diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ParquetFileUtils.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ParquetFileUtils.java
index 1061752..0a69164 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ParquetFileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ParquetFileUtils.java
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ public class ParquetFileUtils {
             }
             //logger.trace("The target location is: " + location + "\nWill do a silent redirect to HTTPS."); // DEBUG!
 
-            location = StringUtils.replace(location, "http:", "https:", 1);
+            // In case the WebHDFS uses https, then perform the offline redirect to https here (to avoid the live redirection.)
+            if ( webHDFSBaseUrl.startsWith("https:") )
+                location = StringUtils.replace(location, "http:", "https:", 1);
             // Unless we handle this here, we have to either complicate the process by handling the https-redirect or in any-way getting a hit in performance by having one more step each time ww want to upload a file.
 
             conn = (HttpURLConnection) (new URL(location)).openConnection();    // This already contains the "user.name" parameter.
@@ -487,8 +489,8 @@ public class ParquetFileUtils {
             // Using the "load data inpath" command, he files are MOVED, not copied! So we don't have to delete them afterwards.
             // See: https://docs.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/impala_load_data.html
         } catch (Throwable e) {
-            String errorMsg = "Error while uploading parquet file \"" + parquetFileFullLocalPath + "\" to HDFS!\n" + e;
-            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            String errorMsg = "Error while uploading parquet file \"" + parquetFileFullLocalPath + "\" to HDFS!\n" + e.getMessage();
+            logger.error(errorMsg, e);
             return errorMsg;
         }