diff --git a/janine/janine.py b/janine/janine.py
index 7c46224..840486e 100644
--- a/janine/janine.py
+++ b/janine/janine.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ from janine.utils import find_one, find_all
 from janine.sources import sources_from_config, MiscDataSources
 
 log = logging.getLogger('janine')
-#log.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 
 Warning = namedtuple('Warning', ['id',
                                  'sent',
@@ -31,6 +32,23 @@ Warning = namedtuple('Warning', ['id',
                                  'instruction',
                                  'landkreise'])
 
+
+def stub_warning(id_):
+    '''
+    Returns a stubbed warning for loading warnings from disk.
+    The only real attribute is the @id_ .
+    '''
+    return Warning(id=id_,
+                   sent='',
+                   effective_from='',
+                   expires='',
+                   urgency='',
+                   sender='',
+                   headline='',
+                   description='',
+                   instruction='',
+                   landkreise=[])
+
 def to_warning(data):
     '''
     Returns a Warning given the raw data
@@ -91,7 +109,7 @@ class WarningBot:
                 aioxmpp.make_security_layer(self._password))
 
         async with self._client.connected() as stream:
-            logging.info('Client connected to server')
+            log.info('Client connected to server')
 
             # In case you want a nice avatar
             if self._avatar:
@@ -101,20 +119,25 @@ class WarningBot:
 
                 avatar_set = aioxmpp.avatar.AvatarSet()
                 avatar_set.add_avatar_image('image/png', image_bytes=image_data)
-                await selg.avatar.publish_avatar_set(avatar_set)
-            
+                await (self._client.summon(aioxmpp.avatar.AvatarService)
+                        .publish_avatar_set(avatar_set))
+
             # Set some presence information
             self._client.set_presence(
                     aioxmpp.PresenceState(available=True,
-                                          show=PresenceShow.DND),
+                                          show=PresenceShow.CHAT),
                     self._status)
-   
+
+            # Enable Carbons
+            await self._client.summon(aioxmpp.CarbonsClient).enable()
+            log.info('Message carbons enabled')
+
             # Register the message handler
             self._client.stream.register_message_callback(
                     aioxmpp.MessageType.CHAT,
                     None,
                     self._handle_message)
-            logging.info('Message handler registered')
+            log.info('Message handler registered')
 
             # Start our fetch-send loop
             # NOTE: Originally, I wanted to use a cronjob and
@@ -122,7 +145,7 @@ class WarningBot:
             #       use async in event handlers
             loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
             periodic = loop.create_task(self._periodic_requests())
-            logging.info('Periodic ticker started')            
+            log.info('Periodic ticker started')            
             await periodic
 
     def __is_message_valid(self, msg):
@@ -240,8 +263,14 @@ class WarningBot:
         any new ones.
         '''
         while True:
-            logging.debug('Refreshing warning list')
+            log.debug('Refreshing warning list')
             await self._fetch_warnings()
+            
+            # Flush the warnings to disk
+            ids = list(map(lambda x: x.id, self._warnings0))
+            with open(self._warnings_file, 'w') as wf:
+                wf.write(json.dumps(ids))
+
             await asyncio.sleep(self._refresh_timeout)
 
     async def _fetch_warnings(self):
@@ -324,13 +353,20 @@ class WarningBot:
         if os.path.exists(self._client_store):
             with open(self._client_store, 'r') as cf:
                 self._warn_clients = json.loads(cf.read())
-   
+            log.info('Clients read from disk')
+  
+        self._warnings_file = os.path.join(self._data_dir, 'warnings.json')
+        if os.path.exists(self._warnings_file):
+            with open(self._warnings_file, 'r') as wf:
+                self._warnings0 = list(map(stub_warning, json.loads(wf.read())))
+            log.info('Warnings read from disk')
+
         # Landkreise
         self._channels = []
         channels = {}
         channel_file = os.path.join(self._data_dir, 'channels.json')
         if not os.path.exists(channel_file):
-            log.debug('Requesting search channels')
+            log.info('Requesting search channels')
             req = requests.get(MiscDataSources.channels())
             channels = json.loads(req.text)
             self._channels = list(map(lambda key: channels[key].get('NAME', ''),
@@ -345,6 +381,7 @@ class WarningBot:
         else:
             with open(channel_file, 'r') as f:
                 self._channels = json.loads(f.read())
+            log.info('Search channels read from disk')
 
         # Bot Config
         self._jid = aioxmpp.JID.fromstr(config['Bot']['JID'])