diff --git a/assignment-db-service/app.js b/assignment-db-service/app.js
index bfb2fbd..8216bf2 100644
--- a/assignment-db-service/app.js
+++ b/assignment-db-service/app.js
@@ -236,11 +236,13 @@ app.put("/assignments/:id", async (req, res) => {
 app.delete("/assignments/:id", async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const { id } = req.params;
+    console.log("Deleting assignment with ID:", id);
 
     await prisma.assignments.delete({
       where: { assignmentid: parseInt(id) },
     });
 
+    console.log("Assignment deleted successfully:", id);
     res.json({ message: "Assignment deleted successfully" });
   } catch (err) {
     console.error("Error deleting assignment:", err.message);
diff --git a/assignment-service/routes/InstructorRouter.js b/assignment-service/routes/InstructorRouter.js
index 8d6fcc1..c2187b0 100644
--- a/assignment-service/routes/InstructorRouter.js
+++ b/assignment-service/routes/InstructorRouter.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ intructorRouter.post(
       const updatedAssignmentData = {
         assignmenturl: `${PROXY_URL}/${ipv6}`,
       }
-      
+
       console.log("Updating assignment with deployment details:", updatedAssignmentData);
       const updateRespone = await axios.put(
         `${DB_ASSIGNMENT_SERVICE_URL}/assignments/${assignmentId}`,
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ intructorRouter.delete(
       // Delete the Battlesnake API
       if(assignmentData.appname){
         console.log(`Deleting Battlesnake API: ${assignmentData.appname}`);
-        console.log("DEPLOY_API_URL:", DEPLOY_API_URL, assignmentData.appname);
         const deployResponse = await axios.post(`${DEPLOY_API_URL}/${assignmentData.appname}/delete`, {
           "appName": assignmentData.appname
         });
@@ -208,9 +207,11 @@ intructorRouter.delete(
         console.log('Response from DEPLOY_API_URL:', deployResponse.data);
       }
       
+      console.log("Deleting assignment from database:", assignmentId);
       const response = await axios.delete(
         `${DB_ASSIGNMENT_SERVICE_URL}/assignments/${assignmentId}`
       );
+      console.log("Response from DB_ASSIGNMENT_SERVICE_URL:", response.data);
       res.status(response.status).json(response.data);
     } catch (error) {
       res.status(error.response?.status || 500).json({ error: error.message });
diff --git a/deployment-service/src/index.js b/deployment-service/src/index.js
index 64ad909..2e60234 100644
--- a/deployment-service/src/index.js
+++ b/deployment-service/src/index.js
@@ -230,17 +230,21 @@ app.post("/:appName/delete", async (req, res) => {
 
     //check if the app exists
     console.log("Checking if app exists:", appName);
+
     const appCheck = await fly.get(`/apps/${appName}`);
     console.log("App check response:", appCheck.status);
-    if (appCheck.status !== 200) {
-      console.log("App not found:", appName);
-      return res.json({ status: "App not found", app: appName });
-    }
-
+  
     await fly.delete(`/apps/${appName}`);
 
     return res.json({ status: "deleted", app: appName });
   } catch (err) {
+
+    //handle the 404 error and not treat it as a failure (no app to delete)
+    if (err.response?.status === 404) {
+      console.log("App not found, nothing to delete:", appName);
+      return res.status(200).json({ error: "App not found" });
+    }
+
     const errorData = err.response?.data || err.stack || err.message;
     console.error("App deletion error:", errorData);
     return res.status(500).json({ errorData });