diff --git a/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py b/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
index ce25243f..b7fcc411 100644
--- a/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
+++ b/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ async def simulate_fills(
                     case _:
                         continue
                 
-                # iterate alcl potentially clearable book prices
-                # in FIFO order per side.c
+                # iterate all potentially clearable book prices
+                # in FIFO order per side.
                 for order_info, pred in iter_entries:
                     (our_price, size, reqid, action) = order_info
 
@@ -438,9 +438,7 @@ async def simulate_fills(
                             'buy': buys,
                             'sell': sells
                         }[action].inverse.pop(order_info)
-
-                        log.warning(f'order_info: {order_info}')
-                           
+ 
                         # clearing price would have filled entirely
                         await client.fake_fill(
                             fqsn=sym,
@@ -558,14 +556,12 @@ async def trades_dialogue(
     ):
 
         with open_pps(broker, 'piker-paper') as table: 
-            log.warning(f'pp table: {table}')
             # save pps in local state
             _positions.update(table.pps)
         
         pp_msgs: list[BrokerdPosition] = []
         pos: Position
         token: str  # f'{symbol}.{self.broker}'
-        log.warning(f'local _positions: {_positions}')
         for token, pos in _positions.items():
             pp_msgs.append(BrokerdPosition(
                 broker=broker,
@@ -574,7 +570,6 @@ async def trades_dialogue(
                 size=pos.size,
                 avg_price=pos.ppu,
             ))
-        log.warning(f'pp_msgs: {pp_msgs}')
         # TODO: load paper positions per broker from .toml config file
         # and pass as symbol to position data mapping: ``dict[str, dict]``
         await ctx.started((
@@ -632,6 +627,7 @@ async def open_paperboi(
         # (we likely don't need more then one proc for basic
         # simulated order clearing)
         if portal is None:
+            log.info('Starting new paper-engine actor')
             portal = await tn.start_actor(
                 service_name,
                 enable_modules=[__name__]
diff --git a/piker/pp.py b/piker/pp.py
index 637dab53..e71045d1 100644
--- a/piker/pp.py
+++ b/piker/pp.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def open_trade_ledger(
     account: str,
 ) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
     '''
-    Indempotently creat0616cbd1e and read in a trade log file from the
+    Indempotently create and read in a trade log file from the
     ``<configuration_dir>/ledgers/`` directory.
 
     Files are named per broker account of the form
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ def open_trade_ledger(
             # TODO: show diff output?
             # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12956957/print-diff-of-python-dictionaries
             print(f'Updating ledger for {tradesfile}:\n')
-            ledger.update(cpy)
-            
+            ledger.update(cpy) 
             # we write on close the mutated ledger data
             with open(tradesfile, 'w') as cf:
                 toml.dump(ledger, cf)
@@ -544,8 +543,7 @@ class PpTable(Struct):
     ) -> dict[str, Position]:
 
         pps = self.pps
-        updated: dict[str, Position] = {}
-        
+        updated: dict[str, Position] = {} 
         # lifo update all pps from records
         for tid, t in trans.items():
 
diff --git a/tests/test_paper.py b/tests/test_paper.py
index 38b3dd78..16785afb 100644
--- a/tests/test_paper.py
+++ b/tests/test_paper.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def test_paper_trade(
     paper_cleanup: None
 ):
 
+    cleared_price: float
     test_exec_mode='live'
     test_account = 'paper'
     test_size = 1 
@@ -57,8 +58,6 @@ def test_paper_trade(
         tuple[str, str],
         list[BrokerdPosition],
     ]
-    cleared_price: float
-
 
     async def _async_main(
         open_pikerd: AsyncContextManager,
diff --git a/tests/test_services.py b/tests/test_services.py
index 3acd81ad..6b67d3c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_services.py
+++ b/tests/test_services.py
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 import trio
 import tractor
 
-from datetime import datetime
-import time
 from piker.log import get_logger
-from piker.clearing._messages import ( 
-    BrokerdFill
-)
 
 from piker._daemon import (
     find_service,
@@ -34,8 +29,6 @@ from piker.clearing._client import (
     OrderBook,
 )
 
-log = get_logger(__name__)
-
 
 def test_runtime_boot(
     open_test_pikerd: AsyncContextManager
@@ -185,6 +178,3 @@ def test_ensure_ems_in_paper_actors(
 
     cancel_msg: str = '_emsd_main was remotely cancelled by its caller'
     assert cancel_msg in exc_info.value.args[0]
-
-
-