diff --git a/scripts/index-sync-rotate.sh b/scripts/index-sync-rotate.sh
index 2e8b857c..2cfcaae4 100755
--- a/scripts/index-sync-rotate.sh
+++ b/scripts/index-sync-rotate.sh
@@ -138,12 +138,13 @@ for sphinx_index in ${SPHINX_INDEXES[@]}; do
     tmp_array=()
 
     while IFS= read -r -d '' new_file; do
+        echo "copy new file: $new_file" | json_logger INFO
         new_file=$(basename "${new_file}")
         # shellcheck disable=2001
         new_file_renamed=$(sed 's/\.sp\(\w\)$/.new.sp\1/' <<< "${new_file}")
         cp -fa "${SPHINX_EFS}${new_file}" "${SPHINX_VOLUME}${new_file_renamed}"
         tmp_array+=("${new_file_renamed}")
-    done <   <(find "${SPHINX_EFS}" -name "${sphinx_index}*" -print0)
+    done <   <(find "${SPHINX_EFS}" -name "${sphinx_index}.*" -print0)
 
     if ((${#tmp_array[@]})); then
         # remove blank strings from array
@@ -158,11 +159,14 @@ for sphinx_index in ${SPHINX_INDEXES[@]}; do
             all_files_are_gone=false
             while ! ${all_files_are_gone}; do
                 all_files_are_gone=true
+                echo "about to rotate ${sphinx_index}, waiting for ${new_files_merged[*]} to disappear" | json_logger INFO
                 for new_file in ${new_files_merged[@]}; do
                     # skip empty elements
                     [[ -z ${new_file} ]] && continue
                     [ -f "${SPHINX_VOLUME}${new_file}" ] && all_files_are_gone=false
                 done
+                # shellcheck disable=SC2046
+                ${all_files_are_gone} || echo "still exist:" $( cd "${SPHINX_VOLUME}"; ls "${new_files_merged[@]}" 2> /dev/null ) | json_logger INFO
                 sleep 5
             done
         fi
diff --git a/scripts/pg2sphinx_trigger.py b/scripts/pg2sphinx_trigger.py
index c18f6394..a95be4ac 100755
--- a/scripts/pg2sphinx_trigger.py
+++ b/scripts/pg2sphinx_trigger.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def pg_get_tables(sql_query, sql_db):
                 t.append(sql_db + '.' + table_i)
         t = list(set(t))  # get rid of duplicate entries in the list and sorting
         return ','.join(sorted(t))
-    except psycopg2.OperationalError as err:
+    except (psycopg2.ProgrammingError, psycopg2.OperationalError) as err:
         sys.stderr.write(
             f"ERROR: wrong query detected in database: {sql_query}"\
             f"\nquery:\n{sql_query}\nerror:\n{err}\n"