diff --git a/src/ex.lisp b/src/ex.lisp
index 30f402e..14a94e8 100644
--- a/src/ex.lisp
+++ b/src/ex.lisp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 (defun input-handle-ex (socket client-id input-string)
   "Example input-handler. Reverses user input and sends it back at them!"
 
-  (if input-string
+  (if (< 0 (length input-string))
     (let* ((reversed-input
 	     (nih:char-string (reverse (nih:char-list input-string))))
 
diff --git a/src/io.lisp b/src/io.lisp
index 73f620b..46c7de1 100644
--- a/src/io.lisp
+++ b/src/io.lisp
@@ -43,122 +43,129 @@
 
   (socket-write-bytes
     socket
-    (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes
+    (babel:string-to-octets
       (if line-break
 	(format nil "~A~%" string)
-	string))))
+	string)
+      :encoding :utf-8)))
 
 
 ;; STRING [BOOLEAN] [SOCKET] --> NIL
 (defun socket-broadcast (string &optional (line-break nil) (exception nil))
-  "Writes a `string` to all client sockets (aside from an `exception`--
-						  w/o line-break, by default."
+  "Writes a `string` to all client sockets (aside from an `exception`)."
 
-						  (client-broadcast string line-break
-								    (ignore-errors (socket-to-client exception))))
+  (client-broadcast string line-break
+		    (socket-to-client exception)))
 
 
-  ;; SOCKET --> NIL
-  (defun socket-input-flush (socket)
-    "Clean all input from a socket."
+;; SOCKET --> NIL
+(defun socket-input-flush (socket)
+  "Clean all input from a socket."
 
-    (let ((client-id   (socket-to-client socket)))
-      (client-data-set client-id "input" '())))
+  (let ((client-id   (socket-to-client socket)))
+    (client-data-set client-id "input" '())))
 
 
-  ;; SOCKET --> STRING
-  (defun socket-input-string (socket)
-    "Get input from a socket as a string."
+;; SOCKET --> STRING
+(defun socket-input-string (socket)
+  "Get input from a socket as a string."
 
-    (client-input-string (socket-to-client socket)))
+  (client-input-string (socket-to-client socket)))
 
 
 
-  ;; -------------------------------------
-  ;; CLIENT I/O
+;; -------------------------------------
+;; CLIENT I/O
 
 
 
-  ;; NUMBER --> NIL
-  (defun client-read (client)
-    "Read new input from a client to their stack of input bytes."
+;; NUMBER --> NIL
+(defun client-read (client)
+  "Read new input from a client to their stack of input bytes."
 
-    (socket-read (client-to-socket client)))
+  (socket-read (client-to-socket client)))
 
 
-  ;; NUMBER LIST --> NIL
-  (defun client-write-bytes (client bytes)
-    "Write bytes to a client's socket."
-    (format t "CLIENT-TO-SOCKET: " (client-to-socket client))
+;; NUMBER LIST --> NIL
+(defun client-write-bytes (client bytes)
+  "Write bytes to a client's socket."
+  (format t "CLIENT-TO-SOCKET: " (client-to-socket client))
 
-    (socket-write-bytes (client-to-socket client) bytes))
+  (socket-write-bytes (client-to-socket client) bytes))
 
 
-  ;; NUMBER STRING [BOOLEAN] --> NIL
-  (defun client-write (client string &optional (line-break nil))
-    "Writes a string to a client's socket-- w/o line-break, default."
+;; NUMBER STRING [BOOLEAN] --> NIL
+(defun client-write (client string &optional (line-break nil))
+  "Writes a string to a client's socket-- w/o line-break, default."
 
-    (socket-write (client-to-socket client) string line-break))
+  (socket-write (client-to-socket client) string line-break))
 
 
-  ;; NUMBER --> NIL
-  (defun client-input-flush (client)
-    "Clean up input from a client."
+;; NUMBER --> NIL
+(defun client-input-flush (client)
+  "Clean up input from a client."
 
-    (socket-input-flush (client-to-socket client)))
+  (socket-input-flush (client-to-socket client)))
 
 
-  ;; STRING [BOOLEAN] [SOCKET] --> NIL
-  (defun client-broadcast (string &optional (line-break nil) (exception nil))
-    "Writes a `string` to all client sockets (aside from an `exception`--
-						    w/o line-break, by default."
+;; STRING [BOOLEAN] [SOCKET] --> NIL
+(defun client-broadcast (string &optional (line-break nil) (exception nil))
+  "Writes a `string` to all client sockets (aside from an `exception`-- w/o line-break, by default."
 
-						    (mapcar
-						      (lambda (client)
-							(if (not (eq client exception))
-							  (client-write client string line-break)))
-						      *client-list*))
+  (mapcar
+    (lambda (client)
+      (if (not (eq client exception))
+	(client-write client string line-break)))
+    *client-list*))
 
 
-    ;; NUMBER --> STRING
-    (defun client-input-string (client)
-      "Get input from a client as a string."
+;; NUMBER --> STRING
+(defun client-input-string (client)
+  "Get input from a client as a string."
 
