diff --git a/src/ai/ai.cpp b/src/ai/ai.cpp
index 132d2f0..1df9c07 100644
--- a/src/ai/ai.cpp
+++ b/src/ai/ai.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace ai {
     AIMGR.profile = json({});
   }
 
-  void init(std::string config_path) {
+  void init(const std::string& config_path) {
     if(!initialized) {
       auto config = settings::get(config_path);
 
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ namespace ai {
       }
       initialized = true;
     } else {
-      dbc::sentinel("DOUBLE INIT: AI manager should only be intialized once if not in tests.");
+      // BUG: should track the inits per file, or create a separate init that's an overload of the default
+      // then this version is just used in tests
+      dbc::sentinel($F("DOUBLE INIT {}: AI manager should only be intialized once if not in tests.", config_path));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ai/ai.hpp b/src/ai/ai.hpp
index 3e0fd81..fcf007c 100644
--- a/src/ai/ai.hpp
+++ b/src/ai/ai.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace ai {
 
   /* This is really only used in test to load different fixtures. */
   void reset();
-  void init(std::string config_path);
+  void init(const std::string& config_path);
 
   Action config_action(AIProfile& profile, nlohmann::json& config);
   State config_state(AIProfile& profile, nlohmann::json& config);