diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/DownloadController.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/DownloadController.java
index e743db082..b3f5c6bfe 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/DownloadController.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/DownloadController.java
@@ -7,23 +7,17 @@ import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
-import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestAttributes;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
 
@@ -160,8 +154,11 @@ public class DownloadController implements DownloadResource {
             }
         } // otherwise consider the files from dossier
 
+        log.info("files: {}",
+                 validFiles.stream()
+                         .toList());
         var validFilesAndNotProcessed = validFiles.stream()
-                .filter(f -> !(f.getAnalysisVersion() > 0 && f.getNumberOfAnalyses() > 0))
+                .filter(f -> !(f.getAnalysisVersion() > 0 && f.getNumberOfAnalyses() > 0 && !f.isSoftOrHardDeleted()))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
         if (!validFilesAndNotProcessed.isEmpty()) {
             throw new BadRequestException("At least a file is in its initial analysis process");