diff --git a/lib/event_ds.dart b/lib/event_ds.dart
index 6956410..ab68bec 100644
--- a/lib/event_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/event_ds.dart
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class EventData {
 
   String expandMentions(String content) {
     if( id == gCheckEventId) {
-      printInColor("in expandMentions: decoding ee810ea73072af056cceaa6d051b4fcce60739247f7bcc752e72fa5defb64f09\n", redColor);
+      printInColor("in expandMentions: decoding $gCheckEventId\n", redColor);
     }
 
     if( tags.isEmpty) {
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class EventData {
   // is called only once for each event received ( or read from file)
   void translateAndExpandMentions(List<DirectMessageRoom> directRooms, Map<String, Tree> tempChildEventsMap) {
     if( id == gCheckEventId) {
-      printInColor("in translateAndExpandMensitons: decoding ee810ea73072af056cceaa6d051b4fcce60739247f7bcc752e72fa5defb64f09\n", redColor);
+      printInColor("in translateAndExpandMensitons: decoding $gCheckEventId\n", redColor);
     }
 
     if (content == "" ||  evaluatedContent != "") {
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index 17d5d4e..a31bc51 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int gSpecificDebug = 0;
 final log = Logger('ExampleLogger');
 
 // for debugging
-String gCheckEventId = "fg ee810ea73072af056cceaa6d051b4fcce60739247f7bcc752e72fa5defb64f09"; 
+String gCheckEventId = "  e74e93fbc77af5275f29db688931f725813ab1385f16233bfa609078a8779dfa"; 
 
 int gDefaultNumWaitSeconds = 6000; // is used in main()
 
diff --git a/lib/tree_ds.dart b/lib/tree_ds.dart
index f4a386b..6e446ac 100644
--- a/lib/tree_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/tree_ds.dart
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ class Store {
       }
 
       if(tree.event.eventData.eTags.isNotEmpty ) {
+
         // is not a parent, find its parent and then add this element to that parent Tree
         String parentId = tree.event.eventData.getParent(tempChildEventsMap);
 
@@ -874,9 +875,12 @@ class Store {
             topLevelTrees.add(dummyTopNode);
 
             // dont add this dummy in dummyEventIds list ( cause that's used to fetch events not in store)
-            if( gDebug > 0) log.info("In Tree.fromEvents: got a kind 1 event whose parent is not a type 1 post: $newEventId . parent kind: ${tempChildEventsMap[parentId]?.event.eventData.kind}");
           } else {
-            tempChildEventsMap[parentId]?.children.add(tree); 
+            tempChildEventsMap[parentId]?.children.add(tree);
+
+            if( !gKindONames.containsKey(tree.event.eventData.pubkey)) {
+              gKindONames[tree.event.eventData.pubkey] = UserNameInfo(null, null, null, null, null );
+            }
           }
         } else {
           // in case where the parent of the new event is not in the pool of all events, 
@@ -929,7 +933,7 @@ class Store {
     // get dummy events
     sendEventsRequest(gListRelayUrls1, dummyEventIds);
 
-    //log.info("In fromEvents After calling SendEventsRequest for ${dummyEventIds.length} dummy evnets");
+    //log.info("In fromEvents After calling SendEventsRequest for ${dummyEventIds.length} dummy evnets ids: $dummyEventIds");
 
     // create a dummy top level tree and then create the main Tree object
     return Store( topLevelTrees, tempChildEventsMap, tempWithoutParent, channels, encryptedChannels, tempDirectRooms);