diff --git a/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go b/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go
index 0a6a77fae..998bfd8ee 100644
--- a/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go
+++ b/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ var providerFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		Usage:       "Indexer URL. Specifies one or more URL to get provider info from",
 		Aliases:     []string{"i"},
 		DefaultText: "http://localhost:3000",
-		Required:    true,
 	},
 	&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 		Name:  "pid",
diff --git a/ipni-gc/reaper/reaper.go b/ipni-gc/reaper/reaper.go
index eda42339d..014d1b70e 100644
--- a/ipni-gc/reaper/reaper.go
+++ b/ipni-gc/reaper/reaper.go
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ func unarchiveDatastore(ctx context.Context, publisherID peer.ID, fileStore file
 	fileInfo, rc, err := fileStore.Get(ctx, tarName)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+			log.Debug("Datastore archive not found, will create new datastore")
 			return nil
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot retrieve datastore archive from filestore: %w", err)