diff --git a/app/workers/reindex_touched_dois_worker.rb b/app/workers/reindex_touched_dois_worker.rb
index 0165475..629cf9f 100644
--- a/app/workers/reindex_touched_dois_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/reindex_touched_dois_worker.rb
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ class ReindexTouchedDoisWorker
   include Shoryuken::Worker
 
   shoryuken_options queue: -> { "#{ENV["RAILS_ENV"]}_events_reindex_daily" }, auto_delete: true
+  log_prefix = "[Events:ReindexTouchedDoisWorker]"
 
   def perform(sqs_message = nil, data = nil)
-    log_prefix = "[Events:ReindexTouchedDoisWorker]"
-    Rails.logger.error("#{log_prefix} Received message body: #{sqs_message.body}")
-    Rails.logger.error("#{log_prefix} Received message data: #{data}")
-
-    date = get_date(data)
-
     Rails.logger.info("#{log_prefix} Starting reindex of DOIs touched on #{date}")
 
+    date = JSON.parse(data).dig("date")
+    Rails.logger.error("#{log_prefix} data date: #{date}")
+    date = Date.parse(date)
+    Rails.logger.error("#{log_prefix} parsed date: #{date}")
+
     if date.nil?
       Rails.logger.error("#{log_prefix} Date was not provided")
       return
@@ -22,20 +22,4 @@ def perform(sqs_message = nil, data = nil)
 
     Rails.logger.info("#{log_prefix} Sent #{count} unique DOIs for re-indexing on #{date}")
   end
-
-  private
-
-  # Will return nil if either data or date field is missing.
-  def get_date(data)
-    return if data.blank?
-
-    data_hash = JSON.parse(data)
-    data_hash.dig("date")
-
-    begin
-      Date.parse(date)
-    rescue
-      nil
-    end
-  end
 end