diff --git a/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs b/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs
index 848b0d71..cebec56f 100644
--- a/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs
+++ b/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs
@@ -507,10 +507,8 @@ impl<C: MqttClient> Serializer<C> {
 
     /// Starts operation of the uplink serializer, which can transition between the modes mentioned earlier.
     pub async fn start(mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        // check for and publish the packets in persistence/inflight file
-        let mut status = Status::EventLoopReady;
-
         self.reload_inflight().await?;
+        let mut status = Status::EventLoopReady;
 
         loop {
             let next_status = match status {
@@ -524,21 +522,23 @@ impl<C: MqttClient> Serializer<C> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// check for and publish the packets in persistence/inflight file
+    /// once done, delete the file.
     async fn reload_inflight(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        // check if the persistence/inflight file exists
-        // if exists then read and serialize it to Vec of publishes
-        // once done, delete the infight file and send the publishes onto the eventloop.
         let mut path = self.config.persistence_path.clone();
-        let mut buf = Vec::new();
         path.push("inflight");
+
         if !path.is_file() {
             return Ok(());
         }
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
         let mut inflight_file = File::open(&path)?;
         inflight_file.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
         let mut buf = BytesMut::from(buf.as_slice());
-        while let Ok(publish) = read(&mut buf, self.config.mqtt.max_packet_size) {
-            match publish {
+
+        while let Ok(packet) = read(&mut buf, self.config.mqtt.max_packet_size) {
+            match packet {
                 Packet::Publish(publish) => {
                     self.client
                         .publish(publish.topic, QoS::AtLeastOnce, false, publish.payload)
@@ -547,8 +547,9 @@ impl<C: MqttClient> Serializer<C> {
                 packet => unreachable!("Unexpected packet: {:?}", packet),
             }
         }
-        info!("Read inflight packets from : {}", path.display());
+        info!("Read and published inflight packets; removing file: {}", path.display());
         std::fs::remove_file(path)?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }