diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/reader.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/reader.py
index ef065ab8016ce9ca42de910c1c6d4438376245c3..20d3537edfa03d62ab6d6609e2342870cb62b52d 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/reader.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/reader.py
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ class statistics_data:
 
         # get SST specific stuff
         if self.marker == "S":
-            logger.debug(f"rcu_attenuator_dB: {file.get(f'{group_key}/rcu_attenuator_dB')}")
-            logger.debug(f"rcu_band_select: {file.get(f'{group_key}/rcu_band_select')}")
-            logger.debug(f"rcu_dth_on is: {file.get(f'{group_key}/rcu_dth_on')}")
+
+            self.data_id_signal_input_index = file[group_key].attrs["data_id_signal_input_index"]
+
+            # check if the dataset is empty or not. if empty, set to None, if not get the value
 
             if file.get(f'{group_key}/rcu_attenuator_dB').shape is None:
                 self.rcu_attenuator_dB = None
@@ -217,12 +218,6 @@ class statistics_data:
             else:
                 self.rcu_dth_on = numpy.array(file.get(f"{group_key}/rcu_dth_on"))
 
-
-            self.data_id_signal_input_index = file[group_key].attrs["data_id_signal_input_index"]
-            # self.rcu_attenuator_dB = numpy.array(file.get(f"{group_key}/rcu_attenuator_dB"))
-            # self.rcu_band_select = numpy.array(file.get(f"{group_key}/rcu_band_select"))
-            # self.rcu_dth_on = numpy.array(file.get(f"{group_key}/rcu_dth_on"))
-
         # get XST specific stuff
         if self.marker == "X":
             self.data_id_subband_index = file[group_key].attrs["data_id_subband_index"]
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer/hdf5.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer/hdf5.py
index a59a3841866be9b994d6d65875eb62c21336ba48..5f1d1b95ce59c8b7e9f069f27dfddc0d0236b55a 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer/hdf5.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/statistics/writer/hdf5.py
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ class SstHdf5Writer(HDF5Writer):
                 compression="gzip",
             )
         except AttributeError:
-            logger.debug("set rcu_attenuator_dB_data to None")
             current_group.create_dataset(
                 name="rcu_attenuator_dB",
                 data=h5py.Empty("f"),
@@ -331,7 +330,6 @@ class SstHdf5Writer(HDF5Writer):
                 compression="gzip",
             )
         except AttributeError:
-            logger.debug("set rcu_band_select_data to None")
             current_group.create_dataset(
                 name="rcu_band_select",
                 data=h5py.Empty("f"),
@@ -344,7 +342,6 @@ class SstHdf5Writer(HDF5Writer):
                 compression="gzip",
             )
         except AttributeError:
-            logger.debug("set rcu_dth_on to None")
             current_group.create_dataset(
                 name="rcu_dth_on",
                 data=h5py.Empty("f"),