diff --git a/confluent/consoleserver.py b/confluent/consoleserver.py
index 88086b3e..25f0d56b 100644
--- a/confluent/consoleserver.py
+++ b/confluent/consoleserver.py
@@ -103,10 +103,16 @@ class _ConsoleHandler(object):
 
     def _got_connected(self):
         self.connectstate = 'connected'
+        self.logger.log(
+            logdata='console connected', ltype=log.DataTypes.event,
+            event=log.Events.consoleconnect)
         self._send_rcpts({'connectstate': self.connectstate})
 
     def _got_disconnected(self):
         self.connecstate = 'unconnected'
+        self.logger.log(
+            logdata='console disconnected', ltype=log.DataTypes.event,
+            event=log.Events.consoledisconnect)
         self._send_rcpts({'connectstate': self.connectstate})
         self._connect()
 
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ class _ConsoleHandler(object):
             'clientcount': self.clientcount,
         }
         retdata = ''
-        if self.shiftin is not None:  #detected that terminal requested a
+        if self.shiftin is not None:  # detected that terminal requested a
             #shiftin character set, relay that to the terminal that cannected
             retdata += '\x1b)' + self.shiftin
         if self.appmodedetected:
@@ -254,6 +260,8 @@ def connect_node(node, configmanager):
 #holding the caller specific queue data, for example, when http api should be
 #sending data, but there is no outstanding POST request to hold it,
 # this object has the job of holding the data
+
+
 class ConsoleSession(object):
     """Create a new socket to converse with node console
 
@@ -282,7 +290,7 @@ class ConsoleSession(object):
             self.databuffer.extend(_handled_consoles[consk].get_recent())
         else:
             self.reghdl = _handled_consoles[consk].register_rcpt(datacallback)
-            for recdata in  _handled_consoles[consk].get_recent():
+            for recdata in _handled_consoles[consk].get_recent():
                 if recdata:
                     datacallback(recdata)
 
@@ -330,46 +338,3 @@ class ConsoleSession(object):
         # they are given up on
         self.reaper = eventlet.spawn_after(15, self.destroy)
         return retval
-
-
-def handle_request(request=None, connection=None, releaseconnection=False):
-    """
-    Process a request from confluent.
-
-    :param request: For 'datagram' style console, this represents a wait for
-                    data or input.
-    :param connection: For socket style console, this is a read/write socket
-                       that the caller has released from it's control and
-                       console plugin will do all IO
-    :param releaseconnection: A function for console to call to indicate
-                          confluent should resume control over the connection
-
-    """
-    if request is not None:  # This is indicative of http style
-        pass  # TODO(jbjohnso): support AJAX style interaction.
-              # a web ui looking to actually take advantage will
-              # probably have to pull in the GPL javascript
-              # from shellinabox or something similar
-              # the way that works is URI encoded input with width, heiht,
-              # session or rooturl:opening
-              # opening session
-              # width=120&height=24&rooturl=/nodes/n1/console/session
-              # making a request to wait for data:
-              # width=120&height=24&session=blahblahblah
-              # <hitting enter>:
-              # width=120&height=24&session=blahblahblah&keys=0D
-              # pasting 'rabbit'
-              # width=120&height=24&session=blahblah&keys=726162626974
-              # if no client session indicated, it expects some session number
-              # in return.
-              # the responses:
-              # <responding to session open>: (the session seems to be opaque
-              # {"session":"h5lrOKViIeQGp1nXjKWpAQ","data":""}
-              # <responding to wait for data with data, specically a prompt
-              # that sets title>
-              # {"session":"blah","data":"\r\n\u001B]0;bob@thor:~\u0007$ "}
-              # <responding to wait with no data (seems to wait 46 seconds)
-              # {"session":"jSGBPmAxavsD/1acSl/uog","data":""}
-              # closed session returns HTTP 400 to a console answer
-    elif connection is not None:  # This is a TLS or unix socket
-        ConsoleSession(connection, releaseconnection)
diff --git a/confluent/log.py b/confluent/log.py
index 2dddb47c..372e6e5b 100644
--- a/confluent/log.py
+++ b/confluent/log.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import collections
 import confluent.config.configmanager as configuration
 import eventlet
 import fcntl
-import os
 import struct
 import time
 
@@ -79,7 +78,10 @@ import time
 
 
 class Events(object):
-    undefined, clearscreen, clientconnect, clientdisconnect = range(4)
+    (
+        undefined, clearscreen, clientconnect, clientdisconnect,
+        consoledisconnect, consoleconnect,
+    ) = range(6)
     logstr = {
         2: 'connection by ',
         3: 'disconnection by ',
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ class Events(object):
 class DataTypes(object):
     text, dictionary, console, event = range(4)
 
+
 class Logger(object):
     """
     :param console:  If true, [] will be used to denote non-text events.  If
@@ -137,8 +140,9 @@ class Logger(object):
             if eventaux is None:
                 eventaux = 0
             # metadata length is always 16 for this code at the moment
-            binrecord = struct.pack(">BBIHIBBH",
-                    16, ltype, offset, datalen, tstamp, evtdata, eventaux, 0)
+            binrecord = struct.pack(
+                ">BBIHIBBH", 16, ltype, offset, datalen, tstamp, evtdata,
+                eventaux, 0)
             if self.isconsole:
                 if ltype == 2:
                     textrecord = data
@@ -175,8 +179,6 @@ class Logger(object):
             recbytes = binfile.read(16)
             (_, ltype, offset, datalen, tstamp, evtdata, eventaux, _) = \
                 struct.unpack(">BBIHIBBH", recbytes)
-            binrecord = struct.pack(">BBIHIBBH",
-                    16, ltype, offset, datalen, tstamp, evtdata, eventaux, 0)
             if ltype != 2:
                 continue
             currsize += datalen
@@ -218,7 +220,8 @@ class Logger(object):
             if eventdata is not None:
                 self.logentries[-1][4] = eventdata
         else:
-            self.logentries.append([ltype, timestamp, logdata, event, eventdata])
+            self.logentries.append(
+                [ltype, timestamp, logdata, event, eventdata])
         if self.writer is None:
             self.writer = eventlet.spawn_after(2, self.writedata)