diff --git a/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py b/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py
index 22c86f357..285f1feaa 100644
--- a/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py
+++ b/app/clients/sms/aws_sns.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class AwsSnsClient(SmsClient):
 
     def send_sms(self, to, content, reference, sender=None, international=False):
         matched = False
-        print(hilite(f"TO {to}"))
         for match in phonenumbers.PhoneNumberMatcher(to, "US"):
             matched = True
             to = phonenumbers.format_number(
diff --git a/app/delivery/send_to_providers.py b/app/delivery/send_to_providers.py
index b965a73ea..19e132e4b 100644
--- a/app/delivery/send_to_providers.py
+++ b/app/delivery/send_to_providers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from contextlib import suppress
 from urllib import parse
 
 from cachetools import TTLCache, cached
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ def send_sms_to_provider(notification):
 def _get_verify_code(notification):
     key = f"2facode-{notification.id}".replace(" ", "")
     recipient = redis_store.get(key)
-    if recipient:
+    with suppress(AttributeError):
         recipient = recipient.decode("utf-8")
     return recipient