diff --git a/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py b/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py
index 2b196e7c370..79c23de6183 100644
--- a/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py
+++ b/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ class CleanDataUploader:
     def __init__(self):
         self.buffer_size = config("CLEANUP_BUFFER_SIZE", default=10_000_000, cast=int)
         bucket_name = config("OPENVERSE_BUCKET", default="openverse-catalog")
+        self.date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
         try:
             self.s3 = self._get_s3_resource()
             self.s3_bucket = self.s3.Bucket(bucket_name)
-            self.date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
         except Exception as e:
             log.error(f"Error connecting to S3 or creating bucket: {e}")
             self.s3 = None
diff --git a/ingestion_server/justfile b/ingestion_server/justfile
index e3ea1a41412..2bd74fca727 100644
--- a/ingestion_server/justfile
+++ b/ingestion_server/justfile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ create-and-populate-filtered-index model="image" destination_suffix="init":
 #########
 
 # Run ingestion-server tests locally
-test-local *args="--exitfirst":
+test-local *args="--verbose --exitfirst":
     # populate the tldextract cache before running tests to prevent unnecessary network requests during tests
     # and from needing to mock essentially unmockable responses
     pipenv run tldextract --update