diff --git a/cmd/cli/cli.go b/cmd/cli/cli.go
index d21d5e8..497d4a3 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/cli.go
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	freq, err := repoPaths.Frequency(n.Year(), []string{""})
+	freq, err := repoPaths.Frequency(n.Year(), []string{"Groot"})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	wfreq, err := repoPaths.GetWeekFreq([]string{""})
+	wfreq, err := repoPaths.GetWeekFreq([]string{"Groot"})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Println()
 	fmt.Println("year:")
 	fmt.Println(term.GetYearUnicode(freq))
+	fmt.Println((freq))
 }
diff --git a/cmd/server/svg-server.go b/cmd/server/svg-server.go
index d246f75..0f51ed9 100644
--- a/cmd/server/svg-server.go
+++ b/cmd/server/svg-server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	r.HandleFunc("/weekly.svg", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		author := r.URL.Query().Get("author")
+		fmt.Println(author)
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "text/html")
 		repoPaths, err := commits.GetMRRepos()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
+		fmt.Println(week)
 		svg := svg.GetWeekSVG(week)
 		svg.WriteTo(w)
 	})
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 		year := time.Now().Year()
 		yst := r.URL.Query().Get("year")
 		author := r.URL.Query().Get("author")
+		fmt.Println(author)
 		y, err := strconv.Atoi(yst)
 		if err == nil {
 			year = y
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
+		fmt.Println(freq)
 		svg := svg.GetYearSVG(freq)
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "text/html")
 		svg.WriteTo(w)
diff --git a/commits/chancommits.go b/commits/chancommits.go
index f1271e0..e829d59 100644
--- a/commits/chancommits.go
+++ b/commits/chancommits.go
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ func YearFreqFromChan(cc chan types.Commit, year int) types.Freq {
 	}
 	freq := make([]int, yearLength)
 	for commit := range cc {
-		if commit.TimeStamp.Year() != year {
-			continue
-		}
 		freq[commit.TimeStamp.YearDay()-1]++
 	}
 	return freq
@@ -131,10 +128,11 @@ func FilterCChanByAuthor(in chan types.Commit, authors []string) (chan types.Com
 	}
 	go func() {
 		for commit := range in {
+		regset:
 			for _, r := range regSet {
 				if r.MatchString(commit.Author) {
 					out <- commit
-					break
+					break regset
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/commits/commits.go b/commits/commits.go
index dd2a8d2..4e42ea4 100644
--- a/commits/commits.go
+++ b/commits/commits.go
@@ -90,29 +90,8 @@ func (cs CommitSet) ToYearFreq() types.Freq {
 		yearLength++
 	}
 	freq := make([]int, yearLength)
-	data := types.NewDataSet()
-	for _, commit := range cs.Commits {
-		ts := commit.TimeStamp
-		roundedTS := ts.Round(time.Hour * 24)
-		wd, ok := data[roundedTS]
-		if !ok {
-			wd = types.WorkDay{}
-			wd.Commits = []types.Commit{}
-		}
-		wd.Commits = append(wd.Commits, commit)
-		wd.Count++
-		wd.Day = roundedTS
-		data[roundedTS] = wd
-	}
-	for k, v := range data {
-		if k.Year() != year {
-			continue
-		}
-		// this is equivalent to adding len(commits) to the freq total, but
-		// it's a stub for later when we do more here
-		for range v.Commits {
-			freq[k.YearDay()]++
-		}
+	for _, v := range cs.Commits {
+		freq[v.TimeStamp.YearDay()-1]++
 	}
 	return freq
 }
@@ -128,10 +107,11 @@ func (cs CommitSet) FilterByAuthorRegex(authors []string) (CommitSet, error) {
 	}
 	newCS := CommitSet{Year: cs.Year}
 	for _, commit := range cs.Commits {
+	regset:
 		for _, r := range regSet {
 			if r.MatchString(commit.Author) {
 				newCS.Commits = append(newCS.Commits, commit)
-				break
+				break regset
 			}
 		}
 	}