diff --git a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
index 29694c9b5..bcd623adc 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v1/slack.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const DisplayRepoOptions = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Promise<APIGat
     //add checks for all of these things existing
     for (const repo of repos) {
       const projectEntry = await projectsRepository.getProjectEntry(repo.project);
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(projectEntry), repo.project);
+      console.log(projectEntry, repo.project);
       const repoOwner = projectEntry?.github?.organization;
       entitledRepos.push(`${'mongodb'}/${repo.repoName}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts b/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts
index 86778ead8..80eca1750 100644
--- a/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts
+++ b/src/repositories/baseRepository.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository {
     this._config = config;
     this._repoName = repoName;
     this._collection = collection;
+    console.log(collection);
   }
 
   private promiseTimeoutS(seconds, promise, errMsg) {
diff --git a/src/repositories/projectsRepository.ts b/src/repositories/projectsRepository.ts
index cccf9d56d..6c7e034f2 100644
--- a/src/repositories/projectsRepository.ts
+++ b/src/repositories/projectsRepository.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ILogger } from '../services/logger';
 
 export class ProjectsRepository extends BaseRepository {
   constructor(db: mongodb.Db, config: IConfig, logger: ILogger) {
-    super(config, logger, 'ProjectsRepository', db.collection(process.env.PROJECTS_COL_NAME || 'projects'));
+    super(config, logger, 'ProjectsRepository', db.collection('projects'));
   }
 
   async getProjectEntry(name: string): Promise<mongodb.WithId<mongodb.BSON.Document> | null> {