diff --git a/app/config/config.go b/app/config/config.go
index 65ec8d1..596e30f 100644
--- a/app/config/config.go
+++ b/app/config/config.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type C struct {
 	Port        int      `env:"ORLY_PORT" default:"3334" usage:"port to listen on"`
 	LogLevel    string   `env:"ORLY_LOG_LEVEL" default:"info" usage:"relay log level: fatal error warn info debug trace"`
 	DBLogLevel  string   `env:"ORLY_DB_LOG_LEVEL" default:"info" usage:"database log level: fatal error warn info debug trace"`
+	LogToStdout bool     `env:"ORLY_LOG_TO_STDOUT" usage:"log to stdout instead of stderr"`
 	Pprof       string   `env:"ORLY_PPROF" usage:"enable pprof in modes: cpu,memory,allocation"`
 	IPWhitelist []string `env:"ORLY_IP_WHITELIST" usage:"comma-separated list of IP addresses to allow access from, matches on prefixes to allow private subnets, eg 10.0.0 = 10.0.0.0/8"`
 	Admins      []string `env:"ORLY_ADMINS" usage:"comma-separated list of admin npubs"`
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ func New() (cfg *C, err error) {
 		PrintHelp(cfg, os.Stderr)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
+	if cfg.LogToStdout {
+		lol.Writer = os.Stdout
+	}
 	lol.SetLogLevel(cfg.LogLevel)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/app/handle-delete.go b/app/handle-delete.go
index e466eff..327b60f 100644
--- a/app/handle-delete.go
+++ b/app/handle-delete.go
@@ -87,10 +87,16 @@ func (l *Listener) HandleDelete(env *eventenvelope.Submission) {
 		// if e tags are found, delete them if the author is signer, or one of
 		// the owners is signer
 		if utils.FastEqual(t.Key(), []byte("e")) {
-			var dst []byte
-			if _, err = hex.DecBytes(dst, t.Value()); chk.E(err) {
+			val := t.Value()
+			if len(val) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
+			var dst []byte
+			if b, e := hex.Dec(string(val)); chk.E(e) {
+				continue
+			} else {
+				dst = b
+			}
 			f := &filter.F{
 				Ids: tag.NewFromBytesSlice(dst),
 			}
diff --git a/app/handle-req.go b/app/handle-req.go
index 90ea92c..1428412 100644
--- a/app/handle-req.go
+++ b/app/handle-req.go
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ privCheck:
 	events = tmp
 	seen := make(map[string]struct{})
 	for _, ev := range events {
-		// track the IDs we've sent
-		seen[string(ev.ID)] = struct{}{}
 		var res *eventenvelope.Result
 		if res, err = eventenvelope.NewResultWith(
 			env.Subscription, ev,
@@ -124,6 +122,8 @@ privCheck:
 		if err = res.Write(l); chk.E(err) {
 			return
 		}
+		// track the IDs we've sent (use hex encoding for stable key)
+		seen[hex.Enc(ev.ID)] = struct{}{}
 	}
 	// write the EOSE to signal to the client that all events found have been
 	// sent.
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ privCheck:
 		} else {
 			// remove the IDs that we already sent
 			var notFounds [][]byte
-			for _, ev := range events {
-				if _, ok := seen[string(ev.ID)]; ok {
+			for _, id := range f.Ids.T {
+				if _, ok := seen[hex.Enc(id)]; ok {
 					continue
 				}
-				notFounds = append(notFounds, ev.ID)
+				notFounds = append(notFounds, id)
 			}
 			// if all were found, don't add to subbedFilters
 			if len(notFounds) == 0 {
diff --git a/scripts/relaytester-test.sh b/scripts/relaytester-test.sh
index e93da94..cfea322 100755
--- a/scripts/relaytester-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/relaytester-test.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ if ! command -v "relay-tester" &> /dev/null; then
     exit
 fi
 rm -rf ~/.local/share/ORLY
-export ORLY_LOG_LEVEL=off
+export ORLY_LOG_LEVEL=trace
+export ORLY_LOG_TO_STDOUT=true
 export ORLY_LISTEN=127.0.0.1
 export ORLY_PORT=3334
 export ORLY_IP_WHITELIST=127.0.0
-export ORLY_ADMINS=nsec12l4072hvvyjpmkyjtdxn48xf8qj299zw60u7ddg58s2aphv3rpjqtg0tvr,nsec1syvtjgqauyeezgrev5nqrp36d87apjk87043tgu2usgv8umyy6wq4yl6tu
+export ORLY_ADMINS=8118b9201de133912079652601863a69fdd0cac7f3eb15a38ae410c3f364269c,57eaff2aec61241dd8925b4d3a9cc93824a2944ed3f9e6b5143c15d0dd911864
+export ORLY_ACL_MODE=none
 go run . &
 sleep 2
 relay-tester ws://127.0.0.1:3334 nsec12l4072hvvyjpmkyjtdxn48xf8qj299zw60u7ddg58s2aphv3rpjqtg0tvr nsec1syvtjgqauyeezgrev5nqrp36d87apjk87043tgu2usgv8umyy6wq4yl6tu