diff --git a/server/pdf-conversion/api.js b/server/pdf-conversion/api.js
index e219a48b321726ea8d13359219eb147b19cdcf45..9507484c2a7ed9da0d0e5be765db6585322d3e54 100644
--- a/server/pdf-conversion/api.js
+++ b/server/pdf-conversion/api.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const pdfTransformerApi = config.get('ncbiPdfTransformerApi')
 ;(async () => {
   const beforeUpdate = Date.now()
   await getDeposits()
+  logger.info('Closing connection to the database...')
   Manuscript.knex().destroy()
   logger.info(
     `PDF conversion process finished in ${Date.now() - beforeUpdate} ms`,
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ async function uploadPDF(filename, manuscript, filePath, item_size, item) {
   const Role = require('../xpub-model/entities/role/data-access')
   const roles = await Role.findByFieldEager('name', 'admin', 'users')
   const adminUser = roles[0].users[0] // get the first available admin
-  files
+  await files
     .uploadFileToMinio(
       filename,
       `${manuscript.id}.pdf`,
diff --git a/server/xpub-model/entities/epmc-base-model.js b/server/xpub-model/entities/epmc-base-model.js
index 7b3aa46afda3b5d9923aef60dcb86327e508c234..8439a4c031e28fcb78053afd02f0df435046caa5 100644
--- a/server/xpub-model/entities/epmc-base-model.js
+++ b/server/xpub-model/entities/epmc-base-model.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class EpmcBaseModel extends BaseModel {
     const saved = await this.constructor
       .query(trx)
       .upsertGraph(this.toJSON(), options)
-      .debug(true)
     logger.debug(`Saved ${this.constructor.name} with ID ${saved.id}`)
 
     return saved