diff --git a/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_harmony_deadline.py b/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_harmony_deadline.py
index bd375dbd6a..c677b72b2f 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_harmony_deadline.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_harmony_deadline.py
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ class HarmonySubmitDeadline(
             / published_scene.stem
             / f"{published_scene.stem}.xstage"
         )
-
+        self.log.info("published_scene:: {}".format(published_scene))
+        self.log.info("xstage_path:: {}".format(xstage_path))
         unzip_dir = (published_scene.parent / published_scene.stem)
         with _ZipFile(published_scene, "r") as zip_ref:
             zip_ref.extractall(unzip_dir.as_posix())
@@ -351,12 +352,12 @@ class HarmonySubmitDeadline(
         # use that one.
         if not ideal_scene:
             xstage_path = xstage_files[0]
-
+        self.log.info("xstage_path:: {}".format(xstage_path))
         return xstage_path
 
     def get_plugin_info(self):
         work_scene = Path(self._instance.data["source"])
-
+        self.log.info("work scene:: {}".format(work_scene))
         # this is path to published scene workfile _ZIP_. Before
         # rendering, we need to unzip it.
         published_scene = Path(
@@ -368,14 +369,13 @@ class HarmonySubmitDeadline(
         # for submit_publish job to create .json file in
         self._instance.data["outputDir"] = render_path
         new_expected_files = []
-        work_path_str = str(work_scene.parent.as_posix())
         render_path_str = str(render_path.as_posix())
         for file in self._instance.data["expectedFiles"]:
             _file = str(Path(file).as_posix())
+            expected_dir_str = os.path.dirname(_file)
             new_expected_files.append(
-                _file.replace(work_path_str, render_path_str)
+                _file.replace(expected_dir_str, render_path_str)
             )
-
         audio_file = self._instance.data.get("audioFile")
         if audio_file:
             abs_path = xstage_path.parent / audio_file