diff --git a/src/mitgcm_inputs/__main__.py b/src/mitgcm_inputs/__main__.py
index 404adf2..62d78ea 100644
--- a/src/mitgcm_inputs/__main__.py
+++ b/src/mitgcm_inputs/__main__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def configure_logger():
     copernicusmarine_logger.handlers.clear()
 
     # Avoid too much noise from botocore and urllib3 when in DEBUG mode
+    logging.getLogger("numba").setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.getLogger("botocore").setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.getLogger("findlibs").setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
diff --git a/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/__init__.py b/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/__init__.py
index b9b3823..b3894ce 100644
--- a/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/__init__.py
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ def main(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
 
     # If there are rivers in this domain
     if args.rivers_positions is not None:
-        with xr.open_dataset(file_with_river) as river_ds:
+        with xr.open_dataset(
+            file_with_river, mask_and_scale=False
+        ) as river_ds:
             river_map = river_ds["rivers"].load()
 
         river_mask = MaskWithRivers(
diff --git a/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/ob_indices.py b/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/ob_indices.py
index f97860a..6791ce6 100644
--- a/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/ob_indices.py
+++ b/src/mitgcm_inputs/ob_indices/ob_indices.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def generate_ob_indices(
         # boundary
         closed_cell = 0
 
-        LOGGER.debug("Cutting %i cells from the %s", cut_cells, side)
+        LOGGER.debug("Reading %i cells from the %s", cut_cells, side)
         current_side = cut_at_side(mask.get_sea_cells(), side, cut_cells)
 
         # We only take into account the surface