diff --git a/resolvers/author.py b/resolvers/author.py
index cc861125..22e44666 100644
--- a/resolvers/author.py
+++ b/resolvers/author.py
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ def count_author_rating(session, author_id) -> int:
     shouts_likes = (
         session.query(Reaction, Shout)
         .join(Shout, Shout.id == Reaction.shout)
-        .filter(and_(Shout.authors.any(author_id), Reaction.kind == ReactionKind.LIKE.value))
+        .filter(and_(Shout.authors.any(id=author_id), Reaction.kind == ReactionKind.LIKE.value))
         .count()
         or 0
     )
     shouts_dislikes = (
         session.query(Reaction, Shout)
         .join(Shout, Shout.id == Reaction.shout)
-        .filter(and_(Shout.authors.any(author_id), Reaction.kind == ReactionKind.DISLIKE.value))
+        .filter(and_(Shout.authors.any(id=author_id), Reaction.kind == ReactionKind.DISLIKE.value))
         .count()
         or 0
     )
diff --git a/resolvers/reaction.py b/resolvers/reaction.py
index 6438fa68..23317a97 100644
--- a/resolvers/reaction.py
+++ b/resolvers/reaction.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def is_published_author(session, author_id):
     """checks if author has at least one publication"""
     return (
         session.query(Shout)
-        .where(Shout.authors.contains(author_id))
+        .where(Shout.authors.any(author_id))
         .filter(and_(Shout.published_at != "", Shout.deleted_at.is_(None)))
         .count()
         > 0
diff --git a/resolvers/reader.py b/resolvers/reader.py
index c3b5efbd..60738abd 100644
--- a/resolvers/reader.py
+++ b/resolvers/reader.py
@@ -417,22 +417,20 @@ async def load_shouts_random_top(_, _info, params):
 @query.field("load_shouts_random_topic")
 async def load_shouts_random_topic(_, info, limit: int = 10):
     topic = get_random_topic()
-    shouts = []
-    if topic:
-        q = (
-            select(Shout)
-            .options(
-                joinedload(Shout.authors),
-                joinedload(Shout.topics),
-            )
-            .join(ShoutTopic, and_(Shout.id == ShoutTopic.shout, ShoutTopic.topic == topic.id))
-            .filter(and_(Shout.deleted_at.is_(None), Shout.visibility == "public"))
+
+    q = (
+        select(Shout)
+        .options(
+            joinedload(Shout.authors),
+            joinedload(Shout.topics),
         )
+        .filter(and_(Shout.deleted_at.is_(None), Shout.visibility == "public", Shout.topics.any(slug=topic.slug)))
+    )
 
-        q = add_stat_columns(q)
+    q = add_stat_columns(q)
 
-        q = q.group_by(Shout.id).order_by(desc(Shout.created_at)).limit(limit)
+    q = q.group_by(Shout.id).order_by(desc(Shout.createdAt)).limit(limit)
 
-        shouts = get_shouts_from_query(q)
+    shouts = get_shouts_from_query(q)
 
     return {"topic": topic, "shouts": shouts}
diff --git a/services/db.py b/services/db.py
index cd7fb12e..f2bbe060 100644
--- a/services/db.py
+++ b/services/db.py
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 @event.listens_for(Engine, "before_cursor_execute")
 def before_cursor_execute(conn, cursor, statement, parameters, context, executemany):
     conn.info.setdefault("query_start_time", []).append(time.time())
-    logger.debug(f" {statement}")
+    # logger.debug(f" {statement}")
 
 
 @event.listens_for(Engine, "after_cursor_execute")
 def after_cursor_execute(conn, cursor, statement, parameters, context, executemany):
     total = time.time() - conn.info["query_start_time"].pop(-1)
-    logger.debug(f" Finished in {math.floor(total*10000)/10} ms ")
+    print(f" ----------------- Finished in {math.floor(total*10000)/10} ms ")
 
 
 engine = create_engine(DB_URL, echo=False, pool_size=10, max_overflow=20)