diff --git a/cms-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/cms/plugins/implementations/SimpleLifeCycleManager.java b/cms-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/cms/plugins/implementations/SimpleLifeCycleManager.java
index f869e88..f0f5970 100644
--- a/cms-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/cms/plugins/implementations/SimpleLifeCycleManager.java
+++ b/cms-plugin-framework/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/cms/plugins/implementations/SimpleLifeCycleManager.java
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ public class SimpleLifeCycleManager extends AbstractLifeCycleManager implements
     @Override
     protected EventExecutionReport onDeleteDocument(EventExecutionReport report) throws ConfigurationException, InvalidPluginRequestException, MaterializationException, EventException {
         // Block non draft only if not force
-        if(!Boolean.parseBoolean(report.getTheRequest().getWithDefault("force","false")))
-            blockNonDraft(report);
+        Boolean force=Boolean.parseBoolean(report.getTheRequest().getWithDefault("force","false"));
+        log.debug("ON DELETE for {} : force is {}",report.getTheRequest().getDocument().getId(),force);
+        if(!force) blockNonDraft(report);
         // dematerialize all
         JSONPathWrapper wrapper = new JSONPathWrapper(report.getTheRequest().getDocument().getTheDocument().toJson());
         for (String s : wrapper.getMatchingPaths("$..[?(@." + RegisteredFileSet.PAYLOADS + ")]")){