diff --git a/src/Synchronizer.cpp b/src/Synchronizer.cpp
index cbe402956..ce1d3a3e2 100644
--- a/src/Synchronizer.cpp
+++ b/src/Synchronizer.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void Synchronizer::synchronizeDelete(const string &sourceFile, list<string>::ite
     ScopedWriteLock s(ioc, sourceFile);
     cs->deleteObject(*it);
     
-    // delete any pending jobs for *it.
+    // delete any pending jobs for *it.  There shouldn't be any, this is out of pure paranoia.
     boost::unique_lock<boost::recursive_mutex> sc(mutex);
     pendingOps.erase(*it);
 }
@@ -414,17 +414,17 @@ void Synchronizer::synchronizeWithJournal(const string &sourceFile, list<string>
             }
             throw runtime_error(string("Synchronizer: getObject() failed: ") + strerror_r(errno, buf, 80));
         }
-        assert(size <= mdEntry.length);
+
         //TODO!!  This sucks.  Need a way to pass in a larger array to cloud storage, and also have it not
         // do any add'l alloc'ing or copying
         if (size < mdEntry.length)
         {
             boost::shared_array<uint8_t> tmp(new uint8_t[mdEntry.length]());
             memcpy(tmp.get(), data.get(), size);
-            memset(&tmp[size], 0, mdEntry.length - size);   // prob not necessary outside of testing
+            memset(&tmp[size], 0, mdEntry.length - size);
             data.swap(tmp);
-            size = mdEntry.length;
         }
+        size = mdEntry.length;    // reset length.  Using the metadata as a source of truth (truncation), not actual file length.
         
         err = ioc->mergeJournalInMem(data, size, journalName.c_str());
         if (err)