diff --git a/branches/distributed-ppss/ppss.sh b/branches/distributed-ppss/ppss.sh
index e0ce6c1..2f267fe 100755
--- a/branches/distributed-ppss/ppss.sh
+++ b/branches/distributed-ppss/ppss.sh
@@ -780,11 +780,14 @@ upload_item () {
     if [ "$SECURE_COPY" == "1" ]
     then
         #scp -q $SSH_OPTS $SSH_KEY $PPSS_LOCAL_OUTPUT/"$ITEM"/* $USER@$SSH_SERVER:$REMOTE_OUTPUT_DIR
-        scp $SSH_OPTS $SSH_KEY $ITEM $USER@$SSH_SERVER:$REMOTE_OUTPUT_DIR >> HOEBA 2>&1
+        scp -q $SSH_OPTS $SSH_KEY $ITEM $USER@$SSH_SERVER:$REMOTE_OUTPUT_DIR
         ERROR="$?"
         if [ ! "$ERROR" == "0" ]
         then
             log DEBUG "ERROR - uploading of $ITEM failed."
+        else
+            log DEBUG "Upload of item $ITEM success" 
+            rm $ITEM
         fi
     else    
         cp "$PPSS_LOCAL_OUTPUT/$ITEM" $REMOTE_OUTPUT_DIR