diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index aacf3a9..3e3eb81 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ def _get_env_variable(name: str, default: str | None = None) -> str | None:
 WIKI_CATEGORY: str = _get_env_variable("WIKI_CATEGORY", "JobAdvice")
 
 with open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static", "slack", "dm_request_template.json")) as f:
-	SLACK_DM_TEMPLATE = dict(json.load(f))
+	SLACK_DM_TEMPLATE = json.load(f)
diff --git a/src/core/slack.py b/src/core/slack.py
index d508374..36b9cdd 100644
--- a/src/core/slack.py
+++ b/src/core/slack.py
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ async def request_upload_via_dm(user_id: str, announcement_text: str) -> None:
 
 		message: dict = copy.deepcopy(SLACK_DM_TEMPLATE)
 
-		print(message)
-
 		message[0]["text"]["text"] += announcement_text
 		message[1]["elements"][0]["value"] = json.dumps(
 			{
@@ -103,9 +101,6 @@ async def request_upload_via_dm(user_id: str, announcement_text: str) -> None:
 		logger.error(f"Full Slack Error: {e.response}")
 	except Exception as e:
 		logger.error(f"Error messaging user {user_id}: {e}")
-		logger.error(f"Exception type: {type(e)}")
-		logger.error(f"Exception repr: {repr(e)}")
-		logger.exception("Full stack trace:")
 
 
 def convert_user_response_to_bool(message_data: dict) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/src/test_config.py b/tests/src/test_config.py
index 49c16e0..767b36f 100644
--- a/tests/src/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/src/test_config.py
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ def test_with_slack_token_parses_values(monkeypatch) -> None:
 	assert cfg.CALENDAR_OUTLOOK_DAYS == 5
 	assert cfg.CALENDAR_EVENT_MAXIMUM == 20
 	assert cfg.CALENDAR_TIMEZONE == "UTC"
-	assert isinstance(cfg.SLACK_DM_TEMPLATE, dict)
+	assert isinstance(cfg.SLACK_DM_TEMPLATE, list)