diff --git a/source/backends/debian/debpkgindex.d b/source/backends/debian/debpkgindex.d
index 393dacb7..45a05cfd 100644
--- a/source/backends/debian/debpkgindex.d
+++ b/source/backends/debian/debpkgindex.d
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ public:
     {
         immutable langs = findTranslations (suite, section);
 
+        logDebug ("Found translations for: %s", langs.join(", "));
+
         foreach (const ref lang; langs) {
             string fname;
 
@@ -117,7 +119,6 @@ public:
             auto tagf = new TagFile ();
             tagf.open (fname);
 
-            logDebug ("Opened: %s", fname);
             do {
                 auto pkgname = tagf.readField ("Package");
                 auto rawDesc  = tagf.readField ("Description-%s".format (lang));
diff --git a/source/utils.d b/source/utils.d
index e741edec..e75384ea 100644
--- a/source/utils.d
+++ b/source/utils.d
@@ -411,21 +411,21 @@ string[] getFileContents (const string path, const uint retryCount = 5) @trusted
 
     size_t sz = 0;
 
-    auto f = open_memstream (&ptr, &sz);
-    scope (exit) fclose (f);
-
-    auto file = File.wrapFile (f);
-
     if (path.isRemote) {
-        download (path, file, retryCount);
+        {
+            auto f = open_memstream (&ptr, &sz);
+            scope (exit) fclose (f);
+            auto file = File.wrapFile (f);
+            download (path, file, retryCount);
+        }
+
+        return to!string (ptr.fromStringz).splitLines;
     } else {
         if (!std.file.exists (path))
             throw new Exception ("No such file '%s'", path);
 
         return std.file.readText (path).splitLines;
     }
-
-    return to!string (ptr.fromStringz).splitLines;
 }
 
 /**