diff --git a/apps/duplication/archive_fetch.py b/apps/duplication/archive_fetch.py
index e14e7f5bd4..80a8df60ea 100644
--- a/apps/duplication/archive_fetch.py
+++ b/apps/duplication/archive_fetch.py
@@ -136,11 +136,10 @@ def __strip_version_from_guid(self, guid, version):
         Checks if guid contains the version for the ingested item and returns the guid without version
         """
         try:
-            if not version:
-                return guid
-
-            if guid.endswith(":{}".format(str(version))):
+            if version and guid.endswith(":{}".format(str(version))):
                 return guid[: -1 * (len(str(version)) + 1)]
+            else:
+                return guid
         except Exception:
             return guid
 
diff --git a/superdesk/io/feed_parsers/ninjs.py b/superdesk/io/feed_parsers/ninjs.py
index 42d14199c1..58511cf25f 100644
--- a/superdesk/io/feed_parsers/ninjs.py
+++ b/superdesk/io/feed_parsers/ninjs.py
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ def can_parse(self, file_path):
                 ninjs = json.load(f)
                 if ninjs.get("uri") or ninjs.get("guid"):
                     return True
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as err:
+            logger.exception(err)
+            logger.error("Failed to ingest json file")
             pass
         return False
 
diff --git a/superdesk/publish/formatters/ninjs_newsroom_formatter.py b/superdesk/publish/formatters/ninjs_newsroom_formatter.py
index 328629a239..82b1b7561d 100644
--- a/superdesk/publish/formatters/ninjs_newsroom_formatter.py
+++ b/superdesk/publish/formatters/ninjs_newsroom_formatter.py
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ def _format_products(self, article):
     def _transform_to_ninjs(self, article, subscriber, recursive=True):
         ninjs = super()._transform_to_ninjs(article, subscriber, recursive)
 
-        if article.get("ingest_id") and article.get("auto_publish"):
+        if article.get("ingest_id") and (
+            article.get("auto_publish") or (article.get("extra") or {}).get("publish_ingest_id_as_guid")
+        ):
             ninjs["guid"] = article.get("ingest_id")
             if article.get("ingest_version"):
                 ninjs["version"] = article["ingest_version"]