diff --git a/extension/Cargo.toml b/extension/Cargo.toml
index 2351402..eb3832d 100644
--- a/extension/Cargo.toml
+++ b/extension/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vectorize"
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.2"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
diff --git a/extension/Trunk.toml b/extension/Trunk.toml
index 92e37eb..2675d16 100644
--- a/extension/Trunk.toml
+++ b/extension/Trunk.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description = "The simplest way to orchestrate vector search on Postgres."
 homepage = "https://github.com/tembo-io/pg_vectorize"
 documentation = "https://github.com/tembo-io/pg_vectorize"
 categories = ["orchestration", "machine_learning"]
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.2"
 loadable_libraries = [{ library_name = "vectorize", requires_restart = true }]
 
 [build]
diff --git a/extension/sql/meta.sql b/extension/sql/meta.sql
index 7883664..ae82268 100644
--- a/extension/sql/meta.sql
+++ b/extension/sql/meta.sql
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ CREATE TABLE vectorize.prompts (
     user_prompt TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
+-- allow pg_monitor to read from vectorize schema
+GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA vectorize TO pg_monitor;
+GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA vectorize TO pg_monitor;
+GRANT SELECT ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA vectorize TO pg_monitor;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA vectorize GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO pg_monitor;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA vectorize GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCES TO pg_monitor;
+
+
 INSERT INTO vectorize.prompts (prompt_type, sys_prompt, user_prompt)
 VALUES (
     'question_answer',
diff --git a/extension/sql/vectorize--0.18.1--0.18.2.sql b/extension/sql/vectorize--0.18.1--0.18.2.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d332b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/sql/vectorize--0.18.1--0.18.2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA vectorize TO pg_monitor;
+GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA vectorize TO pg_monitor;
+GRANT SELECT ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA vectorize TO pg_monitor;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA vectorize GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO pg_monitor;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA vectorize GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCES TO pg_monitor;
diff --git a/extension/src/guc.rs b/extension/src/guc.rs
index fea0470..af1ec04 100644
--- a/extension/src/guc.rs
+++ b/extension/src/guc.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ pub fn get_guc(guc: VectorizeGuc) -> Option<String> {
             error!("failed to convert CStr to str");
         }
     } else {
-        info!("no value set for GUC: {:?}", guc);
+        debug1!("no value set for GUC: {:?}", guc);
         None
     }
 }
diff --git a/extension/src/init.rs b/extension/src/init.rs
index 6fb55e8..039900d 100644
--- a/extension/src/init.rs
+++ b/extension/src/init.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ pub fn init_pgmq() -> Result<()> {
     ))?
     .context("error checking if queue exists")?;
     if queue_exists {
-        info!("queue already exists");
+        debug1!("queue already exists");
         return Ok(());
     } else {
-        info!("creating queue;");
+        debug1!("creating queue;");
         let ran: Result<_, spi::Error> = Spi::connect(|mut c| {
             let _r = c.update(
                 &format!("SELECT pgmq.create('{VECTORIZE_QUEUE}');"),
diff --git a/extension/src/search.rs b/extension/src/search.rs
index db7e7b4..e5bee96 100644
--- a/extension/src/search.rs
+++ b/extension/src/search.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ pub fn init_table(
     init::init_pgmq()?;
 
     let guc_configs = get_guc_configs(&transformer.source);
-    info!("guc_configs: {:?}", guc_configs);
     // validate API key where necessary and collect any optional arguments
     // certain embedding services require an API key, e.g. openAI
     // key can be set in a GUC, so if its required but not provided in args, and not in GUC, error