diff --git a/packages/apollo-common/src/AssemblySpecificChange.ts b/packages/apollo-common/src/AssemblySpecificChange.ts
index f93f3aeb7..70284d115 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-common/src/AssemblySpecificChange.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-common/src/AssemblySpecificChange.ts
@@ -227,23 +227,16 @@ export abstract class AssemblySpecificChange extends Change {
     const featureIds: string[] = []
 
     const newFeature = createFeature(gff3Feature, refSeqDoc._id, featureIds)
-    logger.debug?.(`So far feature ids are: ${featureIds.toString()}`)
     // Add value to gffId
     newFeature.attributes?._id
       ? (newFeature.gffId = newFeature.attributes?._id.toString())
       : (newFeature.gffId = newFeature._id)
-    logger.debug?.(
-      `********************* Assembly specific change create ${JSON.stringify(
-        newFeature,
-      )}`,
-    )
 
     // Add into Mongo
     // We cannot use Mongo 'session' / transaction here because Mongo has 16 MB limit for transaction
-    const [newFeatureDoc] = await featureModel.create([
+    await featureModel.create([
       { allIds: featureIds, ...newFeature, user, status: -1 },
     ])
-    logger.verbose?.(`Added docId "${newFeatureDoc._id}"`)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/apollo-shared/src/Changes/AddFeaturesFromFileChange.ts b/packages/apollo-shared/src/Changes/AddFeaturesFromFileChange.ts
index 9df38fc96..392ba607e 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-shared/src/Changes/AddFeaturesFromFileChange.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-shared/src/Changes/AddFeaturesFromFileChange.ts
@@ -91,13 +91,17 @@ export class AddFeaturesFromFileChange extends AssemblySpecificChange {
       const featureStream = filesService.parseGFF3(
         filesService.getFileStream(fileDoc),
       )
+      let featureCount = 0
       for await (const f of featureStream) {
         const gff3Feature = f as GFF3Feature
-        logger.verbose?.(`ENTRY=${JSON.stringify(gff3Feature)}`)
 
         // Add new feature into database
         // We cannot use Mongo 'session' / transaction here because Mongo has 16 MB limit for transaction
         await this.addFeatureIntoDb(gff3Feature, backend)
+        featureCount++
+        if (featureCount % 1000 === 0) {
+          logger.debug?.(`Processed ${featureCount} features`)
+        }
       }
     }
     logger.debug?.('New features added into database!')