diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index 2e9997e58..a46aed2bc 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -285,13 +285,11 @@ export const parsePreparedContent = async (
 
       // Get the top level element?
       const pageNode = article.dom.firstElementChild as HTMLElement
-      console.log('pageNode: ', pageNode)
       const nodesToVisitStack: [HTMLElement] = [pageNode]
       const visitedNodeList = []
 
       while (nodesToVisitStack.length > 0) {
         const currentNode = nodesToVisitStack.pop()
-        console.log('currentNode: ', currentNode?.nodeType)
         if (
           currentNode?.nodeType !== 1 ||
           // Avoiding dynamic elements from being counted as anchor-allowed elements
@@ -316,7 +314,6 @@ export const parsePreparedContent = async (
         node.setAttribute('data-omnivore-anchor-idx', (index + 1).toString())
       })
 
-      console.log('article content:', article.dom.outerHTML)
       article.content = article.dom.outerHTML
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts
index b8249c14e..ae2101240 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ export const synthesizeTextToSpeech = async (
   // slice the text into chunks of 5,000 characters
   let currentTextChunk = ''
   const textChunks = input.text.split('\n')
-  for (const textChunk of textChunks) {
-    currentTextChunk += textChunk + '\n'
-    if (currentTextChunk.length < 5000) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < textChunks.length; i++) {
+    currentTextChunk += textChunks[i] + '\n'
+    if (currentTextChunk.length < 5000 && i < textChunks.length - 1) {
       continue
     }
     logger.debug(`synthesizing ${currentTextChunk}`)