diff --git a/splitter/handlers.go b/splitter/handlers.go
index b7048ae6..8ff7407f 100644
--- a/splitter/handlers.go
+++ b/splitter/handlers.go
@@ -65,20 +65,21 @@ func (s *Splitter) HandleComAtprotoSyncRequestCrawl(c echo.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// if that was successful, then forward on to the other upstreams (in goroutines)
-	for _, c := range s.nextCrawlers {
+	for _, nc := range s.nextCrawlers {
 		// intentional local copy of loop variable
-		hostname := c.String()
+		crawler := nc.String()
 		go func() {
 			// new context to outlive original HTTP request
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			xrpcc := xrpc.Client{
 				Client: s.peerClient,
-				Host:   hostname,
+				Host:   crawler,
 			}
 			if err := comatproto.SyncRequestCrawl(ctx, &xrpcc, &body); err != nil {
-				s.logger.Warn("failed to forward requestCrawl", "upstream", hostname, "targetHost", body.Hostname, "err", err)
+				s.logger.Warn("failed to forward requestCrawl", "crawler", crawler, "targetHost", body.Hostname, "err", err)
+			} else {
+				s.logger.Info("successfully forwarded requestCrawl", "crawler", crawler, "targetHost", body.Hostname)
 			}
-			s.logger.Info("successfully forwarded requestCrawl", "upstream", hostname, "targetHost", body.Hostname)
 		}()
 	}