diff --git a/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/maven2/snapshot/upload.go b/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/maven2/snapshot/upload.go
index 2c0075be..bf27b580 100644
--- a/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/maven2/snapshot/upload.go
+++ b/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/maven2/snapshot/upload.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 
-	"github.com/030/n3dr/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/artifacts"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ type Nexus3 struct {
 func (n *Nexus3) statusCode(resp *http.Response) error {
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusCreated {
 		log.Trace("file has been uploaded")
-		artifacts.PrintType(n.RepoFormat)
-		return nil
 	} else {
 		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) readRetryAndUpload(path string) error {
 	log.Tracef("uri: '%s'", uri)
 
 	u := protocol + "://" + n.FQDN + "/repository/" + n.RepoName + "/" + uri
-	log.Tracef("upload url: '%s'", u)
+	log.Tracef("snapshot upload url: '%s'", u)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", u, f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/upload.go b/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/upload.go
index e7df4129..7770325d 100644
--- a/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/upload.go
+++ b/internal/app/n3dr/artifactsv2/upload/upload.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) reposOnDisk() (localDiskRepos []string, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	log.Infof("found the following localDiskRepos: '%v'", localDiskRepos)
+
 	return localDiskRepos, nil
 }
 
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) checkLocalChecksumAndCompareWithOneInRemote(f, localDiskRepo, d
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
-	log.Info(f, downloadedFileChecksum)
+	log.Debugf("checksum of file: '%s' is '%s'", f, downloadedFileChecksum)
 
 	retryClient := retryablehttp.NewClient()
 	retryClient.Logger = nil
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) checkLocalChecksumAndCompareWithOneInRemote(f, localDiskRepo, d
 	}
 
 	u := scheme + "://" + n.FQDN + "/repository/" + localDiskRepo + "/" + dir + "/" + filename + ".sha512"
-	log.Info("URL:             ", u)
+	log.Debugf("upload URL: '%s'", u)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -341,10 +342,10 @@ func (n *Nexus3) checkLocalChecksumAndCompareWithOneInRemote(f, localDiskRepo, d
 	}()
 	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return identical, err
+		return false, err
 	}
 	bodyString := string(bodyBytes)
-	log.Info(bodyString)
+	log.Debugf("checksum of artifact in nexus3: '%s'", bodyString)
 
 	if bodyString == downloadedFileChecksum {
 		identical = true
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) checkLocalChecksumAndCompareWithOneInRemote(f, localDiskRepo, d
 	return identical, nil
 }
 
-func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo, localDiskRepoHome, repoFormat string, skipErrors bool) error {
+func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo, localDiskRepoHome, repoFormat string, skipErrors bool) (bool, error) {
 	dir := strings.Replace(filepath.Dir(path), localDiskRepoHome+"/", "", -1)
 	filename := filepath.Base(path)
 
@@ -361,8 +362,8 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 	af := artifactFiles{}
 
 	if identical, _ := n.checkLocalChecksumAndCompareWithOneInRemote(filepath.Clean(path), localDiskRepo, dir, filename); identical {
-		log.Info("Already uploaded")
-		return nil
+		log.Debugf("artifact: '%s' has already been uploaded", filename)
+		return true, nil
 	}
 
 	c := components.UploadComponentParams{}
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 		c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 		f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return false, nil
 		}
 		c.AptAsset = f
 	case "maven2":
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 		filePathPom := fileNameWithoutExtIncludingDir + ".pom"
 
 		if slices.Contains(checkedMavenFolders, dirPath) {
-			return nil
+			return false, nil
 		}
 
 		if _, err := os.Stat(filePathPom); err == nil {
@@ -390,13 +391,13 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 			c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 
 			if err := af.mavenJarAndOtherExtensions(&c, fileNameWithoutExtIncludingDir, skipErrors); err != nil {
-				return err
+				return false, nil
 			}
 
 			var err error
 			f, err = os.Open(filepath.Clean(filePathPom))
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return false, nil
 			}
 			c.Maven2Asset1 = f
 			ext1 := "pom"
@@ -447,13 +448,13 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 			c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 
 			if err := af.mavenJarAndOtherExtensions(&c, fileNameWithoutExtIncludingDir, skipErrors); err != nil {
-				return err
+				return false, nil
 			}
 
