diff --git a/src/main/lemondronor/circlebot/generation.cljc b/src/main/lemondronor/circlebot/generation.cljc
index de89e67..a2bdbd5 100644
--- a/src/main/lemondronor/circlebot/generation.cljc
+++ b/src/main/lemondronor/circlebot/generation.cljc
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   (:require
    [clojure.math.combinatorics :as combo]
    [clojure.string :as string]
-   [instaparse.core :as insta]))
+   [instaparse.core :as insta]
+   [lemondronor.circlebot.logging :as logging]))
+
+(logging/deflog "generation" logger)
 
 
 (def ^:private %parse-template
@@ -47,14 +50,6 @@
 
 (defmulti expand% (fn [template data] (first template)))
 
-;; (defmethod expand% :varref [template data]
-;;   (let [var (keyword (second template))
-;;         var-path (string/split var #"\.")
-;;         val (get-in data var-path)]
-;;     (if (or (nil? val) (= val ""))
-;;       '()
-;;       (list {:varrefs [var] :text (str (data var))}))))
-
 (def vowels #{"a" "e" "i" "o" "u"})
 
 (defn is-consonant? [c]
@@ -80,7 +75,9 @@
     (let [filter (filters (keyword filter-name))]
       (when-not filter
         (throw (js/Error. (str "Unknown filter: " filter-name))))
-      (filter s))))
+      (let [fv (filter s)]
+        ;;(log-info "Applied filter %s to %s: %s" filter-name s fv)
+        fv))))
 
 
 (defn parse-varref [s]
@@ -88,13 +85,25 @@
     {:var (keyword var) :filter filter}))
 
 
+;; (defmethod expand% :varref [template data]
+;;   (let [varref (second template)
+;;         {:keys [var filter]} (parse-varref varref)
+;;         val (data var)]
+;;     (if (or (nil? val) (= val ""))
+;;       '()
+;;       (list {:varrefs [var] :text (apply-filter (str (data var)) filter)}))))
+
 (defmethod expand% :varref [template data]
   (let [varref (second template)
         {:keys [var filter]} (parse-varref varref)
-        val (data var)]
+        var-path (map keyword (string/split (name var) #"\."))
+        val (get-in data var-path)
+        ;;_ (println "WOO template:" template "var:" var "var-path:" var-path "data:" data "val:" val)
+        ]
     (if (or (nil? val) (= val ""))
       '()
-      (list {:varrefs [var] :text (apply-filter (str (data var)) filter)}))))
+      (list {:varrefs [var] :text (apply-filter (str val) filter)}))))
+
 
 (defmethod expand% :text [template data]
   (list {:varrefs [] :text (second template)}))
diff --git a/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot/generation_test.cljs b/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot/generation_test.cljs
index c0c8307..ef276e7 100644
--- a/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot/generation_test.cljs
+++ b/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot/generation_test.cljs
@@ -95,12 +95,13 @@
 
       )))
 
-;; (deftest var-paths
-;;   (is (= "Hello, John"
-;;          (generation/generate
-;;           [(generation/parse-template "Hello, {person.name}")]
-;;           {:person {:name "John"}})))
-;;   (is (= 9
-;;          (generation/generate
-;;           [(generation/parse-template "Hello, {person.name}")]
-;;           {:person {:age 49}}))))
+(deftest var-paths
+  (testing "var-paths"
+    (is (= "Hello, John"
+           (generation/generate
+            [(generation/parse-template "Hello, {person.name}")]
+            {:person {:name "John"}})))
+    (is (= "I am 49"
+           (generation/generate
+            [(generation/parse-template "I am {person.age}")]
+            {:person {:age 49}})))))
diff --git a/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot_test.cljs b/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot_test.cljs
index ebf9822..32e62b6 100644
--- a/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot_test.cljs
+++ b/src/test/lemondronor/circlebot_test.cljs
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
   (:require [cljs.test :refer (deftest is testing)]
             [lemondronor.circlebot :as circlebot]))
 
+
 (def epsilon 0.0000001)
 
 (defn a= [a b]
   (< (Math/abs (- a b)) epsilon))
 
+(defn strmatch [pattern text]
+  (if (string? text)
+    (re-find pattern text)
+    false))
+
+
 ;; (deftest bearing->angle
 ;;   (is (angles= (cooleradar/bearing->angle 0) (/ Math/PI 2)))
 ;;   (is (angles= (cooleradar/bearing->angle (/ Math/PI 2)) 0))
@@ -96,14 +103,14 @@
 
