diff --git a/middleware/app_be/services/dropboxservice.py b/middleware/app_be/services/dropboxservice.py
index 24350ed..ac4e98c 100644
--- a/middleware/app_be/services/dropboxservice.py
+++ b/middleware/app_be/services/dropboxservice.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class DropboxService(StorageServiceInterface):
         try:
             dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(settings.DROPBOX_OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN)
             dbx.files_upload(file, settings.DROPBOX_IMAGE_FOLDER + filename)
-        except:
+        except Exception as ex:
+            print(ex)
             return False
         return True
 
diff --git a/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py b/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py
index 3e26310..1ed1cf7 100644
--- a/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py
+++ b/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ class ImageEndpoint:
             # at this point we know at least one valid image is available
             for service in ImageEndpoint.storageServiceList:
                 if not recovery_has_image[service.name] or not recovery_hash_matches[service.name]:
+                    if recovery_has_image[service.name]:
+                        service.delete_file(metadata['filename'])
                     if not service.create_file(metadata['filename'], valid_image_bytes):
                         logger.error('Error duplicating file in service ' + service.name)