diff --git a/backend/app/tests.py b/backend/app/tests.py
index 57e4ffd..316126a 100644
--- a/backend/app/tests.py
+++ b/backend/app/tests.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class TestApp(TestCase):
     @mock.patch('app.utils.datetime.datetime', StubDate)
     def test_today_before_publish_time(self):
         StubDate.now = classmethod(lambda cls: datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 12, 8, 0, 0))
-        date, _ = verify_date('2021-02-14', '')
+        date, _ = verify_date('2021-02-12', '')
         self.assertEqual(date.date(), datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 11).date())
 
     @mock.patch('app.utils.datetime.datetime', StubDate)
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ class TestApp(TestCase):
         date, _ = verify_date('2021-02-20', '')
         self.assertEqual(date.date(), datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 15).date())
 
+    @mock.patch('app.utils.datetime.datetime', StubDate)
+    def test_monday_before_publish_time(self):
+        StubDate.now = classmethod(lambda cls: datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 15, 8, 0, 0))
+        date, _ = verify_date('2021-02-15', '')
+        self.assertEqual(date.date(), datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 12).date())
+
diff --git a/backend/app/utils.py b/backend/app/utils.py
index e3f38e6..b2f5522 100644
--- a/backend/app/utils.py
+++ b/backend/app/utils.py
@@ -165,19 +165,22 @@ def verify_date(date: str, ret_message: str) -> Tuple[datetime.datetime, str]:
                                               microsecond=0)
     logger.info('Current IST Datetime: %s; Request Datetime: %s; Next Publish: %s',
                 curr_datetime, req_datetime, next_publish_time)
+    # Check for day
+    if (req_datetime.date() == curr_datetime.date()
+            and curr_datetime < next_publish_time):
+        logger.info("Today's data not yet present, returning yesterday's data!")
+        ret_message += "Today's data not yet published, returning yesterday's data. "
+        req_datetime -= datetime.timedelta(days=1)
     # Check for future date
     if req_datetime.date() > curr_datetime.date():
+        logger.info("Future date, resetting it to today!")
         ret_message += "Time travel not yet invented! Returning latest available data. "
         req_datetime = curr_datetime
     # Check for weekend
     day_num = req_datetime.weekday()
     if day_num in [5, 6]:
+        logger.info("Weekend, switching it to Friday!")
         ret_message += "Markets are closed on weekends. Returning data for Friday. "
         req_datetime -= datetime.timedelta(days=day_num-4)  # change req to Friday
-    # Check for day
-    if (req_datetime.date() == curr_datetime.date()
-            and curr_datetime < next_publish_time):
-        ret_message += "Today's data not yet published, returning yesterday's data. "
-        req_datetime -= datetime.timedelta(days=1)
     return req_datetime, ret_message