diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts
index ccced41ed..17a8634fe 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export class ZodWorker<TMessageCatalog extends MessageCatalogSchema> {
         this.#logDebug("Detected incoming migration", { latestMigration });
 
         if (latestMigration > 10) {
-          // already migrated past v0.14 - nothing to do
+          this.#logDebug("Already migrated past v0.14 - nothing to do", { latestMigration });
           return;
         }
 
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/db/graphileMigrationHelper.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/db/graphileMigrationHelper.server.ts
index c852ad731..f10f3db76 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/db/graphileMigrationHelper.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/db/graphileMigrationHelper.server.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ export class GraphileMigrationHelperService {
         );
 
         IF max_payloads IS NOT NULL
+        -- we only add payloads one at a time so batches will never exceed max_payloads
+        -- if we ever decide to enqueue more, this will have to be adjusted to prevent oversized batches
         AND json_array_length(v_job.payload) >= max_payloads THEN
           UPDATE ${env.WORKER_SCHEMA}._private_jobs
             SET run_at = NOW()
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/worker.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/worker.server.ts
index b7c1e35de..fd031f810 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/worker.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/worker.server.ts
@@ -188,10 +188,6 @@ export async function init() {
   const migrationHelper = new GraphileMigrationHelperService();
   await migrationHelper.call();
 
-  // const pgNotify = new PgNotifyService();
-  // await pgNotify.call("trigger:graphile:migrate", { latestMigration: 10 });
-  // await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10000))
-
   if (env.WORKER_ENABLED === "true") {
     await workerQueue.initialize();
   }