diff --git a/lib/sequencer/unit/import/common/model/associations/extract.rb b/lib/sequencer/unit/import/common/model/associations/extract.rb
index 40142b08e..07ce60302 100644
--- a/lib/sequencer/unit/import/common/model/associations/extract.rb
+++ b/lib/sequencer/unit/import/common/model/associations/extract.rb
@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ class Sequencer
               def process
                 state.provide(:associations) do
                   associations.collect do |association|
+
+                    logger.debug("Checking association '#{association}'")
                     next if !mapped.key?(association)
 
                     # remove from the mapped values if it's an association
                     value = mapped.delete(association)
+                    logger.debug("Extracted association '#{association}' value '#{value.inspect}'")
 
                     # skip if we don't track them
                     next if tracked_associations.exclude?(association)
 
+                    logger.debug("Using value of association '#{association}'")
                     [association, value]
                   end.compact.to_h
                 end
@@ -29,9 +33,8 @@ class Sequencer
 
               def associations
                 @associations ||= begin
-                  associations = []
                   # loop over all reflections
-                  model_class.reflect_on_all_associations.each do |reflection|
+                  model_class.reflect_on_all_associations.each_with_object([]) do |reflection, associations|
 
                     # refection name is something like groups or organization (singular/plural)
                     associations.push(reflection.name)
@@ -41,14 +44,13 @@ class Sequencer
 
                     # add trailing 's' to get pluralized key
                     reflection_name = reflection.name.to_s
-                    if reflection_name.singularize == reflection_name
+                    if reflection_name.singularize != reflection_name
                       key = "#{key}s"
                     end
 
                     # store _id/_ids name
                     associations.push(key.to_sym)
                   end
-                  associations
                 end
               end