-      (let* ((input-bytes (client-data-get client "input"))
-	     (sanitized-bytes (remove-newline-bytes input-bytes)))
+  (let* ((input-bytes (client-data-get client "input"))
+	 (sanitized-bytes (remove-newline-bytes input-bytes))
+	 (byte-vector (list-to-byte-vector sanitized-bytes)))
 
-	(ignore-errors (trivial-utf-8:utf-8-bytes-to-string sanitized-bytes))))
+    (if sanitized-bytes
+      (ignore-errors (babel:octets-to-string byte-vector :encoding :utf-8))
+      "")))
 
 
 
-    ;; -------------------------------------
-    ;; MISC.
+(defun list-to-byte-vector (list)
+  (make-array (list (length list))
+	      :initial-contents list
+	      :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8)))
+
+;; -------------------------------------
+;; MISC.
 
 
 
-    ;; LIST --> LIST
-    (defun remove-newline-bytes (bytes)
-      "Remove undesired bytes-- null, LF, CR, etc, from a list of bytes."
+;; LIST --> LIST
+(defun remove-newline-bytes (bytes)
+  "Remove undesired bytes-- null, LF, CR, etc, from a list of bytes."
 
-      (remove 0 (remove 10 (remove 13 bytes))))
+  (remove 0 (remove 10 (remove 13 bytes))))
 
 
-    ;; SOCKET
-    (defun commandp (byte-list command-byte)
-      "Returns whether or not a command is complete, judging on it's bytes."
+;; SOCKET
+(defun commandp (byte-list command-byte)
+  "Returns whether or not a command is complete, judging on it's bytes."
 
-      (let* ((last-byte (car (last byte-list))))
+  (let* ((last-byte (car (last byte-list))))
 
-	(eq command-byte last-byte)))
+    (eq command-byte last-byte)))
 
 
-    ;; STRING STRING
-    (defun strequal (str1 str2)
-      "Returns whether or not strings are equal-- in their UTF bytes."
+;; STRING STRING
+(defun strequal (str1 str2)
+  "Returns whether or not strings are equal-- in their UTF bytes."
 
-      (let ((str1-u
-	      (delete 0 (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes str1)))
-	    (str2-u
-	      (delete 0 (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes str2))))
+  (let ((str1-u
+	  (delete 0 (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes str1 :encoding :utf-8)))
+	(str2-u
+	  (delete 0 (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes str2 :encoding :utf-8))))
 
-	(equalp str1-u str2-u)))
+    (equalp str1-u str2-u)))
diff --git a/src/meta.lisp b/src/meta.lisp
index 4096626..840ac2e 100644
--- a/src/meta.lisp
+++ b/src/meta.lisp
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 
 ;; DATA [STRING] --> STRING
-(defun journal (data &optional (name "unnamed"))
+(defun journal (data &optional (name "unnamed") (second-name "-"))
   "Print out a piece of data for logging on stdout."
-  (format t "~A | ~A~%" (force-string-length name 10)  data))
+  (format t "~A | ~A | ~A | ~A~%"
+	  (string-date (get-universal-time))
+	  (force-string-length name 10)
+	  (force-string-length second-name 10)
+	  data))
 
 
 (defun standard-journaling ())
@@ -13,13 +17,29 @@
 ;; -------------------------------------
 
 
+(defun string-date (universal-time)
+  (multiple-value-bind (second minute hour day month year)
+    (decode-universal-time universal-time)
+
+    (nih:string-combine
+      (nih:string-combine year (make-digits month 2) (make-digits day 2)
+			  :seperator "-")
+      " "
+      (nih:string-combine (make-digits hour 2) (make-digits minute 2)
+			  (make-digits second 2) :seperator ":"))))
+
+
+(defun make-digits (string number)
+  (nih:min-string-length string number :prefix "0"))
+
+
 ;; LIST --> STRING
 (defun print-bytes (bytes)
   "Print a list of (UTF-8) bytes as a string to stdout."
 
   (if bytes
     (format t "~A"
-	    (ignore-errors (tu8:utf-8-bytes-to-string bytes)))))
+	    (ignore-errors (babel:octets-to-string bytes :encoding :utf-8)))))
 
 
 ;; STRING NUMBER [STRING} --> STRING
diff --git a/src/server.lisp b/src/server.lisp
index ca34434..7dda08b 100644
--- a/src/server.lisp
+++ b/src/server.lisp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   (let* ((master-socket
 	   (usocket:socket-listen host port
 				  :reuse-address 'T
-				  :element-type 'unsigned-byte )))
+				  :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))))
     (reset-globals)
     (setq *socket-list* (list master-socket))
 
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 		    (let* ((client-id (socket-to-client socket))
 			   (client-bytes (client-data-get client-id "input"))
 			   (client-input (client-input-string client-id)))
-		      (journal client-input "Client Input")
 
 		      ;; if reached *command-byte*, handle and flush input
 		      (if (commandp client-bytes command-byte)