diff --git a/src/internal/acceptance/metric-store/metric_store_test.go b/src/internal/acceptance/metric-store/metric_store_test.go
index 425a435e7..883452e8e 100644
--- a/src/internal/acceptance/metric-store/metric_store_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/acceptance/metric-store/metric_store_test.go
@@ -501,10 +501,6 @@ scrape_configs:
 				value2, _, err := tc.localEgressClient.LabelValues(context.Background(), model.MetricNameLabel,
 					result, minTime, maxTime)
 
-				fmt.Println("mintime: ", minTime)
-				fmt.Println("maxtime: ", maxTime)
-
-				fmt.Println("new value is a: ")
 				fmt.Println(value2)
 
 				return err
@@ -520,6 +516,16 @@ scrape_configs:
 			}, 1).Should(Equal(model.LabelValues{
 				"metric_name_new",
 			}))
+
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
+
+			content, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/tmp/testlogfile")
+
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Println(string(content))
 		})
 	})
 	//1696259961000000000
diff --git a/src/pkg/persistence/influx_adapter.go b/src/pkg/persistence/influx_adapter.go
index 8be8f8233..f2813af85 100644
--- a/src/pkg/persistence/influx_adapter.go
+++ b/src/pkg/persistence/influx_adapter.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package persistence
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
@@ -218,13 +220,26 @@ func (t *InfluxAdapter) DeleteOldest() error {
 }
 
 func (t *InfluxAdapter) DeleteOlderThan(cutoff int64) (uint64, error) {
+
 	adjustedCutoff := time.Unix(0, cutoff).Add(-time.Minute).Truncate(24 * time.Hour).UnixNano()
 
+	f, e := os.OpenFile("/tmp/testlogfile", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+	if e != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error opening file: %v", e)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
 	var deleted uint64
 	for _, shardID := range t.ShardIDsOldestSort() {
+
+		log.Println("BREAKED shardID: ", shardID)
 		if int64(shardID) > adjustedCutoff {
 			break
 		}
+		log.SetOutput(f)
+		log.Println("adjustedCutoff: ", adjustedCutoff)
+		log.Println("PRUNED shardID: ", shardID)
+
 		err := t.Delete(shardID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return deleted, err