diff --git a/src/clj/youyesyet/middleware.clj b/src/clj/youyesyet/middleware.clj
index c47697d..1777992 100644
--- a/src/clj/youyesyet/middleware.clj
+++ b/src/clj/youyesyet/middleware.clj
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@
                 ;; we check if one has been specified in the environment
                 ;; instead
                 (do
-                  (log/info "Taking '" (:app-context env) "' as *app-context* from env")
+                  (log/debug "Taking '" (:app-context env) "' as *app-context* from env")
                   (:app-context env)))]
-      (log/debug "Using '" *app-context* "' as *app-context*")
       (handler (assoc request :servlet-context *app-context*)))))
 
 
diff --git a/src/clj/youyesyet/routes/rest.clj b/src/clj/youyesyet/routes/rest.clj
index 71aad48..715ea8a 100644
--- a/src/clj/youyesyet/routes/rest.clj
+++ b/src/clj/youyesyet/routes/rest.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
       :author "Simon Brooke"} youyesyet.routes.rest
   (:require [clojure.core.memoize :as memo]
             [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
             [clojure.walk :refer [keywordize-keys]]
             [compojure.core :refer [defroutes GET POST]]
             [noir.response :as nresponse]
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
   work. So cache for only 90 seconds."
   (memo/ttl
     (fn [here]
+      (log/debug "Fetching local data for " here)
       (let [neighbourhood (l/neighbouring-localities here)
             addresses  (flatten
                          (map
diff --git a/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/gis.cljs b/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/gis.cljs
index bca4390..5d62f0c 100644
--- a/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/gis.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/gis.cljs
@@ -109,17 +109,20 @@
 (defn map-remove-pins
   "Remove all pins from this map `view`. Side-effecty; liable to be problematic."
   [view]
-
   (if
     view
-    (.eachLayer
+    (doall
+     (.eachLayer
       view
       (fn [layer]
         (try
           (if
             (instance? js/L.Marker layer)
             (.removeLayer view layer))
-          (catch js/Object any (js/console.log (str "Failed to remove pin '" layer "' from map: " any)))))))
+          (catch js/Object any
+            (js/console.log
+             (str "Failed to remove pin '"
+                  layer "' from map: " any))))))))
   view)
 
 
diff --git a/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/handlers.cljs b/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/handlers.cljs
index 939ae00..cd1c305 100644
--- a/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/handlers.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/handlers.cljs
@@ -138,22 +138,26 @@
 
 
 (reg-event-fx
-  :fetch-locality
-  (fn [{db :db} _]
-    (js/console.log "Fetching locality data")
-    ;; we return a map of (side) effects
-    {:http-xhrio {:method          :get
-                  :uri             (str source-host
-                                        "rest/get-local-data?latitude="
-                                        (:latitude db)
-                                        "&longitude="
-                                        (:longitude db))
-                  :format          (json-request-format)
-                  :response-format (json-response-format {:keywords? true})
-                  :on-success      [:process-locality]
-                  :on-failure      [:bad-locality]}
-     :db  (add-to-feedback db :fetch-locality)}))
+ :fetch-locality
+ (fn [{db :db} _]
+   (let [uri (str source-host
+                  "rest/get-local-data?latitude="
+                  (:latitude db)
+                  "&longitude="
+                  (or (:longitude db) -4))]
+     (js/console.log
+      (str
+       "Fetching locality data: " uri))
+     ;; we return a map of (side) effects
+     {:http-xhrio {:method          :get
+                   :uri             uri
+                   :format          (json-request-format)
+                   :response-format (json-response-format {:keywords? true})
+                   :on-success      [:process-locality]
+                   :on-failure      [:bad-locality]}
+      :db  (add-to-feedback db :fetch-locality)})))
 
+;; http://localhost:3000/rest/get-local-data?latitude=54.85131525968606&longitude=
 
 (reg-event-db
   :get-current-location
@@ -170,9 +174,9 @@
     ;; loop to do it again
     (dispatch [:dispatch-later [{:ms 5000 :dispatch [:fetch-locality]}
                                 {:ms 1000 :dispatch [:get-current-location]}]])
+    (refresh-map-pins)
     (assoc
       (remove-from-feedback db :fetch-locality)
-      (refresh-map-pins)
       :addresses (js->clj response))))
 
 
diff --git a/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/views/map.cljs b/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/views/map.cljs
index 217a8dc..174b195 100644
--- a/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/views/map.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/youyesyet/canvasser_app/views/map.cljs
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
     (.on view "moveend"
          (fn [_] (let [c (.getCenter view)]
                    (js/console.log (str "Moving centre to " c))
-                   (dispatch :set-latitude (.-lat c))
-                   (dispatch :set-longitude (.-lon c))
-                   (dispatch :fetch-locality))))
+                   (dispatch-sync [:set-latitude (.-lat c)])
+                   (dispatch-sync [:set-longitude (.-lng c)])
+                   (dispatch [:fetch-locality]))))
     (refresh-map-pins)
     view))