diff --git a/piker/accounting/_ledger.py b/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
index b46b46ba..9c3f80a4 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from pendulum import (
     parse,
 )
 import tomlkit
+import tomli
 
 from .. import config
 from ..data.types import Struct
@@ -141,8 +142,10 @@ class TransactionLedger(UserDict):
             if fqme:
                 txdict['fqme'] = fqme
 
+        print(f'WRITING LEDGER {self.file_path}')
         with self.file_path.open(mode='w') as fp:
             tomlkit.dump(towrite, fp)
+        print(f'FINISHED WRITING LEDGER {self.file_path}')
 
     def update_from_t(
         self,
diff --git a/piker/config.py b/piker/config.py
index be77709f..b708e252 100644
--- a/piker/config.py
+++ b/piker/config.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def load_ledger(
 
     with fpath.open(mode='rb') as cf:
         start = time.time()
-        ledger_dict = tomlkit.parse(cf.read())
+        ledger_dict = tomllib.load(cf)
         log.debug(f'Ledger load took {time.time() - start}s')
 
     return ledger_dict, fpath