diff --git a/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/cassandra/DataService.java b/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/cassandra/DataService.java
index e1daf02..88eae91 100644
--- a/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/cassandra/DataService.java
+++ b/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/cassandra/DataService.java
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import jakarta.ejb.Stateless;
-import jakarta.enterprise.event.Event;
-import jakarta.inject.Inject;
-import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
-import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBException;
-import jakarta.xml.bind.Marshaller;
-import jakarta.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
-
 import org.imixs.archive.service.ArchiveException;
 import org.imixs.archive.service.resync.ResyncService;
 import org.imixs.workflow.FileData;
@@ -37,6 +29,14 @@
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.SimpleStatement;
 
+import jakarta.ejb.Stateless;
+import jakarta.enterprise.event.Event;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.Marshaller;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
+
 /**
  * The SnapshotService is used to store a imixs snapshot into the cluster
  * keyspace.
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ public void saveSnapshot(ItemCollection snapshot) throws ArchiveException {
 
         // verify if this snapshot is already stored - if so, we do not overwrite
         // the origin data. See issue #40
+        // For example this situation also occurs when restoring a remote snapshot.
         if (existSnapshot(snapshotID)) {
             // skip!
-            logger.info("...snapshot '" + snapshot.getUniqueID() + "' already exits....");
+            logger.fine("...snapshot '" + snapshot.getUniqueID() + "' already exits....");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -220,13 +221,13 @@ public ItemCollection loadSnapshot(String snapshotID, boolean mergeDocuments) th
         if (row != null) {
             // load ItemCollection object
             ByteBuffer data = row.getBytes(COLUMN_DATA);
-            if (data!=null && data.hasArray()) {
+            if (data != null && data.hasArray()) {
                 snapshot = getItemCollection(data.array());
 
                 // next we need to load the document data if exists...
                 mergeDocumentData(snapshot);
             } else {
-                logger.warning("no data found for snapshotId '"+snapshotID+"'");
+                logger.warning("no data found for snapshotId '" + snapshotID + "'");
             }
         } else {
             // does not exist - create empty object
diff --git a/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/restore/RestoreService.java b/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/restore/RestoreService.java
index c8f9500..bb79e9a 100644
--- a/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/restore/RestoreService.java
+++ b/imixs-archive-service/src/main/java/org/imixs/archive/service/restore/RestoreService.java
@@ -267,19 +267,16 @@ void onTimeout(jakarta.ejb.Timer timer) throws Exception {
 			// we search for snapshotIDs until we found one or the syncdate is after the
 			// restore.to point.
 			while (localDateRestoreTo.isAfter(localDateSyncPoint)) {
-
 				List<String> snapshotIDs = dataService.loadSnapshotsByDate(localDateSyncPoint.toLocalDate());
 				// verify all snapshots of this day....
 				if (!snapshotIDs.isEmpty()) {
-					logger.info("......restore snapshot date " + localDateSyncPoint);
+					logger.info("......validate snapshot date " + localDateSyncPoint + "...");
 					// print out the snapshotIDs we found
 					for (String snapshotID : snapshotIDs) {
-
 						String latestSnapshot = findLatestSnapshotID(snapshotID, restoreFrom, restoreTo);
-						// did we found a snapshot to restore?
 						ItemCollection snapshot;
 						String remoteSnapshotID = null;
-						if (latestSnapshot != null) {
+						if (latestSnapshot != null && matchFilterOptions(latestSnapshot, options)) {
 							// yes, lets see if this snapshot is already restored or synced?
 							try {
 								remoteSnapshotID = remoteAPIService
@@ -291,30 +288,26 @@ void onTimeout(jakarta.ejb.Timer timer) throws Exception {
 								logger.finest(
 										"......no need to restore - snapshot:" + latestSnapshot + " is up to date!");
 							} else {
-								// test the filter options
-								if (matchFilterOptions(latestSnapshot, options)) {
-									long _tmpSize = -1;
-									try {
-										logger.info("......restoring: " + latestSnapshot);
-										snapshot = dataService.loadSnapshot(latestSnapshot);
-										_tmpSize = dataService.calculateSize(XMLDocumentAdapter.getDocument(snapshot));
-										logger.finest("......size=: " + _tmpSize);
-
-										remoteAPIService.restoreSnapshot(snapshot);
-
-										restoreSize = restoreSize + _tmpSize;
-										restoreCount++;
-										snapshot = null;
-									} catch (Exception e) {
-										logger.severe("...Failed to restore '" + latestSnapshot + "' ("
-												+ messageService.userFriendlyBytes(_tmpSize) + ") - " + e.getMessage());
-										restoreErrors++;
-									}
+								// start restore...
+								long _tmpSize = -1;
+								try {
+									logger.info("......restore snapshot " + latestSnapshot + " ...");
+									snapshot = dataService.loadSnapshot(latestSnapshot);
+									_tmpSize = dataService.calculateSize(XMLDocumentAdapter.getDocument(snapshot));
+									logger.finest("......size=: " + _tmpSize);
+									remoteAPIService.restoreSnapshot(snapshot);
+									restoreSize = restoreSize + _tmpSize;
+									restoreCount++;
+									snapshot = null;
+								} catch (Exception e) {
+									logger.severe("...Failed to restore '" + latestSnapshot + "' ("
+											+ messageService.userFriendlyBytes(_tmpSize) + ") - " + e.getMessage());
+									restoreErrors++;
 								}
 							}
 						} else {
-							logger.warning(
-									".... unexpected data situation:  no latest snapshot found, matching requested restore time range!");
+							logger.fine(
+									".... no snapshot found matching requested restore time range and options");
 						}
 					}
 				}