diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 1eb8b61..20fabff 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class HomeBlocksConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homeblocks"
-    version = "5.0.4"
+    version = "5.0.5"
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/HomeBlocks"
     description = "Block Store built on HomeStore"
diff --git a/src/lib/volume/tests/test_volume_io.cpp b/src/lib/volume/tests/test_volume_io.cpp
index 99c0633..63d6c01 100644
--- a/src/lib/volume/tests/test_volume_io.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/volume/tests/test_volume_io.cpp
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ TEST_F(VolumeIOTest, WriteCrash) {
     auto vol = volume_list().back();
     generate_write_io_single(vol, 1000 /* start_lba */, 100 /* nblks*/);
     restart(2);
+    LOGINFO("First restart done");
     // TODO read and verify zeros for no data.
 
     // Crash after journal write. After crash, index should be recovered.
@@ -775,15 +776,17 @@ TEST_F(VolumeIOTest, WriteCrash) {
     vol = volume_list().back();
     generate_write_io_single(vol, 2000 /* start_lba */, 100 /* nblks*/);
     restart(2);
+    LOGINFO("Second restart done");
 
     vol->verify_data(2000 /* start_lba */, 2100 /* max_lba */, 25 /* nlbas_per_io */);
-
+    LOGINFO("Verify data done");
     // remove the flip points
     for (auto& flip : flip_points) {
         g_helper->remove_flip(flip);
     }
 
     generate_write_io_single(vol, 1000 /* start_lba */, 100 /* nblks*/);
+    LOGINFO("Verify data done");
     LOGINFO("WriteCrash test done");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/volume/volume.cpp b/src/lib/volume/volume.cpp
index 0ece11c..6ec3f75 100644
--- a/src/lib/volume/volume.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/volume/volume.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ VolumeManager::NullAsyncResult Volume::write(const vol_interface_req_ptr& vol_re
     std::vector< homestore::MultiBlkId > new_blkids;
     auto result = rd()->alloc_blks(data_size, hints, new_blkids);
     if (result) {
-        LOGE("Failed to allocate blocks");
+        LOGE("Failed to allocate blocks data_size={}", data_size);
         return std::unexpected(VolumeError::NO_SPACE_LEFT);
     }
     COUNTER_INCREMENT(*metrics_, volume_write_count, 1);
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ VolumeManager::NullAsyncResult Volume::write(const vol_interface_req_ptr& vol_re
             lba_t start_lba = vol_req->lba;
             for (auto& blkid : new_blkids) {
                 DEBUG_ASSERT_EQ(blkid.num_pieces(), 1, "Multiple blkid pieces");
-                LOGT("volume write blkid={} lba={}", blkid.to_integer(), start_lba);
+                LOGT("volume write blkid={} start_lba={}", blkid.to_string(), start_lba);
 
                 // Split the large blkid to individual blkid having only one block because each LBA points
                 // to a blkid containing single blk which is stored in index value. Calculate the checksum for each
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ VolumeManager::NullAsyncResult Volume::write(const vol_interface_req_ptr& vol_re
                     auto new_bid = BlkId{blkid.blk_num() + i, 1 /* nblks */, blkid.chunk_num()};
                     auto csum = crc16_t10dif(init_crc_16, static_cast< unsigned char* >(data_buffer), blk_size);
                     blocks_info.emplace(start_lba + i, BlockInfo{new_bid, BlkId{}, csum});
-                    LOGT("volume write blkid={} csum={} lba={}", new_bid.to_string(),
-                         blocks_info[start_lba + i].new_checksum, start_lba + i);
+                    LOGT("volume write blkid={} csum={} start_lba={} lba={}", new_bid.to_string(),
+                         blocks_info[start_lba + i].new_checksum, start_lba, start_lba + i);
                     data_buffer += blk_size;
                 }
 
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@ VolumeManager::NullAsyncResult Volume::write(const vol_interface_req_ptr& vol_re
             vol_req->journal_start_time = Clock::now();
             // Collect all old blocks to write to journal.
             for (auto& [_, info] : blocks_info) {
-                if (info.old_blkid.is_valid()) { old_blkids.emplace_back(info.old_blkid); }
+                if (info.old_blkid.is_valid()) {
+                    LOGT("volume write start_lba={} old blkids={}", vol_req->lba, info.old_blkid.to_string());
+                    old_blkids.emplace_back(info.old_blkid);
+                }
             }
 
             auto csum_size = sizeof(homestore::csum_t) * vol_req->nlbas;
diff --git a/src/lib/volume_mgr.cpp b/src/lib/volume_mgr.cpp
index b33d79d..3d43a35 100644
--- a/src/lib/volume_mgr.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/volume_mgr.cpp
@@ -370,12 +370,14 @@ void HomeBlocksImpl::on_write(int64_t lsn, const sisl::blob& header, const sisl:
         BlkId old_blkid = *r_cast< const BlkId* >(key_buffer);
         if (repl_ctx == nullptr) {
             if (homestore::hs()->data_service().is_blk_alloced(old_blkid)) {
-                LOGT("on_write free blk {} start_lba {}", old_blkid, journal_entry->start_lba);
+                LOGT("volume write on commit free blk {} start_lba {}", old_blkid, journal_entry->start_lba);
                 homestore::hs()->data_service().free_blk_now(old_blkid);
             }
         } else {
-            LOGT("on_write free blk {} start_lba {}", old_blkid, journal_entry->start_lba);
-            homestore::hs()->data_service().free_blk_now(old_blkid);
+            if (homestore::hs()->data_service().is_blk_alloced(old_blkid)) {
+                LOGT("volume write on commit free blk {} start_lba {}", old_blkid, journal_entry->start_lba);
+                vol_ptr->rd()->async_free_blks(lsn, old_blkid);
+            }
         }
         key_buffer += sizeof(BlkId);
     }