
             return new SearxImageSearchResult();
         
-        dat.SearchTime = sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString("N2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); 
+        dat.SearchTime = elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString("N2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); 
         return dat;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Utility/Ai/CommandPromptResultModel.cs b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Utility/Ai/CommandPromptResultModel.cs
index 78d6179..559d5b8 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/Modules/Utility/Ai/CommandPromptResultModel.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/Modules/Utility/Ai/CommandPromptResultModel.cs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ public sealed class CommandPromptResultModel
     public required string Name { get; set; }
 
     [JsonPropertyName("arguments")]
-    public required Dictionary<string, string> Arguments { get; set; }
+    public Dictionary<string, string> Arguments { get; set; } = new();
     
     [JsonPropertyName("remaining")]
     [JsonConverter(typeof(NumberToStringConverter))]
-    public required string Remaining { get; set; }
+    public string Remaining { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 }
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diff --git a/src/EllieBot/_common/_Extensions/Extensions.cs b/src/EllieBot/_common/_Extensions/Extensions.cs
index f0cb9f9..33aa564 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/_common/_Extensions/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/EllieBot/_common/_Extensions/Extensions.cs
@@ -229,10 +229,4 @@ public static class Extensions
     public static IEnumerable<IRole> GetRoles(this IGuildUser user)
         => user.RoleIds.Select(r => user.Guild.GetRole(r)).Where(r => r is not null);
 
-    // todo remove
-    public static void Lap(this Stopwatch sw, string checkpoint)
-    {
-        Log.Information("Checkpoint {CheckPoint}: {Time}ms", checkpoint, sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
-        sw.Restart();
-    }
 }
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