diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 80c0a46c2..2530fd354 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3578,9 +3578,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-module-lexer/-/es-module-lexer-0.9.1.tgz",
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     "es6-error": {
@@ -4988,9 +4988,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-worker/-/jest-worker-27.2.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-aG1xq9KgWB2CPC8YdMIlI8uZgga2LFNcGbHJxO8ctfXAydSaThR4EewKQGg3tBOC+kS3vhPGgymsBdi9VINjPw==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-worker/-/jest-worker-27.2.4.tgz",
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@@ -5461,18 +5461,18 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lorem-ipsum/-/lorem-ipsum-2.0.4.tgz",
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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.20.1.tgz",
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz",
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@@ -8091,9 +8091,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack/-/webpack-5.55.1.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b400567f..4e3e34964 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
     "esm": "3.2.25",
     "jasmine": "3.9.0",
     "jsdoc": "3.6.7",
-    "lorem-ipsum": "2.0.3",
+    "lorem-ipsum": "2.0.4",
     "rcedit": "3.0.1",
-    "webpack": "5.54.0",
+    "webpack": "5.55.1",
     "webpack-cli": "4.8.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/note_create.js b/src/public/app/services/note_create.js
index c166c9bdc..790f96adc 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/note_create.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/note_create.js
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ async function createNote(parentNotePath, options = {}) {
 
     const parentNoteId = treeService.getNoteIdFromNotePath(parentNotePath);
 
-    console.log(options);
-
     if (options.type === 'mermaid' && !options.content) {
         options.content = `graph TD;
     A-->B;
diff --git a/src/services/consistency_checks.js b/src/services/consistency_checks.js
index 02cd4b195..8c9c06609 100644
--- a/src/services/consistency_checks.js
+++ b/src/services/consistency_checks.js
@@ -624,8 +624,10 @@ class ConsistencyChecks {
 
             ws.sendMessageToAllClients({type: 'consistency-checks-failed'});
         } else {
-            log.info(`All consistency checks passed (took ${elapsedTimeMs}ms)` +
-                (this.fixedIssues ? " after some fixes" : "with no errors detected"));
+            log.info(`All consistency checks passed ` +
+                (this.fixedIssues ? "after some fixes" : "with no errors detected") +
+                ` (took ${elapsedTimeMs}ms)`
+            );
         }
     }
 }
@@ -666,7 +668,7 @@ sqlInit.dbReady.then(() => {
     setInterval(cls.wrap(runPeriodicChecks), 60 * 60 * 1000);
 
     // kickoff checks soon after startup (to not block the initial load)
-    setTimeout(cls.wrap(runPeriodicChecks), 20 * 1000);
+    setTimeout(cls.wrap(runPeriodicChecks), 10 * 1000);
 });
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/services/notes.js b/src/services/notes.js
index 93ca383b1..aa424709f 100644
--- a/src/services/notes.js
+++ b/src/services/notes.js
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ function createNewNote(params) {
             mime: deriveMime(params.type, params.mime)
         }).save();
 
-        console.log(params);
-
         note.setContent(params.content);
 
         const branch = new Branch({