diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index e6fddd7f457db98ee26788e0b8c4676cd06277b9..ecd0cda744a26ab5299bd0229b3ec55b0d390f4e 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -563,9 +563,7 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteContact(partnerId *id.ID) error  {
 		return err
 	}
 	c.storage.Conversations().Delete(partnerId)
-    // todo: find a way to clean partition up?
-	//c.storage.Partition().Clean()
-	return nil
+		return nil
 }
 
 // ----- Utility Functions -----
diff --git a/storage/auth/store.go b/storage/auth/store.go
index 616ef5c06edce558673e573c88dc6bc940dd36c6..c8116571a3c77b3a8434cafe496fd81b95509c2c 100644
--- a/storage/auth/store.go
+++ b/storage/auth/store.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func LoadStore(kv *versioned.KV, grp *cyclic.Group, privKeys []*cyclic.Int) (*St
 				PrivKey: nil,
 				Request: r,
 			}
-			jww.INFO.Printf("Loaded send request for %s", sr.partner)
+			jww.DEBUG.Printf("Loaded send request for %s", sr.partner)
 			rid = sr.partner
 			r.sent = sr
 
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ func LoadStore(kv *versioned.KV, grp *cyclic.Group, privKeys []*cyclic.Int) (*St
 		default:
 			jww.FATAL.Panicf("Unknown request type: %d", r.rt)
 		}
-		jww.INFO.Printf("LoadStore partner: %s", partner)
 
 		//store in the request map
 		s.requests[*rid] = r
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ func LoadStore(kv *versioned.KV, grp *cyclic.Group, privKeys []*cyclic.Int) (*St
 
 func (s *Store) save() error {
 	requestIDList := make([]requestDisk, len(s.requests))
-	jww.INFO.Printf("Saving Auth Store")
 	index := 0
 	for pid, r := range s.requests {
 		rDisk := requestDisk{
diff --git a/storage/partition/store.go b/storage/partition/store.go
index b214b2ced01a1fd66fd3984354bf199b9bc60700..a72fd0d6296a4974d737a77c56b8b6beacd26de9 100644
--- a/storage/partition/store.go
+++ b/storage/partition/store.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 type multiPartID [16]byte
 
 const packagePrefix = "Partition"
-const clearPartitionInterval = 12*time.Hour
+const clearPartitionInterval = 5*time.Hour
 const clearPartitionThreshold = 24*time.Hour
 
 type Store struct {