diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee
index 7fe7d2ab4f..ce97bee016 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/MongoManager.coffee
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ module.exports = MongoManager =
 		db.docHistory.update { _id: update._id }, { $set : { inS3 : false } }, callback
 
 	clearDocHistoryAsArchiveInProgress: (doc_id, update, callback) ->
-		db.docHistory.update { _id: update._id }, { $set : { inS3 : false } }, callback
+		db.docHistory.update { _id: update._id }, { $unset : { inS3 : true } }, callback
 
 	markDocHistoryAsArchived: (doc_id, update, callback)->
 		db.docHistory.update { _id: update._id }, { $set : { inS3 : true } }, (error)->