diff --git a/src/IOCoordinator.cpp b/src/IOCoordinator.cpp
index 5841af235..574cd1c05 100755
--- a/src/IOCoordinator.cpp
+++ b/src/IOCoordinator.cpp
@@ -336,19 +336,13 @@ int IOCoordinator::open(const char *filename, int openmode, struct stat *out)
     if (openmode & O_CREAT)
     {
         MetadataFile meta(filename);
-        meta.stat(out);
+        return meta.stat(out);
     }
     else
     {
         MetadataFile meta(filename, MetadataFile::no_create_t());
-        if (!meta.exists())
-        {
-            errno = ENOENT;
-            return -1;
-        }
-        meta.stat(out);
+        return meta.stat(out);
     }
-    return 0;
 
 #if 0
     int fd, err;
diff --git a/src/MetadataFile.cpp b/src/MetadataFile.cpp
index f10aa9084..94288e51f 100755
--- a/src/MetadataFile.cpp
+++ b/src/MetadataFile.cpp
@@ -196,12 +196,8 @@ int MetadataFile::stat(struct stat *out) const
 {
     int err = ::stat(mFilename.c_str(), out);
     if (err)
-    {
-        cout << "Failed to stat " << mFilename << endl;
         return err;
-    }
-        
-    cout << "Got the stat for " << mFilename << endl;
+
     size_t totalSize = 0;
     for (auto &object : mObjects)
         totalSize += object.length;