diff --git a/dyk-counts/eventstream-trigger.ts b/dyk-counts/eventstream-trigger.ts
index 0ad8d9d..0a60bf1 100644
--- a/dyk-counts/eventstream-trigger.ts
+++ b/dyk-counts/eventstream-trigger.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ export default class DykCounts extends Route {
 
 			const keyValues = queryResult.flatMap(e => [e.username, e.noms]) as string[];
 			await redis.del('dyk-counts').catch(e => this.redisError(e));
-			await redis.hmset.apply(null, ['dyk-counts'].concat(keyValues)).catch(e => this.redisError(e));
+			const redisArgs = ['dyk-counts'].concat(keyValues) as [string, ...string[]]; // TS: array with at least one element
+			await redis.hmset(...redisArgs).catch(e => this.redisError(e));
 		} catch (e) {
 			this.log(`[E] Error while running db refresh`, e);
 		}
@@ -127,6 +128,6 @@ export default class DykCounts extends Route {
 		if (err.command === 'HMSET') {
 			err.args = [err.args[0], '<snipped>']; // too big to log!
 		}
-		this.log(`[E] Redis error: `, err)
+		this.log(`[E] dyk-counts redis error: `, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/redis-io.ts b/redis-io.ts
index edccb99..e58fa4e 100644
--- a/redis-io.ts
+++ b/redis-io.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Redis} from "ioredis"
 import {onToolforge, readFile} from "./utils";
+import {log} from "./botbase";
 
 export const redis = new Redis({
     host: onToolforge() ? 'tools-redis' : 'localhost',
@@ -9,3 +10,8 @@ export const redis = new Redis({
     // A secret prefix string is stored in redis-key-prefix.txt
     keyPrefix: readFile(__dirname + '/redis-key-prefix.txt'),
 });
+
+redis.on('error', err => {
+    log(`[E] Redis error:`);
+    log(err);
+});
diff --git a/utils.ts b/utils.ts
index c9577fa..e5ca7e5 100644
--- a/utils.ts
+++ b/utils.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export function createLogStream(file: string) {
 		let stringified;
 		if (typeof msg === 'string') {
 			stream.write(`[${ts}] ${msg}\n`);
+		} else if (msg instanceof Error) {
+			stream.write(`[${ts}] ${msg.stack}`)
 		} else if (stringified = stringifyObject(msg)) {
 			stream.write(`[${ts}] ${stringified}\n`);
 		} else {