diff --git a/pkg/controller/machine.go b/pkg/controller/machine.go
index 98a358268..932879f45 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/machine.go
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func (c *controller) machineDelete(machine *v1alpha1.Machine, driver driver.CMID
 
 	// If Finalizers are present
 	if finalizers := sets.NewString(machine.Finalizers...); finalizers.Has(DeleteFinalizerName) {
-		glog.V(2).Infof("Deleting Machine %s", machine.Name)
+		glog.V(2).Infof("Deleting Machine %q with MachineID %q", machine.Name, driver.MachineID)
 
 		// Getting the machine-ID on the cloud provider
 		machineID := driver.MachineID
@@ -492,20 +492,17 @@ func (c *controller) machineDelete(machine *v1alpha1.Machine, driver driver.CMID
 			}
 
 			// Check for existance of machine at cloud provider
-			_, err := driver.GetMachine(machineID)
-			if err == nil || status.Code(err) == codes.Unimplemented {
-				// Either there is no err
-				// or the GetMachine is not implemented
-				// then continue
-
-				err = driver.ShutDownMachine(machineID)
-				if err == nil || status.Code(err) == codes.Unimplemented {
-					// Either there is no err
-					// or the ShutDownMachine is not implemented
-					// then continue
-					err = driver.DeleteMachine(machineID)
-				}
+			_, err = driver.GetMachine(machineID)
+			if err != nil && status.Code(err) != codes.Unimplemented {
+				// If GetMachine was implemented and error occurred
+				glog.V(2).Infof("Get Machine called failed with the following error: %s", err)
+			}
+			err = driver.ShutDownMachine(machineID)
+			if err != nil && status.Code(err) != codes.Unimplemented {
+				// If ShutDownMachine was implemented and error occurred
+				glog.V(2).Infof("Shutdown Machine called failed with the following error: %s", err)
 			}
+			err = driver.DeleteMachine(machineID)
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/machine_safety.go b/pkg/controller/machine_safety.go
index c64aa6b74..d6de02068 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/machine_safety.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/machine_safety.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (c *controller) checkMachineClass(
 
 	listOfVMs, err := dvr.ListMachines()
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Orphan VM handler is not running. Failed to list VMs at provider. Err - %s", err)
+		glog.Warningf("Orphan VM handler is not running. Failed to list VMs at provider. \nErr - %s", err)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/driver/cmi-client.go b/pkg/driver/cmi-client.go
index 4f839bd64..5a1b81c48 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/cmi-client.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/cmi-client.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (c *CMIDriverClient) GetMachine(MachineID string) (bool, error) {
 	defer closer.Close()
 
 	req := &cmipb.GetMachineRequest{
-		MachineID: c.MachineID,
+		MachineID: MachineID,
 		Secrets:   c.Secret.Data,
 	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func newGrpcConn(driverName string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 
 	network := "tcp"
 
-	glog.V(2).Infof("Creating new gRPC connection for [%s://%s] for driver: %s", network, addr, name)
+	glog.V(5).Infof("Creating new gRPC connection for [%s://%s] for driver: %s", network, addr, name)
 
 	return grpc.Dial(
 		addr,