diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_ayon_publish_outputs.py b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_ayon_publish_outputs.py
index caf53b3a38..72ead26284 100644
--- a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_ayon_publish_outputs.py
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_ayon_publish_outputs.py
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ def process(self, instance):
             )[-1]
             ext_no_dot = ext[1:]
 
+            # representation files must be single `str` if single file
+            # and also must be the filename, not full path
             filenames = [os.path.basename(file) for file in filepaths]
             if len(filenames) == 1:
-                self.log.debug(f"Single file Publish {filenames}")
                 filenames = filenames[0]
 
             representation = {