diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 1d830b1..e794f79 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -461,15 +461,26 @@
 
     - name: Dev1 | Compute final SSID count
       delegate_to: localhost
+      when:
+        - (ssid_strict_count is defined) or (ssid_fallback_count is defined)
       set_fact:
-        ssid_fallback_count: "{{ (ssid_fallback_count_raw.stdout | default('0')) | trim | int }}"
         ssid_final_count: >-
           {{
-            ( (ssid_strict_count | int) // 2 )
-            if (ssid_strict_ok | default(false))
-            else ( (ssid_fallback_count | int) // 2 )
+            (strict_ok | default(false))
+            | ternary(
+                (ssid_strict_count.stdout | default('0') | int) // 2,
+                (ssid_fallback_count.stdout | default('0') | int) // 2
+              )
           }}
-        multissidfix_value: "{{ (ssid_final_count | int) ~ ' ssids' }}"
+
+    - name: Dev1 | SSID counting debug
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      debug:
+        msg:
+          - "strict_ok={{ strict_ok | default(false) }}"
+          - "strict_count={{ ssid_strict_count.stdout | default('n/a') }}"
+          - "fallback_count={{ ssid_fallback_count.stdout | default('n/a') }}"
+          - "ssid_final_count={{ ssid_final_count | default('n/a') }}"
 
     - name: Publish Dev1 multissidfix custom field
       delegate_to: localhost