diff --git a/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/axis_merge.py b/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/axis_merge.py
index 27e3bc69..18142998 100644
--- a/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/axis_merge.py
+++ b/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/axis_merge.py
@@ -405,10 +405,12 @@ def visit_ScheduleTreeRoot(self, node: dst.ScheduleTreeRoot):
             Then exit.
         """
 
-        # ndsl_log.debug(f"🧹 Normalizing {self.axis} loop symbol")
+        # TODO: many interval generate many iterator name right now
+        #    e.g. _k_0, _k_1...
+        # This makes merging more difficult. We could write a pre-pass
+        # that cleans this up BUT we have an issue with the THIS_K feature
+        # in the tasklet...
         # NormalizeAxisSymbol(self.axis).visit(node)
-        # with open("stree-IN-sanitized.txt", "w") as f:
-        #     f.write(node.as_string(-1))
 
         overall_merged = 0
         i = 0
@@ -422,7 +424,6 @@ def visit_ScheduleTreeRoot(self, node: dst.ScheduleTreeRoot):
                 if __debug__:
                     detect_cycle(node.children, set())
             except RecursionError as re:
-                breakpoint()
                 raise re
 
             # If we didn't merge, we revert the children
diff --git a/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/memlet_helpers.py b/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/memlet_helpers.py
index ecd138b4..1613e014 100644
--- a/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/memlet_helpers.py
+++ b/ndsl/dsl/dace/stree/optimizations/memlet_helpers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import dace.sdfg.analysis.schedule_tree.treenodes as dst
 from dace.memlet import Memlet
 
+from ndsl import ndsl_log
+
 
 class AxisIterator(Enum):
     _I = ("__i", 0)
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ def no_data_dependencies_on_cartesian_axis(
     axis: AxisIterator,
 ) -> bool:
     """Check for read after write. Allow when indexation on the axis
-    is not offseted."""
+    is not offset."""
 
     write_collector = MemletCollector(collect_reads=False)
     write_collector.visit(first)
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def no_data_dependencies_on_cartesian_axis(
         for read in read_collector.in_memlets:
             if write.data == read.data:
                 if previous_axis_index != read.subset[axis.as_cartesian_index()][0]:
-                    print(
+                    ndsl_log.debug(
                         f"[{axis.name} Merge] Found read after write conflict "
                         f"for {write.data} "
                         f"w/ different offset to {axis.name} ("