diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d42bf7..eea74ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,4 @@ For webapps developed against a local deployment of this service, the `PYTHON_EN
 Start server: redis-server --dbfilename aragorn_cache.rdb --dir /home/joeyr/data/kg_summarizer
 
 ## Todo
-- Add check for publications before feeding into LLM
-- Add logging to server (talk to yaphet)
 
diff --git a/kg_summarizer/server.py b/kg_summarizer/server.py
index 17e4f64..78b49ec 100644
--- a/kg_summarizer/server.py
+++ b/kg_summarizer/server.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class EdgeItem(BaseModel):
     parameters: Parameters
 
 
-KG_SUM_VERSION = "0.0.8"
+KG_SUM_VERSION = "0.0.9"
 
 # declare the application and populate some details
 app = FastAPI(
@@ -95,17 +95,22 @@ async def summarize_edge_handler(item: EdgeItem):
         Summarize the following edge publication abstracts listed in the knowledge graph. Make sure the summary supports the statement '{spo_sentence}'. Only use information explicitly stated in the publication abstracts. I repeat, do not make up any information.
         """
 
-    logger.info(f"GPT Prompt: {system_prompt}")
-    logger.info(f"GPT Mode: {item.parameters.llm.gpt_model}")
-    logger.info(f"GPT Temperature: {item.parameters.llm.temperature}")
-    logger.info(f"GPT Input: {edge}")
-
-    summary = generate_response(
-        system_prompt,
-        str(edge),
-        item.parameters.llm.gpt_model,
-        item.parameters.llm.temperature,
-    )
+    if edge["edge"]["publications"] or edge["edge"]["sentences"]:
+        logger.info(f"GPT Prompt: {system_prompt}")
+        logger.info(f"GPT Mode: {item.parameters.llm.gpt_model}")
+        logger.info(f"GPT Temperature: {item.parameters.llm.temperature}")
+        logger.info(f"GPT Input: {edge}")
+        summary = generate_response(
+            system_prompt,
+            str(edge),
+            item.parameters.llm.gpt_model,
+            item.parameters.llm.temperature,
+        )
+    else:
+        logger.info(
+            "Edge contained no publications or sentences. Returning with standarized summary."
+        )
+        summary = f"The edge '{spo_sentence}' contains no publications or supporting sentences for an LLM to summarize."
 
-    logger.info(f"GPT Summary: {summary}")
+    logger.info(f"Edge Summary: {summary}")
     return summary
diff --git a/kg_summarizer/utils.py b/kg_summarizer/utils.py
index 9327c43..ab70821 100644
--- a/kg_summarizer/utils.py
+++ b/kg_summarizer/utils.py
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ def init_logging(
 
         # if there was a file path passed in use it
         if log_file_path is not None:
-            # create a rotating file handler, 100mb max per file with a max number of 10 files
+            # create a rotating file handler, 50mb max per file with a max number of 2 files
             file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(
-                filename=log_file_path, maxBytes=1000000, backupCount=10
+                filename=log_file_path, maxBytes=50000000, backupCount=2
             )
 
             # set the formatter
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 431dc05..db215f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="kg-summarizer",
-    version="0.0.8",
+    version="0.0.9",
     author="Joey Richardson",
     author_email="richardson.joey.b@gmail.com",
     url="https://github.com/jrichardson97/kg-summarizer",