diff --git a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
index 087dfde6..a7e19ab5 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -578,8 +578,6 @@ impl Open {
                         .getattr(intern!(py, "view"))?
                         .call((), Some(&view_kwargs))?;
 
-                    println!("Byte order {byteorder}");
-
                     if byteorder == "big" {
                         let version: String =
                             torch.getattr(intern!(py, "__version__"))?.extract()?;
@@ -587,7 +585,6 @@ impl Open {
                             Version::from_string(&version).map_err(SafetensorError::new_err)?;
                         if version >= Version::new(2, 1, 0) {
                             let dtype: PyObject = get_pydtype(torch, info.dtype, false)?;
-                            println!("Using torch byteswap");
                             tensor
                                 .getattr(intern!(py, "untyped_storage"))?
                                 .call0()?
@@ -600,7 +597,6 @@ impl Open {
                         } else {
                             let inplace_kwargs = [(intern!(py, "inplace"), false.into_py(py))]
                                 .into_py_dict_bound(py);
-                            println!("Using numpy byteswap");
                             let numpy = tensor
                                 .getattr(intern!(py, "numpy"))?
                                 .call0()?
@@ -931,7 +927,9 @@ impl PySafeSlice {
                     .call((storage_slice,), Some(&kwargs))?
                     .getattr(intern!(py, "view"))?
                     .call((), Some(&view_kwargs))?;
+                println!("Byte order {byteorder}");
                 if byteorder == "big" {
+                    println!("Using torch byteswap");
                     let version: String = torch.getattr(intern!(py, "__version__"))?.extract()?;
                     let version =
                         Version::from_string(&version).map_err(SafetensorError::new_err)?;
@@ -947,6 +945,7 @@ impl PySafeSlice {
                             "PyTorch 2.1 or later is required for big-endian machine and bfloat16 support.",
                         ));
                     } else {
+                        println!("Using numpy byteswap");
                         let inplace_kwargs =
                             [(intern!(py, "inplace"), false.into_py(py))].into_py_dict_bound(py);
                         let numpy = tensor
diff --git a/bindings/python/tests/test_simple.py b/bindings/python/tests/test_simple.py
index e8543c72..38ca7236 100644
--- a/bindings/python/tests/test_simple.py
+++ b/bindings/python/tests/test_simple.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def test_torch_slice(self):
 
             tensor = slice_[:2]
             self.assertEqual(list(tensor.shape), [2, 5])
-            torch.testing.assert_close(tensor, A[:2])
+            torch.testing.assert_close(tensor, A[:2], f"{tensor} != {A[:2]}")
 
             tensor = slice_[:, :2]
             self.assertEqual(list(tensor.shape), [10, 2])