diff --git a/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py b/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
index 4d4e94c1b635..bd6cd4c9f0b1 100644
--- a/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/ee/onyx/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from ee.onyx.db.user_group import delete_user_group
 from ee.onyx.db.user_group import fetch_user_group
 from ee.onyx.db.user_group import mark_user_group_as_synced
+from ee.onyx.db.user_group import prepare_user_group_for_deletion
 from onyx.background.celery.apps.app_base import task_logger
 from onyx.redis.redis_usergroup import RedisUserGroup
 from onyx.utils.logger import setup_logger
@@ -46,11 +47,20 @@ def monitor_usergroup_taskset(
 
     user_group = fetch_user_group(db_session=db_session, user_group_id=usergroup_id)
     if user_group:
+        usergroup_name = user_group.name
         if user_group.is_up_for_deletion:
+            # this prepare should have been run when the deletion was scheduled,
+            # but run it again to be sure we're ready to go
+            mark_user_group_as_synced(db_session, user_group)
+            prepare_user_group_for_deletion(db_session, usergroup_id)
             delete_user_group(db_session=db_session, user_group=user_group)
-            task_logger.info(f"Deleted usergroup. id='{usergroup_id}'")
+            task_logger.info(
+                f"Deleted usergroup: name={usergroup_name} id={usergroup_id}"
+            )
         else:
             mark_user_group_as_synced(db_session=db_session, user_group=user_group)
-            task_logger.info(f"Synced usergroup. id='{usergroup_id}'")
+            task_logger.info(
+                f"Synced usergroup. name={usergroup_name} id={usergroup_id}"
+            )
 
     rug.reset()