diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 9d7f14007..b546ef607 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2347,6 +2347,7 @@ static int updateReplBacklogSize(long long val, long long prev, const char **err
     UNUSED(err);
     g_pserver->repl_backlog_size = prev;
     resizeReplicationBacklog(val);
+    g_pserver->repl_backlog_config_size = g_pserver->repl_backlog_size;
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/evict.cpp b/src/evict.cpp
index 31cadeae5..36837e17d 100644
--- a/src/evict.cpp
+++ b/src/evict.cpp
@@ -392,9 +392,16 @@ size_t freeMemoryGetNotCountedMemory(void) {
         while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
             client *replica = (client*)listNodeValue(ln);
             std::unique_lock<fastlock>(replica->lock);
-            overhead += getClientOutputBufferMemoryUsage(replica);
+            /* we don't wish to multiple count the replication backlog shared usage */
+            overhead += (getClientOutputBufferMemoryUsage(replica) - getClientReplicationBacklogSharedUsage(replica));
         }
     }
+
+    /* also don't count the replication backlog memory
+     * that's where the replication clients get their memory from */
+    overhead += (g_pserver->repl_backlog_size - g_pserver->repl_backlog_config_size);
+    
+
     if (g_pserver->aof_state != AOF_OFF) {
         overhead += sdsalloc(g_pserver->aof_buf)+aofRewriteBufferSize();
     }
@@ -516,6 +523,7 @@ int freeMemoryIfNeeded(bool fQuickCycle, bool fPreSnapshot) {
     if (g_pserver->maxmemory_policy == MAXMEMORY_NO_EVICTION)
         goto cant_free; /* We need to free memory, but policy forbids. */
 
+    serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "evicting i guess lol, the overhead was %ld, the repl_backlog_size, %lld", freeMemoryGetNotCountedMemory(), g_pserver->repl_backlog_size);
     while (mem_freed < mem_tofree) {
         int j, k, i;
         static unsigned int next_db = 0;
diff --git a/src/networking.cpp b/src/networking.cpp
index cac58ff07..c51a02a1d 100644
--- a/src/networking.cpp
+++ b/src/networking.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ void clientInstallWriteHandler(client *c) {
         (c->replstate == REPL_STATE_NONE ||
          (c->replstate == SLAVE_STATE_ONLINE && !c->repl_put_online_on_ack)))
     {
-        // serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "we installing boyz");
         AssertCorrectThread(c);
         serverAssert(c->lock.fOwnLock());
         /* Here instead of installing the write handler, we just flag the
@@ -1801,6 +1800,9 @@ int writeToClient(client *c, int handler_installed) {
         if (nwrittenPart2 == -1) nwritten = -1;
     }
 
+    if (c->flags & CLIENT_SLAVE && handler_installed)
+        serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "Total bytes written, %ld, write handler installed?: %d", totwritten, handler_installed);
+
     g_pserver->stat_net_output_bytes += totwritten;
     if (nwritten == -1) {
         if (connGetState(c->conn) == CONN_STATE_CONNECTED) {
@@ -1821,6 +1823,11 @@ int writeToClient(client *c, int handler_installed) {
         if (!(c->flags & CLIENT_MASTER)) c->lastinteraction = g_pserver->unixtime;
     }
     if (!clientHasPendingReplies(c) && c->repl_curr_idx == -1) {
+        if(c->flags & CLIENT_SLAVE && handler_installed){
+            serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "Uninstalling handler");
+            serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "handler repl_backlog_idx: %lld, repl_curr_idx: %lld, repl_backlog_size: %lld", repl_backlog_idx, c->repl_curr_idx, g_pserver->repl_backlog_size);
+            serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "handler repl_curr_off: %lld, master_repl_offset: %lld", c->repl_curr_off, g_pserver->master_repl_offset);
+        }
         c->sentlen = 0;
         if (handler_installed) connSetWriteHandler(c->conn, NULL);
 
@@ -1836,6 +1843,7 @@ int writeToClient(client *c, int handler_installed) {
 /* Write event handler. Just send data to the client. */
 void sendReplyToClient(connection *conn) {
     client *c = (client*)connGetPrivateData(conn);
+    serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "called the sendreplytoclient");
     if (writeToClient(c,1) == C_ERR)
     {
         AeLocker ae;
@@ -1970,6 +1978,7 @@ int handleClientsWithPendingWrites(int iel, int aof_state) {
 
     auto vec = std::move(g_pserver->rgthreadvar[iel].clients_pending_write);
     processed += (int)vec.size();
+    // serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "entered handleClientsWithPendingWrites");
 
     for (client *c : vec) {
         serverAssertDebug(FCorrectThread(c));
@@ -2008,8 +2017,10 @@ int handleClientsWithPendingWrites(int iel, int aof_state) {
         /* If after the synchronous writes above we still have data to
         * output to the client, we need to install the writable handler. */
         if (clientHasPendingReplies(c) || c->repl_curr_idx != -1) {
-            if (connSetWriteHandlerWithBarrier(c->conn, sendReplyToClient, ae_flags, true) == C_ERR) 
+            serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "Setting a write handler for later");
+            if (connSetWriteHandlerWithBarrier(c->conn, sendReplyToClient, ae_flags, true) == C_ERR) {
                 freeClientAsync(c);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -3359,11 +3370,6 @@ void rewriteClientCommandArgument(client *c, int i, robj *newval) {
  * that writes to said replica are using data from the replication backlog
  * as opposed to it's own internal buffer, this number should keep track of that */
 unsigned long getClientReplicationBacklogSharedUsage(client *c) {
-    if (c->flags & CLIENT_SLAVE && c->repl_curr_idx != -1){
-        // serverLog(LL_NOTICE, "repl_backlog_size %lld, repl_backlog_idx %lld, master_repl_offset %lld, repl_curr_idx %lld, repl_curr_off %lld", 
-        //     g_pserver->repl_backlog_size, g_pserver->repl_backlog_idx, g_pserver->master_repl_offset, c->repl_curr_idx, c->repl_curr_off);
-    }
-    
     return (!(c->flags & CLIENT_SLAVE) || c->repl_curr_idx == -1) ? 0 : g_pserver->master_repl_offset - c->repl_curr_off;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/replication.cpp b/src/replication.cpp
index 1bae2773a..60f25052a 100644
--- a/src/replication.cpp
+++ b/src/replication.cpp
@@ -4684,5 +4684,21 @@ void flushReplBacklogToClients()
         // This may be called multiple times per "frame" so update with our progress flushing to clients
         g_pserver->repl_batch_idxStart = g_pserver->repl_backlog_idx;
         g_pserver->repl_batch_offStart = g_pserver->master_repl_offset;
+    } else if (getLowestOffsetAmongReplicas() != -1){
+        listIter li;
+        listNode *ln;
+        listRewind(g_pserver->slaves, &li);
+        while ((ln = listNext(&li))) {
+            client *replica = (client*)listNodeValue(ln);
+
+            std::unique_lock<fastlock> ul(replica->lock, std::defer_lock);
+            if (FCorrectThread(replica))
+                ul.lock();
+            
+            /* try to force prepare client to write i guess? */
+            if (replica->repl_curr_idx != -1){
+                if (prepareClientToWrite(replica) != C_OK) continue;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }