diff --git a/.infra/index.ts b/.infra/index.ts
index acb454756..85252f566 100644
--- a/.infra/index.ts
+++ b/.infra/index.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ if (isAdhocEnv) {
     {
       nameSuffix: 'bg',
       args: ['dumb-init', 'node', 'bin/cli', 'background'],
+      env: [...jwtEnv],
       minReplicas: 3,
       maxReplicas: 10,
       limits: bgLimits,
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ if (isAdhocEnv) {
       },
       ports: [{ containerPort: 9464, name: 'metrics' }],
       servicePorts: [{ targetPort: 9464, port: 9464, name: 'metrics' }],
+      ...jwtVols,
     },
     {
       nameSuffix: 'private',
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ if (!isAdhocEnv) {
     {
       isAdhocEnv: isAdhocEnv,
       namespace: namespace,
-      env: [{name: "JAVA_OPTS", value: "-Xmx3840m -Xms1024m"}],
+      env: [{ name: 'JAVA_OPTS', value: '-Xmx3840m -Xms1024m' }],
       props: {
         path: './clickhouse-sync.yml',
         keys: {
diff --git a/src/workers/newNotificationV2Mail.ts b/src/workers/newNotificationV2Mail.ts
index 1348f73ba..e6ad6b9e5 100644
--- a/src/workers/newNotificationV2Mail.ts
+++ b/src/workers/newNotificationV2Mail.ts
@@ -357,9 +357,8 @@ const notificationToTemplateData: Record<NotificationType, TemplateDataFunc> = {
     if (!post || !post?.sharedPostId || !post?.authorId) {
       return;
     }
-    const [sharedPost, author, source] = await Promise.all([
+    const [sharedPost, source] = await Promise.all([
       con.getRepository(Post).findOneBy({ id: post.sharedPostId }),
-      post.author,
       post.source,
     ]);
     return {
@@ -368,16 +367,12 @@ const notificationToTemplateData: Record<NotificationType, TemplateDataFunc> = {
       squad_name: source.name,
       squad_image: source.image,
       post_title: truncatePostToTweet(sharedPost),
-      post_image: (sharedPost as ArticlePost).image || pickImageUrl(post),
       new_comment: notification.description,
       post_link: addNotificationEmailUtm(
         notification.targetUrl,
         notification.type,
       ),
       commenter_reputation: commenter.reputation,
-      user_name: author.name,
-      user_reputation: author.reputation,
-      user_image: author.image,
       commentary: truncatePostToTweet(post),
     };
   },
@@ -594,6 +589,8 @@ const formatTemplateDate = <T extends TemplateData>(data: T): T => {
 const BATCH_SIZE = 1;
 const QUEUE_CONCURRENCY = 100;
 
+const IDO_ID = '28849d86070e4c099c877ab6837c61f0';
+
 const worker: Worker = {
   subscription: 'api.new-notification-mail',
   handler: async (message, con, logger): Promise<void> => {
@@ -610,6 +607,13 @@ const worker: Worker = {
       await processStreamInBatches(
         stream,
         async (batch: { userId: string }[]) => {
+          const debug = !!batch.find((b) => b.userId === IDO_ID);
+          if (debug) {
+            logger.info(
+              { notification },
+              'starting to send notification email',
+            );
+          }
           const users = await con.getRepository(User).find({
             select: ['id', 'username', 'email'],
             where: {
@@ -618,6 +622,9 @@ const worker: Worker = {
               notificationEmail: notification.public ? true : undefined,
             },
           });
+          if (debug) {
+            logger.info({ users: users.map((u) => u.username) }, 'found users');
+          }
           if (!users.length) {
             return;
           }
@@ -632,6 +639,12 @@ const worker: Worker = {
                 attachments,
                 avatars,
               );
+              if (debug) {
+                logger.info(
+                  { templateData, userId: user.id },
+                  'got template data',
+                );
+              }
               if (!templateData) {
                 return;
               }
diff --git a/src/workers/userUpdatedCio.ts b/src/workers/userUpdatedCio.ts
index 501ab808d..f8d546b02 100644
--- a/src/workers/userUpdatedCio.ts
+++ b/src/workers/userUpdatedCio.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const worker: TypedWorker<'user-updated'> = {
     }
 
     await identifyUser(log, cio, user);
-    log.info({ userId: user.id }, 'updated user profile in customerio');
+    log.debug({ userId: user.id }, 'updated user profile in customerio');
   },
 };