diff --git a/pkg/bbgo/environment.go b/pkg/bbgo/environment.go
index d61105a41..f9e2f60c9 100644
--- a/pkg/bbgo/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/bbgo/environment.go
@@ -113,11 +113,22 @@ func NewEnvironment(db *sqlx.DB) *Environment {
 		TradeSync: &service.TradeSync{
 			Service: tradeService,
 		},
+
+		// default trade scan time
 		tradeScanTime: time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -7), // sync from 7 days ago
 		sessions:      make(map[string]*ExchangeSession),
 	}
 }
 
+func (environ *Environment) SyncTrades(db *sqlx.DB) *Environment {
+	environ.TradeService = &service.TradeService{DB: db}
+	environ.TradeSync = &service.TradeSync{
+		Service: environ.TradeService,
+	}
+
+	return environ
+}
+
 func (environ *Environment) AddExchange(name string, exchange types.Exchange) (session *ExchangeSession) {
 	session = NewExchangeSession(name, exchange)
 	environ.sessions[name] = session
@@ -160,9 +171,10 @@ func (environ *Environment) Init(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SetTradeScanTime overrides the default trade scan time (-7 days)
-func (environ *Environment) SetTradeScanTime(t time.Time) *Environment {
+// SyncTradesFrom overrides the default trade scan time (-7 days)
+func (environ *Environment) SyncTradesFrom(t time.Time) *Environment {
 	environ.tradeScanTime = t
+
 	return environ
 }
 
@@ -185,25 +197,28 @@ func (environ *Environment) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		// trade sync and market data store depends on subscribed symbols so we have to do this here.
 		for symbol := range loadedSymbols {
-			log.Infof("syncing trades from %s for symbol %s...", session.Exchange.Name(), symbol)
-			if err := environ.TradeSync.Sync(ctx, session.Exchange, symbol, environ.tradeScanTime); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
 			var trades []types.Trade
 
-			tradingFeeCurrency := session.Exchange.PlatformFeeCurrency()
-			if strings.HasPrefix(symbol, tradingFeeCurrency) {
-				trades, err = environ.TradeService.QueryForTradingFeeCurrency(symbol, tradingFeeCurrency)
-			} else {
-				trades, err = environ.TradeService.Query(symbol)
+			if environ.TradeSync != nil {
+				log.Infof("syncing trades from %s for symbol %s...", session.Exchange.Name(), symbol)
+				if err := environ.TradeSync.Sync(ctx, session.Exchange, symbol, environ.tradeScanTime); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				tradingFeeCurrency := session.Exchange.PlatformFeeCurrency()
+				if strings.HasPrefix(symbol, tradingFeeCurrency) {
+					trades, err = environ.TradeService.QueryForTradingFeeCurrency(symbol, tradingFeeCurrency)
+				} else {
+					trades, err = environ.TradeService.Query(symbol)
+				}
+
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				log.Infof("symbol %s: %d trades loaded", symbol, len(trades))
 			}
 
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			log.Infof("symbol %s: %d trades loaded", symbol, len(trades))
 			session.Trades[symbol] = trades
 
 			currentPrice, err := session.Exchange.QueryAveragePrice(ctx, symbol)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/run.go b/pkg/cmd/run.go
index 8eeb01f95..40bbb1c76 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/run.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/run.go
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ func runConfig(ctx context.Context, config *config.Config) error {
 	// configure notifiers
 	slackToken := viper.GetString("slack-token")
 	if len(slackToken) > 0 {
+		log.Infof("found slack configured, setting up log hook...")
 		log.AddHook(slacklog.NewLogHook(slackToken, viper.GetString("slack-error-channel")))
 	}
 
 	notifierSet := &bbgo.Notifiability{}
 	if len(slackToken) > 0 {
+		log.Infof("adding slack notifier...")
 		var notifier = slacknotifier.New(slackToken, viper.GetString("slack-channel"))
 		notifierSet.AddNotifier(notifier)
 	}
@@ -104,10 +106,12 @@ func runConfig(ctx context.Context, config *config.Config) error {
 
 	for _, report := range config.PnLReporters {
 		if len(report.AverageCostBySymbols) > 0 {
-			trader.ReportPnL(notifier).
+
+			trader.ReportPnL(notifierSet).
 				AverageCostBySymbols(report.AverageCostBySymbols...).
 				Of(report.Of...).
 				When(report.When...)
+
 		} else {
 			return errors.Errorf("unsupported PnL reporter: %+v", report)
 		}