diff --git a/service/daemon/reconciler/src/main/kotlin/vdi/daemon/reconciler/ReconcilerInstance.kt b/service/daemon/reconciler/src/main/kotlin/vdi/daemon/reconciler/ReconcilerInstance.kt
index 9b3e9bb3..b11a60d1 100644
--- a/service/daemon/reconciler/src/main/kotlin/vdi/daemon/reconciler/ReconcilerInstance.kt
+++ b/service/daemon/reconciler/src/main/kotlin/vdi/daemon/reconciler/ReconcilerInstance.kt
@@ -96,17 +96,19 @@ internal class ReconcilerInstance(
 
         // Delete datasets until and advance target iterator until streams are aligned.
         while (nextTargetDataset != null && comparableS3Id.compareTo(comparableTargetId!!, false) > 0) {
-          log.info(
-            "attempting to delete dataset {} because {} is lexicographically greater than {}. Presumably {} is not " +
-              "in MinIO",
-            comparableTargetId,
-            comparableS3Id,
-            comparableTargetId,
-            comparableTargetId
-          )
-
-          if (!slim)
+          if (!slim) {
+            log.info(
+              "attempting to delete dataset {} because {} is lexicographically greater than {}. Presumably {} is not " +
+                "in MinIO",
+              comparableTargetId,
+              comparableS3Id,
+              comparableTargetId,
+              comparableTargetId
+            )
+
             tryDeleteDataset(targetDB, nextTargetDataset!!)
+          }
+
           nextTargetDataset = if (targetIterator.hasNext()) targetIterator.next() else null
           comparableTargetId = nextTargetDataset?.getComparableID()
         }