diff --git a/atdb/prune.py b/atdb/prune.py
index 21b22e140936d7b838e3240b8efc6bce8176c081..cb9b5946cc9f41778068252320ba2fd0f5142281 100644
--- a/atdb/prune.py
+++ b/atdb/prune.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def extract_surls_from_obj(
             for value in obj:
                 extract_surls_from_obj(value, partial=partial)
     except KeyError as exception:
-        logging.exception(exception)
+        logger.exception(exception)
     return partial
 
 
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ def remove_surl_locations(surls: List[str], dry_run=False) -> None:
 
     for surl in surls:
         if not dry_run:
-            logging.debug("removing file: %s", context.stat(surl))
+
+            logger.debug("removing surl %s", surl)
+            logger.debug("file stats are:", context.stat(surl))
             context.release(surl)
         else:
-            logging.info("removing file: %s", context.stat(surl))
+            logger.info("[dry-run] removing surl %s", surl)
+            logger.info("file stats are: %s", context.stat(surl))
 
 
 def prune(args):