diff --git a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
index cf0da791aa..f197880c95 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2"
 	_ "github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2/lib/driver"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/log"
 
 	metadataStore "github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/connectors/external_metadata"
-	conns3 "github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/connectors/s3"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/connectors/utils"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/logger"
@@ -39,9 +40,18 @@ func ValidateS3(ctx context.Context, creds *utils.ClickhouseS3Credentials) error
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create S3 client: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	validErr := conns3.ValidCheck(ctx, s3Client, creds.BucketPath, nil)
-	if validErr != nil {
-		return validErr
+	object, err := utils.NewS3BucketAndPrefix(creds.BucketPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create S3 bucket and prefix: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Validating S3 bucke: %s", object.Bucket))
+	_, listErr := s3Client.ListObjectsV2(ctx, &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
+		Bucket: &object.Bucket,
+	},
+	)
+	if listErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list objects: %w", listErr)
 	}
 
 	return nil