diff --git a/app/api/stuff.py b/app/api/stuff.py
index 6da3c5f..0703458 100644
--- a/app/api/stuff.py
+++ b/app/api/stuff.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Annotated, Any
+
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request, status
-from app.services.logging import get_logger
+from pydantic import ValidationError, WrapValidator
+from rotoger import get_logger
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
@@ -22,12 +26,26 @@ async def create_random_stuff(
     return {"id": str(random_stuff.id)}
 
 
+failed_items: list[dict] = []  # Global or pass via context
+
+def catch_invalid(v: Any, handler: Callable[[Any], Any] ) -> Any:
+    try:
+        return handler(v)
+    except ValidationError:
+        failed_items.append(v)  # Intercept here!
+        return None  # Or raise if needed
+
 @router.post("/add_many", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 async def create_multi_stuff(
-    payload: list[StuffSchema], db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)
+    payload: list[Annotated[StuffSchema, WrapValidator(catch_invalid)]], db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)
 ):
+    await logger.ainfo(f">>>{failed_items}")
     try:
-        stuff_instances = [Stuff(**stuff.model_dump()) for stuff in payload]
+        await logger.ainfo(f">>>{failed_items}")
+        await logger.ainfo(f">>>{payload}")
+        stuff_instances = [
+            Stuff(**stuff.model_dump()) for stuff in payload if stuff is not None
+        ]
         db_session.add_all(stuff_instances)
         await db_session.commit()
     except SQLAlchemyError as ex:
@@ -39,6 +57,7 @@ async def create_multi_stuff(
         await logger.ainfo(
             f"{len(stuff_instances)} Stuff instances inserted into the database."
         )
+        return {"inserted": len(stuff_instances)}
         return True
 
 
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 7bc0ed8..75c6acd 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import asyncpg
 from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Request
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
-from app.services.logging import get_logger
+from rotoger import get_logger
 from starlette.middleware import Middleware
 from starlette.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from app.middleware.profiler import ProfilingMiddleware
 from app.redis import get_redis
 from app.services.auth import AuthBearer
 
-# logger = get_logger()
 templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates")
 
 
diff --git a/app/schemas/stuff.py b/app/schemas/stuff.py
index 098d776..6343cdc 100644
--- a/app/schemas/stuff.py
+++ b/app/schemas/stuff.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Any, Callable
+from typing import Any
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, WrapValidator, ValidationError
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 
 config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
 
diff --git a/app/server.py b/app/server.py
index 40d297f..744463d 100644
--- a/app/server.py
+++ b/app/server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from granian import Granian
 
+
 def startup():
     print("Server starting up...")
 
@@ -16,4 +17,4 @@ server = Granian(
 )
 server.on_startup(startup)
 server.on_shutdown(shutdown)
-server.serve_forever()
\ No newline at end of file
+server.serve_forever()