 (deftest expand-template
   (let [data {:locality "Palmdale", :continent "North America", :military? true, :alt 3850, :speed "209", :normalized-curviness 14.768651250300287, :accuracy "centroid", :country_a "USA", :continent_gid "whosonfirst:continent:102191575", :name "Palmdale", :squawk "5330", :icao "AE1482", :county_a "LO", :county "Los Angeles County", :source "whosonfirst", :gid "whosonfirst:locality:85923493", :curviness 1269.8089810739468, :locality_gid "whosonfirst:locality:85923493", :region "California", :militaryicao "AE1482", :region_a "CA", :nearbydistance 8.167, :callsign "RAIDR49", :layer "locality", :mlat? false, :country_gid "whosonfirst:country:85633793", :label "Palmdale, CA, USA", :id "85923493", :lon -118.00375, :region_gid "whosonfirst:region:85688637", :lat 34.661074, :militaryregistration "166765", :county_gid "whosonfirst:county:102086957", :started-circling-time 1576266715691, :distance 6.855, :source_id "85923493", :registration "166765", :confidence 0.5, :country "United States", :postime 1576266689756, :nearbylandmark "Living Faith Foursquare Church"}]
-    (is (re-find #"military" (-> (circlebot/expand-template data) :text))))
+    (is (strmatch #"military" (-> (circlebot/expand-template data) :text))))
   (let [data {:locality "Palmdale", :continent "North America", :military? true, :alt 3200, :speed "161", :normalized-curviness 15.783422690487765, :accuracy "centroid", :country_a "USA", :continent_gid "whosonfirst:continent:102191575", :name "Palmdale", :squawk "5330", :icao "AE1482", :county_a "LO", :county "Los Angeles County", :source "whosonfirst", :gid "whosonfirst:locality:85923493", :curviness 1098.803548060181, :locality_gid "whosonfirst:locality:85923493", :region "California", :militaryicao "AE1482", :region_a "CA", :nearbydistance 7.828, :callsign "RAIDR49", :layer "locality", :mlat? false, :country_gid "whosonfirst:country:85633793", :label "Palmdale, CA, USA", :id "85923493", :lon -118.049183, :region_gid "whosonfirst:region:85688637", :lat 34.649808, :militaryregistration "166765", :county_gid "whosonfirst:county:102086957", :started-circling-time 1576267564959, :distance 6.336, :source_id "85923493", :registration "166765", :confidence 0.5, :country "United States", :postime 1576267555709, :nearbylandmark "Living Faith Foursquare Church"}]
-    (is (re-find #"military" (-> (circlebot/expand-template data) :text))))
+    (is (strmatch #"military" (-> (circlebot/expand-template data) :text))))
   (testing "a vs. an for type"
     (let [data {:registration "TEST" :icao "123" :type "Airbus 380" :locality "Test City"}]
-      (is (re-find #"an Airbus" (:text (circlebot/expand-template data)))))
+      (is (strmatch #"an Airbus" (:text (circlebot/expand-template data)))))
     (let [data {:registration "TEST" :icao "123" :type "Yoyo 380" :locality "Test City"}]
-      (is (re-find #"a Yoyo" (:text (circlebot/expand-template data)))))))
+      (is (strmatch #"a Yoyo" (:text (circlebot/expand-template data)))))))
 
 
 (deftest merge-adsbx-sqb
@@ -127,10 +134,10 @@
           reverse {:properties {:neighbourhood "Silver Lake" :locality "Los Angeles"}}
           nearby nil
           desc (circlebot/generate-description ac sqb reverse nearby)]
-      (is (re-find #"NBADB0Y" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"a B52" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"Silver Lake.*Los Angeles" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"#NBADB0Y" desc))))
+      (is (strmatch #"NBADB0Y" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"a B52" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"Silver Lake.*Los Angeles" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"#NBADB0Y" desc))))
   (testing "Missing ADSBX registration"
     (let [ac {:icao "B00B00"}
           sqb {:registration "NGOODB0Y"
@@ -138,10 +145,10 @@
           reverse {:properties {:neighbourhood "Silver Lake" :locality "Los Angeles"}}
           nearby {:name "Disneyland" :distance 2}
           desc (circlebot/generate-description ac sqb reverse nearby)]
-      (is (re-find #"NGOODB0Y" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"a B52" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"Silver Lake.*Los Angeles" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"#NGOODB0Y" desc))))
+      (is (strmatch #"NGOODB0Y" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"a B52" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"Silver Lake.*Los Angeles" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"#NGOODB0Y" desc))))
   (testing "foo"
     (let [ac {:military? false :alt 1300 :speed 72.1 :squawk "1200"
               :icao "AAE0C2" :type nil, :callsign "N80NT", :registration nil}
@@ -149,14 +156,14 @@
           reverse {:properties {:neighbourhood "Silver Lake" :locality "Los Angeles"}}
           nearby {:name "Disneyland" :distance 2}
           desc (circlebot/generate-description ac sqb reverse nearby)]
-      (is (re-find #"N80NT" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"a Eurocopter Squirrel AS 350 B2" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"callsign N80NT" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"Silver Lake.*Los Angeles" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"1300 feet" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"speed 83 MPH" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"squawking 1200" desc))
-      (is (re-find #"#N80NT" desc)))))
+      (is (strmatch #"N80NT" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"a Eurocopter Squirrel AS 350 B2" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"callsign N80NT" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"Silver Lake.*Los Angeles" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"1300 feet" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"speed 83 MPH" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"squawking 1200" desc))
+      (is (strmatch #"#N80NT" desc)))))
 
 
 (deftest filter-landmarks