diff --git a/dax/controller/balancer/balancer.go b/dax/controller/balancer/balancer.go
index e01fa7bc4..d6f08cc1f 100644
--- a/dax/controller/balancer/balancer.go
+++ b/dax/controller/balancer/balancer.go
@@ -640,8 +640,6 @@ func (b *Balancer) WorkersForTable(tx dax.Transaction, roleType dax.RoleType, qt
 }
 
 func (b *Balancer) WorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
-	// print the database id
-	// fmt.Println(qdbid)
 	return b.current.WorkerCount(tx, "", qdbid)
 }
 
diff --git a/dax/controller/client/client.go b/dax/controller/client/client.go
index e88fe3943..e7149c61e 100644
--- a/dax/controller/client/client.go
+++ b/dax/controller/client/client.go
@@ -703,28 +703,24 @@ func (c *Client) SnapshotTable(ctx context.Context, qtid dax.QualifiedTableID) e
 }
 
 func (c *Client) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx context.Context, orgID string, databaseID string) (int, error) {
-	// baseEndpoint := c.address.WithScheme(defaultScheme)
-	baseEndpoint := "http://localhost:8080/controller"
+	baseEndpoint := c.address.WithScheme(defaultScheme)
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers/%s/%s", baseEndpoint, orgID, databaseID)
 
-	// print something
-	//fmt.Println("GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers url: %s", url)
-
 	c.logger.Debugf("GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers url: %s", url)
 	resp, err := c.httpClient.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		return -3, errors.Wrap(err, "getting database-number-of-workers")
+		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "getting database-number-of-workers")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		b, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		return -4, errors.Errorf("status code: %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, b)
+		return -1, errors.Errorf("status code: %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, b)
 	}
 
 	var workers int
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&workers); err != nil {
-		return -5, errors.Wrap(err, "reading response body")
+		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "reading response body")
 	}
 
 	return workers, nil
diff --git a/dax/controller/controller.go b/dax/controller/controller.go
index f90fcd4c2..d8589f003 100644
--- a/dax/controller/controller.go
+++ b/dax/controller/controller.go
@@ -787,8 +787,6 @@ func (c *Controller) Databases(ctx context.Context, orgID dax.OrganizationID, id
 // get the list of workers being used by a database
 func (c *Controller) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx context.Context, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
 
-	// print the id of the database
-	// c.logger.Debugf("GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers %+v", qdbid)
 	tx, err := c.Transactor.BeginTx(ctx, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "beginning tx")
diff --git a/dax/controller/http/handler.go b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
index 6953de786..709f394b5 100644
--- a/dax/controller/http/handler.go
+++ b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
@@ -215,15 +215,6 @@ func (s *server) patchDatabaseOptions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-// get the number of workers for a database
-// receive request
-
-// decode the id
-
-// send the id into the controller, get the number of workers back
-
-// send that number back to the client via request
-
 // create a response struct
 func (s *server) getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// get the context
diff --git a/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go b/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go
index 774f8dac7..7acb6dab8 100644
--- a/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go
+++ b/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go
@@ -70,34 +70,23 @@ func jobsForWorker(dt *DaxTransaction, worker *models.Worker, roleType dax.RoleT
 }
 
 func (w *workerJobService) WorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, roleType dax.RoleType, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
-	// print the database id
-	fmt.Println("database id: ", qdbid.DatabaseID)
-
 	dt, ok := tx.(*DaxTransaction)
 	if !ok {
-		// print that the transaction is not valid
-		fmt.Println("transaction is not valid")
-		return -2, dax.NewErrInvalidTransaction("*sqldb.DaxTransaction")
+		return -1, dax.NewErrInvalidTransaction("*sqldb.DaxTransaction")
 	}
-	// print that the transaction is valid
-	fmt.Println("transaction is valid")
 
 	worker := &models.Worker{}
 	query := dt.C.Q()
 
 	if roleType != "" {
-		// print the role type
 		query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("role_%s = true", roleType))
 	}
 
 	if qdbid.DatabaseID != "" {
-		// print the database id
-		fmt.Println("database id: [", qdbid.DatabaseID, "]")
 		query = query.Where("database_id = ?", qdbid.DatabaseID)
 	}
 
 	count, err := query.Count(worker)
-
 	return count, errors.Wrap(err, "getting count")
 }