diff --git a/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/diskfile.py b/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/diskfile.py
index d441cb7..5348e83 100644
--- a/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/diskfile.py
+++ b/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/diskfile.py
@@ -397,18 +397,19 @@ class DiskFileWriter(object):
         self.close()
 
         # TODO: see if this is really the right way of getting the ETag
+        # TODO: add timeout in case we should end up never having an ETag
         if not has_etag:
-            sleep(.5)
             try:
-                xattrs = xattr.xattr(df._data_file)
-                if 'system.hpss.hash' in xattrs:
-                    etag = xattrs['system.hpss.hash']
-                elif 'user.hash.checksum' in xattrs:
-                    etag = xattrs['user.hash.checksum']
-                else:
-                    raise DiskFileError(
-                        'ETag was not in HPSS xattrs for file %s'
-                        % df._data_file)
+                etag = None
+                # We sit here and wait until hpssfs-cksum finishes calculating
+                # the checksum.
+                while etag is None:
+                    time.sleep(.25)
+                    xattrs = xattr.xattr(df._data_file)
+                    if 'system.hpss.hash' in xattrs:
+                        etag = xattrs['system.hpss.hash']
+                    elif 'user.hash.checksum' in xattrs:
+                        etag = xattrs['user.hash.checksum']
                 metadata['ETag'] = etag
                 write_metadata(df._data_file, metadata)
             except IOError as err:
diff --git a/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/server.py b/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/server.py
index 8c6c2de..1d601d5 100644
--- a/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/server.py
+++ b/swiftonhpss/swift/obj/server.py
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ class ObjectController(server.ObjectController):
     @public
     @timing_stats()
     def GET(self, request):
-        logging.error(request)
         """Handle HTTP GET requests for the Swift on File object server"""
         device, partition, account, container, obj, policy = \
             get_name_and_placement(request, 5, 5, True)
@@ -460,8 +459,8 @@ class ObjectController(server.ObjectController):
             headers = {}
             if hasattr(e, 'timestamp'):
                 headers['X-Backend-Timestamp'] = e.timestamp.internal
-                return HTTPNotFound(request=request, headers=headers,
-                                    conditional_response=True)
+            return HTTPNotFound(request=request, headers=headers,
+                                conditional_response=True)
 
     @public
     @timing_stats()