 			//
 			mp, err := maven(path, skipErrors)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return false, nil
 			}
 			c.Maven2ArtifactID = &mp.artifact
 			c.Maven2Version = &mp.version
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 				groupID = match[1]
 				groupID = strings.ReplaceAll(groupID, `/`, `.`)
 			} else {
-				return fmt.Errorf("groupID should not be empty, path: '%s' and regex: '%s'", path, regex)
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("groupID should not be empty, path: '%s' and regex: '%s'", path, regex)
 			}
 			c.Maven2GroupID = &groupID
 			generatePOM := true
@@ -522,21 +523,21 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 		c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 		f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return false, nil
 		}
 		c.NpmAsset = f
 	case "nuget":
 		c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 		f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return false, nil
 		}
 		c.NugetAsset = f
 	case "raw":
 		c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 		f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return false, nil
 		}
 		c.RawAsset1 = f
 		c.RawDirectory = &dir
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 			c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 			f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path))
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return false, nil
 			}
 			c.RubygemsAsset = f
 		}
@@ -555,20 +556,20 @@ func (n *Nexus3) UploadSingleArtifact(client *client.Nexus3, path, localDiskRepo
 		c.Repository = localDiskRepo
 		f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return false, nil
 		}
 		c.YumAsset = f
 		c.YumAssetFilename = &filename
 	default:
-		return nil
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	files := []*os.File{f, af.f2, af.f3, af.f4, af.f5, af.f6, af.f2, af.f7}
 	if err := upload(c, client, path, files); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return false, nil
 }
 
 func upload(c components.UploadComponentParams, client *client.Nexus3, path string, files []*os.File) error {
@@ -623,7 +624,8 @@ func (n *Nexus3) ReadLocalDirAndUploadArtifacts(localDiskRepoHome, localDiskRepo
 				go func(path, localDiskRepo, localDiskRepoHome, repoFormat string, skipErrors bool) {
 					defer wg.Done()
 
-					if err := n.UploadSingleArtifact(c, path, localDiskRepo, localDiskRepoHome, repoFormat, skipErrors); err != nil {
+					identical, err := n.UploadSingleArtifact(c, path, localDiskRepo, localDiskRepoHome, repoFormat, skipErrors)
+					if err != nil {
 						uploaded, errRegex := regexp.MatchString("status 400", err.Error())
 						if errRegex != nil {
 							panic(err)
@@ -639,9 +641,13 @@ func (n *Nexus3) ReadLocalDirAndUploadArtifacts(localDiskRepoHome, localDiskRepo
 						} else {
 							panic(errString)
 						}
-					} else {
-						artifacts.PrintType(repoFormat)
 					}
+					if identical {
+						log.Debugf("checksum file: '%s' locally is identical compared to one in nexus", path)
+						return
+					}
+
+					artifacts.PrintType(repoFormat)
 				}(path, localDiskRepo, localDiskRepoHome, repoFormat, n.SkipErrors)
 			}
 			return nil
@@ -682,8 +688,17 @@ func (n *Nexus3) maven2SnapshotsUpload(localDiskRepo string) {
 	log.Tracef("VersionPolicy: '%s'", vp)
 
 	if strings.EqualFold(vp, "snapshot") {
-		s := snapshot.Nexus3{DownloadDirName: n.DownloadDirName, FQDN: n.FQDN, Pass: n.Pass, RepoFormat: "maven2", RepoName: localDiskRepo, SkipErrors: n.SkipErrors, User: n.User}
+		s := snapshot.Nexus3{DownloadDirName: n.DownloadDirName, FQDN: n.FQDN, HTTPS: *n.HTTPS, Pass: n.Pass, RepoFormat: "maven2", RepoName: localDiskRepo, SkipErrors: n.SkipErrors, User: n.User}
+
 		if err := s.Upload(); err != nil {
+			uploaded, errRegex := regexp.MatchString("bad status: 400 Repository does not allow updating assets", err.Error())
+			if errRegex != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			if uploaded {
+				log.Debugf("artifact from localDiskRepo: '%s' has been uploaded already", localDiskRepo)
+				return
+			}
 			if !n.SkipErrors {
 				panic(err)
 			}
@@ -716,6 +731,7 @@ func (n *Nexus3) uploadArtifactsSingleDir(localDiskRepo string) {
 	log.Warnf("only uploads to 'hosted' repositories are supported. Current: '%v'", repoFormatAndType)
 	if repoFormatAndType.repoType == "hosted" {
 		if repoFormatAndType.format == "maven2" {
+			log.Info("upload to snapshot repo")
 			n.maven2SnapshotsUpload(localDiskRepo)
 		}