diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
index 03d9cc2e..929404a4 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		err = container.ImportDocker(uri, name, sCtx)
 		if err != nil {
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not import image: %s\n", err)
-			_ = container.DeleteSource(uri)
+			_ = container.DeleteSource(name)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	} else if util.IsDir(uri) {
 		err := container.ImportDirectory(uri, name)
 		if err != nil {
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not import image: %s\n", err)
-			_ = container.DeleteSource(uri)
+			_ = container.DeleteSource(name)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/util.go b/internal/pkg/container/util.go
index a9effc37..a138b313 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/util.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/util.go
@@ -88,5 +88,6 @@ func ValidSource(name string) bool {
 func DeleteSource(name string) error {
 	fullPath := SourceDir(name)
 
+	wwlog.Printf(wwlog.VERBOSE, "Removing path: %s\n", fullPath)
 	return os.RemoveAll(fullPath)
 }