diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c4cf8e1..97b80a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/websocket",
-  "version": "0.3.9",
+  "version": "0.3.10",
   "description": "JSON packet host websocket server",
   "main": "src",
   "scripts": {
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
-    "mocha": "^6.2.0",
-    "nodemon": "^1.19.1"
+    "mocha": "^6.2.2",
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci-utils/logger": "0.0.15",
+    "@uci-utils/logger": "0.0.16",
     "await-to-js": "^2.1.1",
     "better-try-catch": "^0.6.2",
     "clone": "^2.1.2",
     "death": "^1.1.0",
-    "ws": "^7.1.2"
+    "ws": "^7.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/socket.js b/src/socket.js
index 6d781e9..9ea27bb 100644
--- a/src/socket.js
+++ b/src/socket.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Socket extends Server {
     this._authenticate = this._authenticate.bind(this)
     this.close = promisify(this.close).bind(this)
     log = logger({
+      package:'@uci/websocket',
       file: 'src/socket.js',
       class: 'Socket',
       name: 'websocket',
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ class Socket extends Server {
     })
   } // end constructor
 
+  get active() { return this.listening }
+
   /**
    * create - Description
    *
@@ -78,12 +81,19 @@ class Socket extends Server {
         this.on('error', err => {
           this.errorCount +=1 // log errors here
           this.errors.push(err)
-          if(this.errorCount>2) this.emit('warn', {msg:'something bad maybe going on, 3 errors', errors:this.errors})
-          if(this.errorCount>5) this.emit('fatal', {msg:'something fatal is going on, 6 errors', errors:this.errors})
+          if(this.errorCount>2) this.emit('status', {level:'warn',msg:'something bad maybe going on, 3 errors', errors:this.errors})
+          if(this.errorCount>5) {
+            let errors = {level:'fatal',msg:'something fatal is going on, 6 errors', errors:this.errors}
+            log.fatal(errors)
+            this.listening=false
+            this.emit('status', {active:this.active})
+            this.emit('status', errors)
+          }
         })
         this.wss = new WSS({server:this})
         this.wss.on('error', err => {this.emit('error', err)}) // bubble up errors
         this.wss.on('connection', this._connectionHandler.bind(this))
+        this.emit('status',{active:this.active})
         resolve(`websocket ready and listening at ${this.address().address}:${this.address().port}`)
       })
       super.listen(this.opts)
@@ -189,7 +199,7 @@ class Socket extends Server {
           }
           else {
             log.info({msg:'consumer authenticated successfuly', consumer:consumer.name, consumer_id:consumer.id})
-            if (this.allowAnonymous) log.warn({msg:'consumer connected anonymously', consumer:consumer.name, consumer_id:consumer.id})
+            if (this.allowAnonymous) log.warn({msg:'web consumer connected anonymously', consumer:consumer.name, consumer_id:consumer.id})
             resolve(consumer.authenticated)
           }
         }
@@ -265,7 +275,7 @@ class Socket extends Server {
         res = { error: 'Could not JSON parse packet', packet:strPacket }
       }
       else {
-        log.warn({method:'_listen', line:266, packet:packet, msg:'parsed packet'})
+        log.debug({method:'_listen', line:266, packet:packet, msg:'parsed packet'})
         res = (await this._packetProcess(clone(packet))) || {}
         if (Object.keys(res).length === 0)
           res = {