diff --git a/video_metadata/util.py b/video_metadata/util.py
index fc3bda2..29e9f2a 100644
--- a/video_metadata/util.py
+++ b/video_metadata/util.py
@@ -14,65 +14,11 @@ def getLogger(is_debug):
     handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
     handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logger.propagate = False
     logger.addHandler(handler)
 
     return logger
 
-# NOTE: modified from here: https://code.activestate.com/recipes/137951-dump-all-the-attributes-of-an-object/
-#   to only print attributes
-def dumpObjAttr(obj):
-    import types
-
-    MethodWrapperType = type(object().__hash__)
-    objclass = getattr(obj, '__class__')
-    attrs = []
-
-    for slot in dir(obj):
-        attr = getattr(obj, slot)
-        if   slot == '__class__':
-            objclass = attr.__name__
-        elif slot == '__doc__':
-            pass
-        elif slot == '__module__':
-            pass
-        elif slot == '__dict__':
-            pass
-        elif slot == '__weakref__':
-            pass
-        elif (isinstance(attr, types.BuiltinMethodType) or
-              isinstance(attr, MethodWrapperType)):
-            pass
-        elif (isinstance(attr, types.MethodType) or
-              isinstance(attr, types.FunctionType)):
-            pass
-        else:
-            attrs.append( (slot, attr) )
-
-    sOut = objclass + ':'
-    for key, value in attrs:
-        # NOTE: pretty print for long lists
-        if isinstance(value, list) or isinstance(value, tuple):
-            sOut += '\n\t' + key + ':'
-            sOut += dumpList(value, 2)
-        else:
-            sOut += '\n\t' + key + ': ' + str(value)
-
-    return sOut
-
-def dumpList(value, indent):
-    s = ''
-    if len(value) > 0:
-        if isinstance(value[0], tuple):
-            for k, v in value:
-                s += '\n' + (indent * '\t') + k + ': ' + str(v)
-        elif isinstance(value, list):
-            for item in value:
-                s += '\n' + (indent * '\t') + str(item)
-        else:
-            pass
-
-    return s
-
 def getFunctionName():
     import sys
     return sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name
diff --git a/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py b/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
index a9b6a51..986248b 100644
--- a/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
+++ b/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ssl
 from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
+import yaml
 
 from flask import Blueprint, current_app, flash, Flask, request, render_template
 
@@ -95,10 +96,6 @@ class view_result(object):
 
 @bp.route('/query_movie')
 def query_movie():
-
-    logger.debug('Flask(__name__): {}'.format(Flask(__name__)))
-    logger.debug('debug: {}'.format(Flask(__name__).config['DEBUG']))
-
     errors = []
     query = query_data()
     response = response_data()
@@ -143,9 +140,11 @@ def query_movie():
     return render_template(
             'tmdb/query.html',
             view_data = view_results,
-            debug_str = str(util.dumpObjAttr(query) + '\n'
-                + util.dumpObjAttr(response)) + '\n'
-                + util.dumpList(view_results, 0) + '\n'
+            debug_str = '{} \n {} \n {} \n'.format(
+                    yaml.dump(query, indent=4),
+                    yaml.dump(response, indent=4),
+                    yaml.dump(view_results, indent=4)
+                )
         )
 
 
@@ -156,6 +155,7 @@ def query_movie():
 #   with legitimate dates in the title
 def parseQueryStr(query_obj):
     s = query_obj.raw_query_str.replace('.', ' ').strip()
+    s = re.sub('[(){}\[\]]', '', s).strip() # NOTE: remove some common characters
     current_year = date.today().year
 
     # NOTE: find all 4 digit numbers to match the year of queries with 4 digit numbers in the title
@@ -199,16 +199,17 @@ def makeLocalQuery(query_obj):
     elif query_obj.query_type == query_type.TV_SHOW:
         pass
 
-    logger.debug('number of rows matched: "{}"'.format(len(cur.fetchall())))
+    rows = cur.fetchall()
+    logger.debug('number of rows matched: "{}"'.format(len(rows)))
 
-    if len(cur.fetchall()) > 0:
+    if len(rows) > 0:
         logger.debug('query string "{}", match found in local db'.format(
             query_obj.parsed_query_str)
         )
 
-        for row in cur:
+        for row in rows:
             vr = view_result()
-            vr.title = row["title"]
+            vr.title = row["query"]
             results.append(vr)
     else:
         logger.debug('query string "{}", no matches found in local db'.format(