diff --git a/workers/doc_enricher.py b/workers/doc_enricher.py
index ab2000dd1c0af63acb39c56e2095cc1a070a1813..5f1b18be506f6d70dc00e2009402db5a6aaf2486 100644
--- a/workers/doc_enricher.py
+++ b/workers/doc_enricher.py
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ def enrich_docs( channel, method, properties, body ):
         while q_len > 50:
             logging.info('Waiting for next queue to process elements...')
             time.sleep(5)
+            dest_queue = channel.queue_declare(queue=doc_pages_to_process_qn, durable=True, arguments={'x-message-ttl' : cfg['rabbitmq']['ttl']}, passive=True)
             q_len = dest_queue.method.message_count
+            logging.info('Queue Size is %i for %s...' % ( q_len, doc_pages_to_process_qn))
         
         channel.basic_publish( exchange=exchange,
                                routing_key=doc_pages_to_process_rk,
diff --git a/workers/doc_processor.py b/workers/doc_processor.py
index dec3f762f36f2ec4019143d7621d9b7af892baeb..df73a8d1ecdbdfde11b29d7f19e925fa07fd40e8 100644
--- a/workers/doc_processor.py
+++ b/workers/doc_processor.py
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ def process_docs( channel, method, properties, body ):
     while q_len > 50:
         logging.info('Waiting for next queue to process elements...')
         time.sleep(5)
+        dest_queue = channel.queue_declare(queue=docs_to_index_qn, durable=True, arguments={'x-message-ttl' : cfg['rabbitmq']['ttl']}, passive=True)
         q_len = dest_queue.method.message_count
+        logging.info('Queue Size is %i for %s...' % ( q_len, docs_to_index_qn))
     
     channel.basic_publish( exchange=exchange,
                            routing_key=docs_to_index_rk,