diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d2b3ba..15ea234 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+PORT=15521
+
 .PHONY: run-batched run-sqlite setup-sqlite
 
 run-batched:
-	cd batched-server && go run main.go
+	cd batched-server && go run main.go $(PORT)
 
 run-sqlite: setup-sqlite
-	cd sqlite-server && go run main.go
+	cd sqlite-server && go run main.go $(PORT)
 
 setup-sqlite:
 	@if [ ! -f sqlite-server/go.mod ]; then \
diff --git a/batched-server/main.go b/batched-server/main.go
index f207964..3be398a 100644
--- a/batched-server/main.go
+++ b/batched-server/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/csv"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -10,14 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const PORT = ":3000"
-
 var (
 	emailQueue []string
 	queueLock  sync.Mutex
 )
 
-
 func saveEmails() {
 	queueLock.Lock()
 	defer queueLock.Unlock()
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ func saveEmails() {
 
 	f, err := os.OpenFile("emails.csv", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to open file:", err)
 		return
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
@@ -40,22 +39,24 @@ func saveEmails() {
 	writer := csv.NewWriter(f)
 	defer writer.Flush()
 
-	// write header if file is new
+	// Write header if file is new
 	if !fileExists {
 		if err := writer.Write([]string{"email", "timestamp"}); err != nil {
+			log.Println("Failed to write header:", err)
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
-	// write each email with timestamp
+	// Write each email with timestamp
 	for _, email := range emailQueue {
 		timestamp := time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
 		if err := writer.Write([]string{email, timestamp}); err != nil {
+			log.Println("Failed to write email:", err)
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
-	// clear queue
+	// Clear queue
 	emailQueue = emailQueue[:0]
 }
 
@@ -63,18 +64,18 @@ func saveEmails() {
 func init() {
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second);
-			queueLock.Lock();
-			hasEmails := len(emailQueue) > 0;
-			queueLock.Unlock();
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+			queueLock.Lock()
+			hasEmails := len(emailQueue) > 0
+			queueLock.Unlock()
 			if hasEmails {
-				saveEmails();
+				log.Println("Flushing email queue...")
+				saveEmails()
 			}
 		}
-	}();	
+	}()
 }
 
-
 func submitHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if r.Method != "POST" {
 		http.Error(w, "Method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
@@ -102,10 +103,19 @@ func submitHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 
 func main() {
+	var PORT string
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		PORT = os.Args[1]
+	} else {
+		PORT = "15521"
+	}
+
 	http.HandleFunc("/submit", submitHandler)
 	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		w.Write([]byte("Batched Write Server is running"))
 	})
-	http.ListenAndServe(PORT, nil)
-}
+
+	log.Println("Starting server on port", PORT)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+PORT, nil))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sqlite-server/go.mod b/sqlite-server/go.mod
index 56f594e..963bce2 100644
--- a/sqlite-server/go.mod
+++ b/sqlite-server/go.mod
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
-	modernc.org/libc v1.55.3 // indirect
-	modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0 // indirect
-	modernc.org/memory v1.8.0 // indirect
-	modernc.org/sqlite v1.34.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230315142452-642cacee5cc0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/libc v1.61.13 // indirect
+	modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1 // indirect
+	modernc.org/memory v1.8.2 // indirect
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.35.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/sqlite-server/main.go b/sqlite-server/main.go
index cd65e62..04deec5 100644
--- a/sqlite-server/main.go
+++ b/sqlite-server/main.go
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@ package main
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
-const PORT = ":3000"
-
 func main() {
+	var PORT string
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		PORT = os.Args[1]
+	} else {
+		PORT = "15521"
+	}
+
 	db, _ := sql.Open("sqlite", "emails.db")
 	db.Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS emails (
 		email TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -40,5 +47,6 @@ func main() {
 		w.Write([]byte("SQLite Write Server is running"))
 	})
 
-	http.ListenAndServe(PORT, nil)
+	log.Println("Starting server on port", PORT)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+PORT, nil))
 }