diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/resync-hound-config.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/resync-hound-config.sh
index b2a37baeeb..ec6c217682 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/resync-hound-config.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/resync-hound-config.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ PROJECTS_YAML=${PROJECTS_YAML:-/etc/project-config/gerrit/projects.yaml}
 REINDEX_LOCK=/var/www/hound/reindex.lock
 
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap "rm -rf ${TEMP_DIR} EXIT"
+
 pushd ${TEMP_DIR}
 
+echo $(date)
 echo "Starting hound config update"
 
 # Generate the new config
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ NEW="$(md5sum config.json | awk '{print $1}')"
 OLD="$(md5sum /home/hound/config.json  | awk '{print $1}')"
 if [[ ${NEW} == ${OLD} ]]; then
     echo "Nothing to do"
-    rm -rf ${TEMP_DIR}
     exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -60,5 +62,3 @@ rm ${REINDEX_LOCK}
 
 echo "... done"
 
-popd
-rm -rf ${TEMP_DIR}
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/codesearch.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/codesearch.pp
index d1c76318bd..c1cac3d2bd 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/codesearch.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/codesearch.pp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class openstack_project::codesearch (
     user        => root,
     hour        => '4',
     minute      => '0',
-    command     => 'flock -n /var/run/hound.sync.lock resync-hound-config 2>&1 >> /var/log/hound.sync.log',
+    command     => 'flock -n /var/run/hound.sync.lock resync-hound-config >> /var/log/hound.sync.log 2>&1',
     environment => [
       'PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
       "PROJECTS_YAML=${::project_config::jeepyb_project_file}",