diff --git a/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py b/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py
index 51bc89e..13ee1ec 100644
--- a/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py
+++ b/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Reader(threading.Thread):
       self.name = os.environ.get("MIC_NAME", "pulse_monitor")
       if not self.name:
          for index, name in enumerate(sr.Microphone.list_microphone_names()):
-             print("[{0}] Microphone with name \"{1}\" found for `Microphone(device_index={0})`".format(index, name))
+             log("[{0}] Microphone with name \"{1}\" found for `Microphone(device_index={0})`".format(index, name))
          exit()
       self.inq = inq
       self.outq = outq
@@ -261,11 +261,15 @@ class Reactor(threading.Thread):
    def handle(self, text):
       hotwords = self.load_hotwords()
       if os.environ.get("DEBUG", None):
-         log(f"seeking {hotwords} in {text}")
+         log(f"seeking {hotwords} in {text}. $HOTWORDS={os.environ.get('HOTWORDS', None)}")
       if not hotwords:
          if not os.environ.get("HOTWORDS", None):
-            print(text)
+            if os.environ.get("DEBUG", None):
+               log(f"HOTWORDS is False; {text}")
+            print(text, flush=True)
          else:
+            if os.environ.get("DEBUG", None):
+               log(f"HOTWORDS is True; {text}")
             log(text)
          return
       cleantext = "".join([i for i in "".join(text.lower().split()) if i.isalpha()])
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ class Actor(threading.Thread):
 
    def handle_stdout(self, hotword, context):
       log(context)
-      print(hotword)
+      print(hotword, flush=True)
 
    def handle_signal(self, hotword, context):
       self.handle_stderr(hotword, context)
diff --git a/rust-whisper.d/transcript.sh b/rust-whisper.d/transcript.sh
index c40a7bb..24b6321 100644
--- a/rust-whisper.d/transcript.sh
+++ b/rust-whisper.d/transcript.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-echo "pkill -9 -f hotwords.py; MIC_TIMEOUT=30 MODEL=small.en P=4 DEBUG=true python3 ./hotwords.py | tee $HOME/Downloads/transcript-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).txt"
+echo "pkill -9 -f hotwords.py; MIC_TIMEOUT=30 MODEL=small.en P=4 DEBUG=true HOTWORDS= python3 ./hotwords.py | tee -a $HOME/Downloads/transcript-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).txt"