diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 8cc155e..d72b8b8 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -96,13 +96,11 @@ class Input(object):
         self.host = host
         self.paraml = paraml
         self.msg = msg
-        if command == "PRIVMSG":
-            if paraml[0] != bot.nick:
-                self.chan = paraml[0]
-            else:
-                self.chan = nick
-        else:
-            self.chan = ""
+        self.chan = paraml[0]
+        if self.chan == bot.nick:
+            self.chan = nick
+        elif command =='JOIN':
+            self.chan = msg
 
 
 class FakeBot(object):
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ while True:
                 try:
                     input = sieve(bot, input, func, args)
                 except Exception, e:
-                    print 'filter error:', e
+                    print 'sieve error:', e
                     input = None
                 if input == None:
                     break
diff --git a/plugins/babel.py b/plugins/babel.py
index 648fd84..d993187 100644
--- a/plugins/babel.py
+++ b/plugins/babel.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def goog_trans(text, slang, tlang):
     json = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
     parsed = yaml.load(json)
     if not 200 <= parsed['responseStatus'] < 300:
-        print parsed
         raise IOError('error with the translation server: %d: %s' % (
                 parsed['responseStatus'], ''))
     return unescape(parsed['responseData']['translatedText'])
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ def babel_gen(inp):
         inp = inp.encode('utf8')
         trans = goog_trans(inp, 'en', language).encode('utf8')
         inp = goog_trans(trans, language, 'en')
-        print language, trans, inp
         yield language, trans, inp
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/log.py b/plugins/log.py
index 271162f..7df957e 100644
--- a/plugins/log.py
+++ b/plugins/log.py
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ log_fds = {} # '%(net)s %(chan)s' : (filename, fd)
 
 timestamp_format = '%H:%M:%S'
 
+formats = {'PRIVMSG': '<%(nick)s> %(msg)s',
+    'PART': '-!- %(nick)s [%(user)s@%(host)s] has left %(chan)s',
+    'JOIN': '-!- %(nick)s [%(user)s@%(host)s] has joined %(chan)s',
+    'MODE': '-!- mode/%(chan)s [%(param_tail)s] by %(nick)s',
+    'KICK': '-!- %(param1)s was kicked from %(chan)s by %(nick)s [%(msg)s]',
+    'TOPIC': '-!- %(nick)s changed the topic of %(chan)s to: %(msg)s'
+       }
+
+ctcp_formats = {'ACTION': '* %(nick)s %(ctcpmsg)s'}
 
 def get_log_filename(dir, network, chan):
     return os.path.join(dir, 'log', gmtime('%Y'), network,
@@ -26,6 +35,29 @@ def gmtime(format):
     return time.strftime(format, time.gmtime())
 
 
+def beautify(input):
+    format = formats.get(input.command, '%(raw)s')
+    args = vars(input)
+    leng = len(args['paraml'])
+    for n, p in enumerate(args['paraml']):
+        args['param' + str(n)] = p
+        args['param_' + str(abs(n - leng))] = p
+
+    args['param_tail'] = ' '.join(args['paraml'][1:])
+    
+    if input.command == 'PRIVMSG' and input.msg.count('\x01') >= 2:
+        #ctcp
+        ctcp = input.msg.split('\x01', 2)[1].split(' ', 1)
+        if len(ctcp) == 1:
+            ctcp += ['']
+        args['ctcpcmd'], args['ctcpmsg'] = ctcp
+        format = ctcp_formats.get(args['ctcpcmd'],
+                '%(nick)s [%(user)s@%(host)s] requested unknown CTCP '
+                '%(ctcpcmd)s from %(chan)s: %(ctcpmsg)s')
+
+    return format % args
+
+
 def get_log_fd(dir, network, chan):
     fn = get_log_filename(dir, network, chan)
     cache_key = '%s %s' % (network, chan)
@@ -48,9 +80,11 @@ def get_log_fd(dir, network, chan):
 def log(bot, input):
     ".remember <word> <data> -- maps word to data in the memory"
     with lock:
+        timestamp = gmtime(timestamp_format)
+        
         fd = get_log_fd(bot.persist_dir, bot.network, 'raw')
-        fd.write(gmtime(timestamp_format) + ' ' + input.raw + '\n')
+        fd.write(timestamp + ' ' + input.raw + '\n')
 
         if input.chan:
             fd = get_log_fd(bot.persist_dir, bot.network, input.chan)
-            fd.write(gmtime(timestamp_format) + ' ' + input.raw + '\n')
+            fd.write(timestamp + ' ' + beautify(input) + '\n')
diff --git a/plugins/misc.py b/plugins/misc.py
index 64adf53..5b433ef 100644
--- a/plugins/misc.py
+++ b/plugins/misc.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import hook
 
 @hook.event('KICK INVITE')
 def rejoin(bot, input):
-    print input.command, input.inp
-
     if input.command == 'KICK':
         if input.paraml[1] == bot.bot.nick:
             if input.paraml[0] == bot.bot.channel:
diff --git a/plugins/remember.py b/plugins/remember.py
index ca4155f..b760dcf 100644
--- a/plugins/remember.py
+++ b/plugins/remember.py
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ def forget(bot, input):
         if not input.inp.strip():
             return forget.__doc__
 
-        print input.inp
         low = input.inp.strip().lower()
-        print repr(low)
         if low not in memory[filename]:
             return "I don't know about that."
         if not hasattr(input, 'chan'):
@@ -88,6 +86,5 @@ def question(bot, input):
         memory.setdefault(filename, load_memory(filename))
 
         word = input.inp.split()[0].lower()
-        print memory[filename]
         if word in memory[filename]:
             bot.say("%s" % memory[filename][word])