diff --git a/go/rpc/encrypted_client.go b/go/rpc/encrypted_client.go
index b9f6392b22..7045376d2b 100644
--- a/go/rpc/encrypted_client.go
+++ b/go/rpc/encrypted_client.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (c *EncRPCClient) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, namesp
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected a channel of type `chan types.Log`, got %T", ch)
 	}
 	clientChannel := make(chan common.IDAndEncLog)
-	subscription, err := c.obscuroClient.Subscribe(ctx, nil, namespace, clientChannel, subscriptionType, encryptedParams)
+	subscriptionToObscuro, err := c.obscuroClient.Subscribe(ctx, nil, namespace, clientChannel, subscriptionType, encryptedParams)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -128,15 +128,15 @@ func (c *EncRPCClient) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, namesp
 	// We need to return the subscription ID, to allow unsubscribing. However, the client API has already converted
 	// from a subscription ID to a subscription object under the hood, so we can't retrieve the subscription ID.
 	// To hack around this, we always return the subscription ID as the first message on the newly-created subscription.
-	err = c.setResultToSubID(clientChannel, result, subscription)
+	err = c.setResultToSubID(clientChannel, result, subscriptionToObscuro)
 	if err != nil {
-		subscription.Unsubscribe()
+		subscriptionToObscuro.Unsubscribe()
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	go c.forwardLogs(clientChannel, logCh, subscription)
+	go c.forwardLogs(clientChannel, logCh, subscriptionToObscuro)
 
-	return subscription, nil
+	return subscriptionToObscuro, nil
 }
 
 func (c *EncRPCClient) forwardLogs(clientChannel chan common.IDAndEncLog, logCh chan common.IDAndLog, subscription *rpc.ClientSubscription) {
@@ -165,18 +165,11 @@ func (c *EncRPCClient) forwardLogs(clientChannel chan common.IDAndEncLog, logCh
 			}
 
 		case err := <-subscription.Err():
-			if c == nil {
-				panic("c is nill")
-			}
-			if c.logger == nil {
-				panic("c.logger is nill")
-			}
-			if subscription == nil {
-				panic("subscription is nil")
+			if err != nil {
+				c.logger.Info("subscription to obscuro node closed with error", log.ErrKey, err)
+			} else {
+				c.logger.Info("subscription to obscuro node closed")
 			}
-
-			c.logger.Info("subscription closed", log.ErrKey, err)
-
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/common/common.go b/tools/walletextension/common/common.go
index 8b84a2c4c4..e1055d41df 100644
--- a/tools/walletextension/common/common.go
+++ b/tools/walletextension/common/common.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	gethlog "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"regexp"
 
 	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -63,7 +64,12 @@ func GetUserIDbyte(userID string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return hex.DecodeString(userID)
 }
 
-func CreateEncClient(hostRPCBindAddr string, addressBytes []byte, privateKeyBytes []byte, signature []byte) (*rpc.EncRPCClient, error) {
+func CreateEncClient(
+	hostRPCBindAddr string,
+	addressBytes []byte,
+	privateKeyBytes []byte,
+	signature []byte,
+	logger gethlog.Logger) (*rpc.EncRPCClient, error) {
 	privateKey, err := BytesToPrivateKey(privateKeyBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert bytes to ecies private key: %w", err)
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ func CreateEncClient(hostRPCBindAddr string, addressBytes []byte, privateKeyByte
 		PublicKey:  PrivateKeyToCompressedPubKey(privateKey),
 		Signature:  signature,
 	}
-	encClient, err := rpc.NewEncNetworkClient(hostRPCBindAddr, vk, nil)
+	encClient, err := rpc.NewEncNetworkClient(hostRPCBindAddr, vk, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create EncRPCClient: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/container/walletextension_container.go b/tools/walletextension/container/walletextension_container.go
index 4c4cdd80b9..335fabcec4 100644
--- a/tools/walletextension/container/walletextension_container.go
+++ b/tools/walletextension/container/walletextension_container.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func NewWalletExtensionContainerFromConfig(config config.Config, logger gethlog.
 			logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("error getting accounts for user: %s, %w", hex.EncodeToString(user.UserID), err).Error())
 		}
 		for _, account := range accounts {
-			encClient, err := wecommon.CreateEncClient(hostRPCBindAddr, account.AccountAddress, user.PrivateKey, account.Signature)
+			encClient, err := wecommon.CreateEncClient(hostRPCBindAddr, account.AccountAddress, user.PrivateKey, account.Signature, logger)
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("error creating new client, %w", err).Error())
 			}
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/storage/database/mariadb.go b/tools/walletextension/storage/database/mariadb.go
index 5d33b9a4ee..bc36da789f 100644
--- a/tools/walletextension/storage/database/mariadb.go
+++ b/tools/walletextension/storage/database/mariadb.go
@@ -74,11 +74,10 @@ func (m *MariaDB) AddAccount(userID []byte, accountAddress []byte, signature []b
 	}
 	defer stmt.Close()
 
-	res, err := stmt.Exec(userID, accountAddress, signature)
+	_, err = stmt.Exec(userID, accountAddress, signature)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Println(res)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/wallet_extension.go b/tools/walletextension/wallet_extension.go
index 08d1d612ac..87b30635a3 100644
--- a/tools/walletextension/wallet_extension.go
+++ b/tools/walletextension/wallet_extension.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (w *WalletExtension) AddAddressToUser(hexUserID string, message string, sig
 
 	accManager := w.userAccountManager.AddAndReturnAccountManager(hexUserID)
 
-	encClient, err := common.CreateEncClient(w.hostAddr, addressFromMessage.Bytes(), privateKeyBytes, signature)
+	encClient, err := common.CreateEncClient(w.hostAddr, addressFromMessage.Bytes(), privateKeyBytes, signature, w.Logger())
 	if err != nil {
 		w.Logger().Error(fmt.Errorf("error creating encrypted client for user: (%s), %w", hexUserID, err).Error())
 	}