diff --git a/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs b/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
index 19da781b0d24f60a4e35ce8939dcd4332583c53f..2d3a07e19f14b59ae8f30194382e39019e0aad62 100644
--- a/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
+++ b/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ namespace ATXCommon.Serializables
     {
         [XmlIgnore] private string _storageFile; // remember where we came from
         [XmlIgnore] private ServiceConfig _config;
-        [XmlIgnore] public string ValidationWarnings;
         [XmlIgnore] private static readonly Logger Log = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
         private DateTime _lastStatusUpdate;
@@ -221,23 +220,29 @@ namespace ATXCommon.Serializables
             // CurrentTransferSrc
             if (s.CurrentTransferSrc.Length > 0
                 && !Directory.Exists(s.CurrentTransferSrc)) {
-                s.ValidationWarnings += " - found non-existing source path of an unfinished " +
-                                        "transfer: " + s.CurrentTransferSrc + "\n";
+                    ReportInvalidStatus("CurrentTransferSrc", s.CurrentTransferSrc,
+                        "invalid transfer source path");
                 s.CurrentTransferSrc = "";
             }
 
             // CurrentTargetTmp
-            var currentTargetTmpPath = Path.Combine(s._config.DestinationDirectory,
-                s._config.TmpTransferDir,
-                s.CurrentTargetTmp);
+            var currentTargetTmpPath = s.CurrentTargetTmpFull();
             if (s.CurrentTargetTmp.Length > 0
                 && !Directory.Exists(currentTargetTmpPath)) {
-                s.ValidationWarnings += " - found non-existing temporary path of an " +
-                                        "unfinished transfer: " + currentTargetTmpPath + "\n";
+                    ReportInvalidStatus("CurrentTargetTmpPath", currentTargetTmpPath,
+                        "invalid temporary path of an unfinished transfer");
                 s.CurrentTargetTmp = "";
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Print a standardized msg about an invalid status attribute to the log.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static void ReportInvalidStatus(string attribute, string value, string msg) {
+            Log.Warn(">>> Invalid status parameter detected, resetting:\n - <{0}> [{1}] {2}.",
+                attribute, value, msg);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Generate a human-readable sumary of the current transfer.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs b/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs
index 9ec03441327b348ca1631f18ef37ca6b86e0b480..1920273bb6b023bc67fe987e31a7e712626b99f2 100644
--- a/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs
+++ b/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs
@@ -309,10 +309,6 @@ namespace AutoTx
                 SendAdminEmail(warn);
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_status.ValidationWarnings)) {
-                Log.Warn("WARNING: some status parameters were invalid and have been reset:\n{0}",
-                    _status.ValidationWarnings);
-            }
             Log.Debug(msg);
         }