diff --git a/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx
index c7831eb7f..285ae9fff 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/CustomEntitiesDialog.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const CustomEntitiesDialog = ({
     }
   }, [open, selectedItem]);
 
-  const handleClose = (event: {}, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
+  const handleClose = (event: object, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
     if (reason !== 'backdropClick') {
       onClose();
     }
diff --git a/interface/src/project/CustomizationDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/CustomizationDialog.tsx
index 6b266b9e5..bd7ac45b2 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/CustomizationDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/CustomizationDialog.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const CustomizationDialog = ({
     }
   }, [open, selectedItem]);
 
-  const handleClose = (event: {}, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
+  const handleClose = (event: object, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
     if (reason !== 'backdropClick') {
       onClose();
     }
diff --git a/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx
index e3aeb72b2..2fdb95e22 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/SchedulerDialog.tsx
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ const SchedulerDialog = ({
     </Typography>
   );
 
-  const handleClose = (event: {}, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
+  const handleClose = (event: object, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
     if (reason !== 'backdropClick') {
       onClose();
     }
diff --git a/interface/src/project/SensorsAnalogDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/SensorsAnalogDialog.tsx
index da7655466..1249e9637 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/SensorsAnalogDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/SensorsAnalogDialog.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const SensorsAnalogDialog = ({
     }
   }, [open, selectedItem]);
 
-  const handleClose = (event: {}, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
+  const handleClose = (event: object, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
     if (reason !== 'backdropClick') {
       onClose();
     }
diff --git a/interface/src/project/SensorsTemperatureDialog.tsx b/interface/src/project/SensorsTemperatureDialog.tsx
index c5042b80c..433b3bdbf 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/SensorsTemperatureDialog.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/SensorsTemperatureDialog.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const SensorsTemperatureDialog = ({
     }
   }, [open, selectedItem]);
 
-  const handleClose = (event: {}, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
+  const handleClose = (event: object, reason: 'backdropClick' | 'escapeKeyDown') => {
     if (reason !== 'backdropClick') {
       onClose();
     }
diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index 1bb3f878c..d6d12fb88 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
     p.parse(path);
 
     if (!p.paths().size()) {
-        return message(CommandRet::ERROR, "invalid path", output);
+        return json_message(CommandRet::ERROR, "invalid path", output);
     }
 
     // check first if it's from API, if so strip the "api/"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
             strlcpy(new_path, path, sizeof(new_path));
             p.parse(new_path + Mqtt::base().length() + 1); // re-parse the stripped path
         } else {
-            return message(CommandRet::ERROR, "unrecognized path", output); // error
+            return json_message(CommandRet::ERROR, "unrecognized path", output); // error
         }
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
     // if there is only a path (URL) and no body then error!
     size_t num_paths = p.paths().size();
     if (!num_paths && !input.size()) {
-        return message(CommandRet::ERROR, "missing command in path", output);
+        return json_message(CommandRet::ERROR, "missing command in path", output);
     }
 
     std::string cmd_s;
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
     // validate the device, make sure it exists
     uint8_t device_type = EMSdevice::device_name_2_device_type(device_s);
     if (!device_has_commands(device_type)) {
-        LOG_DEBUG("Command failed: unknown device '%s'", device_s);
-        return message(CommandRet::NOT_FOUND, "unknown device", output);
+        char err[100];
+        snprintf(err, sizeof(err), "unknown device %s", device_s);
+        LOG_WARNING("Command failed: %s", err);
+        output["message"] = err;
+        return CommandRet::NOT_FOUND;
     }
 
     // the next value on the path should be the command or entity name
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
         if (num_paths < (id_n > 0 ? 4 : 3)) {
             command_p = device_type == EMSdevice::DeviceType::SYSTEM ? F_(info) : F_(values);
         } else {
-            return message(CommandRet::NOT_FOUND, "missing or bad command", output);
+            return json_message(CommandRet::NOT_FOUND, "missing or bad command", output);
         }
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
     } else if (data.isNull()) {
         return_code = Command::call(device_type, command_p, "", is_admin, id_n, output); // empty, will do a query instead
     } else {
-        return message(CommandRet::ERROR, "cannot parse command", output); // can't process
+        return json_message(CommandRet::ERROR, "cannot parse command", output); // can't process
     }
     return return_code;
 }
@@ -334,10 +337,12 @@ uint8_t Command::call(const uint8_t device_type, const char * cmd, const char *
     // first see if there is a command registered and it's valid
     auto cf = find_command(device_type, device_id, cmd, flag);
     if (!cf) {
-        LOG_WARNING("Command failed: unknown command '%s'", cmd ? cmd : "");
+        std::string err = std::string("unknown command ") + cmd;
+        LOG_WARNING("Command failed: %s", err.c_str());
+
         // if we don't alread have a message set, set it to invalid command
         if (!output["message"]) {
-            output["message"] = "unknown command";
+            output["message"] = err;
         }
         return CommandRet::ERROR;
     }
@@ -355,9 +360,9 @@ uint8_t Command::call(const uint8_t device_type, const char * cmd, const char *
     auto        description = Helpers::translated_word(cf->description_);
     char        info_s[100];
     if (strlen(description)) {
-        snprintf(info_s, sizeof(info_s), "'%s/%s' (%s)", dname, cmd, description);
+        snprintf(info_s, sizeof(info_s), "%s/%s (%s)", dname, cmd, description);
     } else {
-        snprintf(info_s, sizeof(info_s), "'%s/%s'", dname, cmd);
+        snprintf(info_s, sizeof(info_s), "%s/%s", dname, cmd);
     }
 
     // call the function based on command function type
@@ -380,9 +385,9 @@ uint8_t Command::call(const uint8_t device_type, const char * cmd, const char *
     if (return_code != CommandRet::OK) {
         char error[100];
         if (single_command) {
-            snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Command '%s' failed (%s)", cmd, return_code_string(return_code));
+            snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Command %s failed (%s)", cmd, return_code_string(return_code));
         } else {
-            snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Command '%s: %s' failed (%s)", cmd, value, return_code_string(return_code));
+            snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Command %s: %s failed (%s)", cmd, value, return_code_string(return_code));
         }
         output.clear();
         output["message"] = error;
@@ -683,6 +688,16 @@ void Command::show_all(uuid::console::Shell & shell) {
     shell.println();
 }
 
+uint8_t Command::json_message(uint8_t error_code, const char * message, const JsonObject output) {
+    output.clear();
+    output["message"] = message;
+    return error_code;
+}
+
+//
+// SUrlParser class
+//
+
 // Extract only the path component from the passed URI and normalized it
 // e.g. //one/two////three/// becomes /one/two/three
 std::string SUrlParser::path() {
diff --git a/src/command.h b/src/command.h
index 45827b644..564d43b21 100644
--- a/src/command.h
+++ b/src/command.h
@@ -143,11 +143,7 @@ class Command {
 
     static std::vector<CmdFunction> cmdfunctions_; // the list of commands
 
-    inline static uint8_t message(uint8_t error_code, const char * message, const JsonObject output) {
-        output.clear();
-        output["message"] = message;
-        return error_code;
-    }
+    static uint8_t json_message(uint8_t error_code, const char * message, const JsonObject output);
 };
 
 class SUrlParser {
diff --git a/src/emsdevice.cpp b/src/emsdevice.cpp
index df55e7a67..d2f255ef2 100644
--- a/src/emsdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/emsdevice.cpp
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ bool EMSdevice::get_value_info(JsonObject output, const char * cmd, const int8_t
             // if we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
             if (attribute_s) {
 #if defined(EMSESP_DEBUG)
-                EMSESP::logger().debug("[DEBUG] fetching single attribute '%s'", attribute_s);
+                EMSESP::logger().debug("[DEBUG] fetching single attribute %s", attribute_s);
 #endif
                 if (json.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
                     std::string data = json[attribute_s].as<std::string>();
diff --git a/src/emsesp.cpp b/src/emsesp.cpp
index 2978fbc7c..ba181a051 100644
--- a/src/emsesp.cpp
+++ b/src/emsesp.cpp
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ void EMSESP::publish_response(std::shared_ptr<const Telegram> telegram) {
 }
 
