diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/MongoIOManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/MongoIOManager.java
index 5136efb..d48f38c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/MongoIOManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/MongoIOManager.java
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ public class MongoIOManager {
 		updateCommonFields(f, resource, OPERATION.REMOVE);
 // check if the file is linked		
 		if((f!=null) && (f.containsField(Costants.COUNT_IDENTIFIER)) && (f.get(Costants.COUNT_IDENTIFIER) != null)){
+			logger.debug("RemovingObject: the following object "+idToRemove+" contains a COUNT field");
 		// this field is only added for reporting tool: storage-manager-trigger	
 			String filename=(String)f.get("filename");
 			f.put("onScope", filename);
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ public class MongoIOManager {
 	// check if the file is a link 
 		}else if((f.containsField(Costants.LINK_IDENTIFIER)) && (f.get(Costants.LINK_IDENTIFIER) != null )){
 			while((f!=null) && (f.containsField(Costants.LINK_IDENTIFIER)) && (f.get(Costants.LINK_IDENTIFIER) != null )){
+				logger.debug("RemovingObject: the following object "+idToRemove+" contains a LINK field");
 				// remove f and decrement linkCount field on linked object
 				String id=(String)f.get(Costants.LINK_IDENTIFIER);
 				GridFSDBFile fLink=findGFSCollectionObject(new ObjectId(id));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/operation/SoftCopyOperator.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/operation/SoftCopyOperator.java
index 90a46ef..888de1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/operation/SoftCopyOperator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/contentmanagement/blobstorage/transport/backend/operation/SoftCopyOperator.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.resource.OperationDefinition.LOCA
 import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.resource.OperationDefinition.OPERATION;
 import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.resource.OperationDefinition.REMOTE_RESOURCE;
 import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.service.operation.Monitor;
-import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.service.operation.Operation;
 import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.service.operation.SoftCopy;
 import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.transport.backend.MongoIOManager;
 import org.gcube.contentmanagement.blobstorage.transport.backend.MongoOperationManager;