diff --git a/src/console.h b/src/console.h
index 69ad657f4..02d57938e 100644
--- a/src/console.h
+++ b/src/console.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ using uuid::log::Level;
 
 // clang-format off
 
-#define LOG_DEBUG(...) if (logger_.enabled(Level::DEBUG)) {logger_.debug(__VA_ARGS__);}
+#define LOG_DEBUG(...) logger_.debug(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOG_INFO(...) logger_.info(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOG_TRACE(...) logger_.trace(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define LOG_NOTICE(...) logger_.notice(__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ using uuid::log::Level;
 #define MAKE_PSTR(string_name, string_literal) static const char __pstr__##string_name[] __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(int)))) PROGMEM = string_literal;
 #define MAKE_PSTR_WORD(string_name) MAKE_PSTR(string_name, #string_name)
 #define F_(string_name) FPSTR(__pstr__##string_name)
-#define NO_ARGUMENTS std::vector<std::string>{}
 
 // clang-format on
 
diff --git a/src/telegram.cpp b/src/telegram.cpp
index 16e40b98d..7ee6bd0b1 100644
--- a/src/telegram.cpp
+++ b/src/telegram.cpp
@@ -466,8 +466,6 @@ void TxService::send_telegram(const QueuedTxTelegram & tx_telegram) {
               tx_telegram.id_,
               telegram->to_string(telegram_raw, length).c_str());
 
-    // send the telegram to the UART Tx
-    uint16_t status = EMSuart::transmit(telegram_raw, length);
 #ifdef EMSESP_DEBUG
     // if watching in 'raw' mode
     if (EMSESP::watch() == 2) {
@@ -475,6 +473,9 @@ void TxService::send_telegram(const QueuedTxTelegram & tx_telegram) {
     }
 #endif
 
+    // send the telegram to the UART Tx
+    uint16_t status = EMSuart::transmit(telegram_raw, length);
+
     if (status == EMS_TX_STATUS_ERR) {
         LOG_ERROR(F("Failed to transmit Tx via UART."));
         increment_telegram_fail_count(); // another Tx fail
@@ -616,7 +617,6 @@ void TxService::remember_tx(const uint8_t * data, const uint8_t length) {
     if (ems_mask() != EMS_MASK_UNSET) {
         telegram_last_[0] ^= ems_mask();
     }
-
 }
 
 // add last Tx to tx queue and increment count