diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index bfe1bf7..ffda7fe 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ## GENERAL
 
-    * with any job, count logs, then commit per 100 log lines of a job (and then ditch the commit in import dir for this)
-
     * refimg 
         - remove AI menu from top-level -> make a sub-of Person, and just have Match or AI
         - store the face locations? (good for debugging later, and we calc them as part of GenFace anyway) ... 
diff --git a/pa_job_manager.py b/pa_job_manager.py
index c0d7421..751d01b 100644
--- a/pa_job_manager.py
+++ b/pa_job_manager.py
@@ -409,7 +409,16 @@ def AddLogForJob(job, message):
     session.add(log)
     # some logs have DEBUG: in front, so clean that up
     message = message.replace("DEBUG:", "" )
-    print( f"DEBUG: {message}" )
+    # if its been more than 5 seconds since our last log, then commit to the DB to show some progress
+    if hasattr(job, 'last_commit'):
+        if (now - job.last_commit).seconds > 5:
+            job.last_commmit=now
+            print( "DELME: we have taken longer than 5 seconds since last commit so do it")
+            session.commit()
+    else:
+        job.last_commit = now
+    if DEBUG:
+        print( f"DEBUG: {message}" )
     return
 
 def RunJob(job):
@@ -1119,7 +1128,6 @@ def ProcessFilesInDir(job, e, file_func, count_dirs):
     else:
         d=session.query(Dir).filter(Dir.eid==e.id).first()
         if count_dirs:
-            print( f"{e.name} about to add 1 to cfn for a dir, {job.current_file_num}" )
             job.current_file_num+=1
         files = session.query(Entry).join(EntryDirLink).filter(EntryDirLink.dir_eid==d.eid).all()
         for sub in files: