diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/pom.xml b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/pom.xml
index 988695ce..972a27ff 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/pom.xml	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/pom.xml	
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
 			<version>4.13.2</version>
 		</dependency>
+		
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-core -->
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
+		    <version>4.9.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<build>
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/producers/SocketProducer.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/producers/SocketProducer.java
index 0d8c1102..6c70167d 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/producers/SocketProducer.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/producers/SocketProducer.java	
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ protected boolean init() {
 		listener = new Thread() {
 			public void run() {
 				while(true) {
-					System.out.println("accepting...");
 					String key = SocketManager.accept(Integer.parseInt(Config.getProperty("stream", "output.socket.port")), producer);
 					if(key == null) {
 						System.err.println("SocketProducer: Could not create connection to socket port.");
 						System.exit(1);
 					}
-					System.out.println("accepted!");
 					manager.add(new SocketDestination(key, SocketManager.write(key)));
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java
index ff5f48f6..062c7e84 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/out/socket/SocketManager.java	
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ private static final String readLine(DataInputStream in) throws IOException {
 		StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
 		char c = 0;
 		while((c = (char)in.read()) != 10) {
+			if(out.length() > 200_000)
+				break;
 			out.append(c);
 		}
 		return out.toString();
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java
index 2c273ca8..cbf67676 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/properties/Config.java	
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ public class Config {
 	app_properties.put("general.collection.delim", "=");
 	app_properties.put("general.transfer.delim", "&&&");
 	app_properties.put("general.data.dateformat", "yyyy-MM-dd");
-	app_properties.put("general.logging.packets", "true");
-	app_properties.put("general.logging.responses", "true");
+	app_properties.put("general.logging.packets", "false");
+	app_properties.put("general.logging.responses", "false");
 	properties.put("app", app_properties);
 	
 	Properties stream_properties = new Properties();
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/handler/ExternalStreamManager.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/handler/ExternalStreamManager.java
index e9cc21d3..3f66083d 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/handler/ExternalStreamManager.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/handler/ExternalStreamManager.java	
@@ -88,9 +88,16 @@ protected Object[] request(String type, HashMap<String, String> data, String sta
 	}
 	
 	public void processRequest(String collection, HashMap<String, String> data) {
-		if(data == null || data.isEmpty())
+		// invalid hashmap
+		if(data == null)
 			return;
 		
+		// if empty then submit blank push
+		if(data.isEmpty()) {
+			handler.send("LSH", "PUSH", "collection", collection, "data", "<<<empty>>>");
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		for(String key : data.keySet())
 			sb.append(key.replaceAll(",", ".") + "," + data.get(key).replaceAll(",", ".") + ",");
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/requests/ExternalRequestREST.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/requests/ExternalRequestREST.java
index 618d562f..91ad7edc 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/requests/ExternalRequestREST.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/external/requests/ExternalRequestREST.java	
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ else if(obj.has(path[i])) {
 			return "Data array retrieval had fatal error, killing process.";
 		}
 		
+		// if data is empty push empty data point
+		if(data.length() == 0) {
+			manager.processRequest(getCollection(), new HashMap<String, String>());
+		}
+		
 		// extract and print data
 		for(int i = 0; i < data.length(); i++) {
 			HashMap<String, String> point = parse(data.getJSONObject(i));
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/local/connected/mongodb/MongoDatabaseRequestHandler.java b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/local/connected/mongodb/MongoDatabaseRequestHandler.java
index 09d2286c..eca8ccf9 100644
--- a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/local/connected/mongodb/MongoDatabaseRequestHandler.java	
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/java/org/stream/local/connected/mongodb/MongoDatabaseRequestHandler.java	
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.bson.Document;
-import org.core.logger.Logger;
+import org.bson.conversions.Bson;
 import org.properties.Config;
 
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection;
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ else if(translations.get(query[0]).containsKey("collection"))
 	}
 	
 	public final static boolean containsCollection(MongoDatabase db, String[] query) {
-		Logger.log(Arrays.toString(query));
 		if(!query[0].equals("contains_collection"))
 			return false;
 		
@@ -243,19 +241,29 @@ public final static Set<String> getItem(MongoDatabase db, String... query) {
 	}
 	
 	public final static boolean push(MongoDatabase db, String data, String collection_name) {
+		// retrieve created collection
 		MongoCollection<Document> collection = db.getCollection(collection_name);
 		
 		String[] split_data = data.split(Config.getProperty("app", "general.data.delim"));
 		// validate that every type has an id associated.
-		if(split_data.length % 2 != 0)
+		if(split_data.length % 2 != 0 && !data.equals("<<<empty>>>"))
 			return false;
 		
 		Document document = new Document();
-		for(int i = 0; i < split_data.length; i+=2)
-			document.append(split_data[i], split_data[i + 1]);
 		
-		document.append("_timestamp", System.nanoTime());
-		collection.insertOne(document);
+		// validate not empty
+		if(!data.equals("<<<empty>>>")) {
+			for(int i = 0; i < split_data.length; i+=2)
+				document.append(split_data[i], split_data[i + 1]);
+			document.append("_timestamp", System.nanoTime());
+			collection.insertOne(document);
+		} else {
+			// create temporary object then remove
+			document.append("_empty", "holder");
+			collection.insertOne(document);
+			Bson holder = Filters.eq("_empty", "holder");
+			collection.deleteOne(holder);
+		}
 		return true;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/resources/requests/amberdata-sushiswap-protocol.properties b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/resources/requests/amberdata-sushiswap-protocol.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59f53b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DeFi-Data-Engine/DeFi Data Engine/src/main/resources/requests/amberdata-sushiswap-protocol.properties	
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+request.name=	amberdata-sushiswap-protocol
+
+url.base=		https://web3api.io/api/v2/defi/dex/sushiswap/protocol
+
+url.properties= size,900
+
+url.headers=	accept,application/json,\
+				x-api-key,.
+
+data.path=		payload,\
+				data
+
+recursion.type=	rest
+
+recursion.tags= -l,900,\
+				-t,url
+
+recursion.location=	payload,metadata,next
+
+date.valid=		true
+
+date.location=	properties
+
+date.start=		startDate
+
+date.end=		endDate
+
+date.format=	yyyy-MM-dd
\ No newline at end of file