diff --git a/macros/external/create_external_table.sql b/macros/external/create_external_table.sql
index 4a73d3ed..783fcf04 100644
--- a/macros/external/create_external_table.sql
+++ b/macros/external/create_external_table.sql
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@
         {% endfor %}
     )
     {% if partitions -%} partition by ({{partitions|map(attribute='name')|join(', ')}}) {%- endif %}
-    {% if external.location -%} location = {{external.location}} {%- endif %} {# stage #}
+    location = {{external.location}} {# stage #}
     {% if external.auto_refresh -%} auto_refresh = {{external.auto_refresh}} {%- endif %}
-    {% if external.file_format -%} file_format = {{external.file_format}} {%- endif %}
+    {% if external.pattern -%} pattern = {{external.pattern}} {%- endif %}
+    file_format = {{external.file_format}}
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {% macro bigquery__create_external_table(source_node) %}
diff --git a/macros/external/stage_external_sources.sql b/macros/external/stage_external_sources.sql
index 29391b98..a0b67b1f 100644
--- a/macros/external/stage_external_sources.sql
+++ b/macros/external/stage_external_sources.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
         
         {% if node.resource_type == 'source' and node.external.location != none %}
         
-            {%- do log('Staging external table ' ~ node.source_name ~ '.' ~ node.name, info = true) -%}
+            {% set ts = modules.datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S') %}
+            {%- do log(ts ~ ' + Staging external table ' ~ node.source_name ~ '.' ~ node.name, info = true) -%}
             
             {%- set run_queue = [] -%}
             
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
             
             {%- do run_queue.append(create_external_table(node)) -%}
             
-            {%- if node.external.partitions and target.type != 'spark' -%}
+            {%- if node.external.partitions and target.type == 'redshift' -%}
                 {%- set run_queue = run_queue + refresh_external_table(node).split(';') -%}
             {%- endif -%}
             
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@
                     {{ q }}
                 {% endcall %}
                 
-                {% set status = load_result('runner')['status'] %}
                 {% set ts = modules.datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S') %}
+                {% set status = load_result('runner')['status'] %}
                 {% set msg = ts ~ ' + (' ~ loop.index ~ ') ' ~ status %}
                 {% do log(msg, info = true) %}