 // builds json with the detail of each value, for a given EMS device
-// for other types like sensors, scheduler, custom entities it will process single commands like 'info', 'values', 'commands'...
+// for other types like sensors, scheduler, custom entities it will process single commands like 'info', 'values', 'commands', 'entities'...
 bool EMSESP::get_device_value_info(JsonObject root, const char * cmd, const int8_t id, const uint8_t devicetype) {
     // check first for EMS devices
     bool found_device = false;
@@ -755,9 +755,8 @@ bool EMSESP::get_device_value_info(JsonObject root, const char * cmd, const int8
             }
         }
     }
-    // if the EMS device was valid, but the cmd not found show an error
+    // if the EMS device was valid, but the cmd not found exit. it will be handled upstream.
     if (found_device) {
-        root["message"] = std::string("unknown command ") + cmd;
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1712,14 +1711,14 @@ void EMSESP::loop() {
     // if we're doing an OTA upload, skip everything except from console refresh
     if (!system_.upload_status()) {
         // service loops
-        webLogService.loop();       // log in Web UI
-        rxservice_.loop();          // process any incoming Rx telegrams
-        shower_.loop();             // check for shower on/off
-        temperaturesensor_.loop();  // read sensor temperatures
-        analogsensor_.loop();       // read analog sensor values
-        publish_all_loop();         // with HA messages in parts to avoid flooding the mqtt queue
-        mqtt_.loop();               // sends out anything in the MQTT queue
-        webModulesService.loop();   // loop through the external library modules
+        webLogService.loop();      // log in Web UI
+        rxservice_.loop();         // process any incoming Rx telegrams
+        shower_.loop();            // check for shower on/off
+        temperaturesensor_.loop(); // read sensor temperatures
+        analogsensor_.loop();      // read analog sensor values
+        publish_all_loop();        // with HA messages in parts to avoid flooding the mqtt queue
+        mqtt_.loop();              // sends out anything in the MQTT queue
+        webModulesService.loop();  // loop through the external library modules
 
         // force a query on the EMS devices to fetch latest data at a set interval (1 min)
         scheduled_fetch_values();
diff --git a/src/test/test.cpp b/src/test/test.cpp
index b19f732d2..c79aea1a5 100644
--- a/src/test/test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test.cpp
@@ -1053,20 +1053,17 @@ void Test::run_test(uuid::console::Shell & shell, const std::string & cmd, const
             // This next batch should all fail
             //
 
-            Serial.printf("%s**** Testing bad urls ****\n%s", COLOR_RED, COLOR_RESET);
             Serial.println();
+            Serial.printf("%s**** Testing bad urls ****\n%s", COLOR_RED, COLOR_RESET);
+
+            request.url("/api/boiler2");
+            EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
 
             // boiler
             request.url("/api/boiler/bad");
             EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
             request.url("/api/boiler/bad/value");
             EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
-            request.url("/api/boiler2/bad");
-            EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
-            request.url("/api/boiler/bad");
-            EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
-            request.url("/api/boiler/bad/value");
-            EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
             request.url("/api/boiler/comfort/valu");
             EMSESP::webAPIService.webAPIService(&request);
 
diff --git a/src/test/test.h b/src/test/test.h
index 5f672358f..93fa81e01 100644
--- a/src/test/test.h
+++ b/src/test/test.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace emsesp {
 // #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "310"
 // #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "render"
 // #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "api"
-// #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "api3"
+#define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "api3"
 // #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "crash"
 // #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "dv"
 // #define EMSESP_DEBUG_DEFAULT "lastcode"
diff --git a/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp b/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
index 94843d067..c52613cf5 100644
--- a/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ void WebSchedulerService::begin() {
     char topic[Mqtt::MQTT_TOPIC_MAX_SIZE];
     snprintf(topic, sizeof(topic), "%s/#", F_(scheduler));
     Mqtt::subscribe(EMSdevice::DeviceType::SCHEDULER, topic, nullptr); // use empty function callback
+#ifndef EMSESP_STANDALONE
     xTaskCreate((TaskFunction_t)scheduler_task, "scheduler_task", 4096, NULL, 3, NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 // this creates the scheduler file, saving it to the FS
@@ -529,7 +531,9 @@ void WebSchedulerService::scheduler_task(void * pvParameters) {
             EMSESP::webSchedulerService.loop();
         }
     }
+#ifndef EMSESP_STANDALONE
     vTaskDelete(NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 // hard coded tests
@@ -600,7 +604,7 @@ void WebSchedulerService::test() {
     test_value = "(custom/seltemp - boiler/flowtempoffset) * 2.8 + 5";
     command("test10", test_cmd.c_str(), compute(test_value).c_str());
 
-    // TODO add some HTTP/URI tests
+    // TODO add some more HTTP/URI tests
     test_cmd = "{\"method\":\"POST\",\"url\":\"http://192.168.1.42:8123/api/services/script/test_notify2\", \"header\":{\"authorization\":\"Bearer "
                "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJhMmNlYWI5NDgzMmI0ODE2YWQ2NzU4MjkzZDE2YWMxZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyMTM5MTI0NCwiZXhwIjoyMDM2NzUxMjQ0fQ."
                "S5sago1tEI6lNhrDCO0dM_WsVQHkD_laAjcks8tWAqo\"}}";