diff --git a/app/fetch_event.ts b/app/fetch_event.ts
index 15d0d8e2a0739f9c3a8032e2374aa5beb1aa1391..b4e55cac879769cea48152d0dec79c1fd3f448e0 100644
--- a/app/fetch_event.ts
+++ b/app/fetch_event.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ export type HoliEventResponse = {
 }
 
 export const toHoliEvent = (activity: Activity): HoliEvent | null => {
-  if (activity.period.permanent) return null
-
   return {
     id: activity.id.toString(),
     title: activity.name,
@@ -44,10 +42,10 @@ export const fetchEvent = async (input: FetchEventInput) => {
   const url = new URL(`${APP_API_BASE_URL}/activities/${input.id}`)
   const startDate = Date.now()
 
-  logger.info(`fetching event from ${url}`)
+  logger.debug(`fetching event from ${url}`)
   const response = await fetch(url)
 
-  if (response.status === 404) {
+  if (!response.ok) {
     throw new NotFound('Not found')
   }
 
@@ -70,6 +68,6 @@ export const fetchEvent = async (input: FetchEventInput) => {
     throw e
   } finally {
     const duration = Date.now() - startDate
-    logger.debug(`fetching event took ${duration} ms`)
+    logger.info(`fetching event took ${duration} ms`)
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/fetch_events.ts b/app/fetch_events.ts
index e5439e8808822243f868e81da031929404bdb5c8..7d915ccccef49191240907afabafce4543a4238c 100644
--- a/app/fetch_events.ts
+++ b/app/fetch_events.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ const fetchEventsPage = async (
 
   const startDate = Date.now()
 
-  logger.info(`fetching projects from ${url}`)
+  logger.debug(`fetching events from ${url}`)
   try {
     const response = await fetch(url, {
       // gregor: we don't need to send the api key to the App api
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const fetchEventsPage = async (
     throw e
   } finally {
     const duration = Date.now() - startDate
-    logger.debug(`fetching projects took ${duration} ms`)
+    logger.info(`fetching projects took ${duration} ms`)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/server.ts b/app/server.ts
index 51dfff1aec5bdb614e8d404deb0f2b014631a149..8704cc296bf2d3f922ca6c8dc508138b5ea0f4ef 100644
--- a/app/server.ts
+++ b/app/server.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export type EventRequest = {
 }
 
 const validateEventsRequestInput = (request: EventsRequest): FetchEventsInput => {
+  logger.debug('validating request: ' + JSON.stringify(request))
   return {
     limit: request.limit ?? 5,
     offset: request.offset ?? 0,
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ const validateEventsRequestInput = (request: EventsRequest): FetchEventsInput =>
 }
 
 const validateEventRequestInput = (request: EventRequest): FetchEventInput => {
-  console.log(request)
+  logger.debug('validating request: ' + JSON.stringify(request))
   return {
     id: request.id,
   }