diff --git a/inc/anti-bot.php b/inc/anti-bot.php
index 6035ba8e..7625c4cc 100644
--- a/inc/anti-bot.php
+++ b/inc/anti-bot.php
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ function checkSpam(array $extra_salt = array()) {
 
 	// Iterate through each input
 	foreach ($inputs as $name => $value) {
-		print_err("->   " . $name . ' : ' . $value);
 		$_hash .= $name . '=' . $value;
 	}
 
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ function checkSpam(array $extra_salt = array()) {
 	$_hash = sha1($_hash . $extra_salt);
 
 	if ($hash != $_hash) {
-		print_err("Hash mismatch");
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/inc/instance-config.php b/inc/instance-config.php
index e47f91e5..ad121c3c 100644
--- a/inc/instance-config.php
+++ b/inc/instance-config.php
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ $config['post_date'] = '%F (%a) %T';
 
 $config['thread_subject_in_title'] = true;
 
-// this functionality is permanently disabled.
-$config['spam']['enabled'] = false;
+$config['spam']['enabled'] = true;
 $config['spam_noticer']['enabled'] = true;
 $config['spam_noticer']['base_url'] = 'http://localhost:8300';
 $config['spam_noticer']['website_name'] = "leftychan_dev";
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 7e0bd174..56e1d971 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 require_once 'inc/functions.php';
 require_once 'inc/anti-bot.php';
 require_once 'inc/bans.php';
-require_once 'inc/anti-bot.php'; // DELETE ME FOR DEBUGGING ONLY
 
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 
@@ -534,6 +533,7 @@ function handle_post(){
         }
 
         if (!$post['mod'] && $config['spam']['enabled'] == true) {
+            print_err("ANTI SPAM IS ENABLED");
             $post['antispam_hash'] = checkSpam(
                 array($board['uri'],
                 isset($post['thread']) ? $post['thread'] : ($config['try_smarter'] && isset($_POST['page']) ? 0 - (int)$_POST['page'] : null))