diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
index 3d05539..e9e9a37 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@
       (response/content-type "text/html")))
 
 (defn node-by-slug [{{{:keys [slug]} :path} :parameters}]
-  (-> (hiccup/html {}
-          [:html
-           [:head
-            [:title "node by sluggg"]
-            doerg-html/charset
-            doerg-html/viewport]
-           [:body
-            [:h1 "node by slug"]
-            [:pre
-             (-> slug slug/from-string roam/get-node
-                 roam/org-file doerg-render/to-html)]]])
-      #_(-> slug slug/from-string roam/get-node
+  (-> #_(hiccup/html {}
+        [:html
+         [:head
+          [:title "node by sluggg"]
+          doerg-html/charset
+          doerg-html/viewport]
+         [:body
+          [:h1 "node by slug"]
+          [:pre
+           (-> slug slug/from-string roam/get-node
+               roam/org-file doerg-render/to-html)]]])
+      (-> slug slug/from-string roam/get-node
           roam/org-file doerg-render/to-html)
       str
       response/response
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj
index f530428..0d183cb 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
   (try (let [decoder (Base64/getUrlDecoder)]
          (when (= 16 (count (.decode decoder s)))
            (Slug. s)))
-       (catch IllegalArgumentException e
-         (when (not= (ex-message e)
-                     (str "Input byte[] should at least "
-                          "have 2 bytes for base64 bytes"))
-           (throw e)))))
+       ;; really stupid
+       (catch IllegalArgumentException _
+         nil)))
 
 (defn to-string [s]
   (str s))