diff --git a/src/index/vespa_.py b/src/index/vespa_.py
index 13db119..b2fcea5 100644
--- a/src/index/vespa_.py
+++ b/src/index/vespa_.py
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ def populate_vespa(
 
         if len(to_process[DOCUMENT_PASSAGE_SCHEMA]) >= config.VESPA_DOCUMENT_BATCH_SIZE:
             _batch_ingest(vespa, to_process)
-            _LOGGER.info(f"Clearing batch with length: {len(to_process[DOCUMENT_PASSAGE_SCHEMA])}")
             to_process.clear()
 
     _LOGGER.info("Final ingest batch")
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index e060862..9c526b4 100644
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -73,5 +73,4 @@ def filter_on_block_type(
 
 def read_npy_file(file_path: Path) -> Any:
     """Read an npy file."""
-    with open(file_path, "rb") as task_array_file_like:
-        return np.load(BytesIO(task_array_file_like.read()))
+    return np.load(BytesIO(file_path.read_bytes()))