diff --git a/workers/doc_processor.py b/workers/doc_processor.py
index 0a0ea1f4ea1bf29f8b2e45da50b7cef7dc61c754..ffd51d42d1f41f8501cc7b1b46add9b7e1f2f586 100644
--- a/workers/doc_processor.py
+++ b/workers/doc_processor.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def process_docs( channel, method, properties, body ):
     del cfg['rabbitmq']['routing_key_2']
 
     channel.exchange_declare(exchange=exchange, exchange_type='direct')
-    channel.queue_declare(queue=docs_to_index_qn, durable=True, arguments={'x-message-ttl' : cfg['rabbitmq']['ttl']})
+    dest_queue = channel.queue_declare(queue=docs_to_index_qn, durable=True, arguments={'x-message-ttl' : cfg['rabbitmq']['ttl']})
     channel.queue_bind(exchange=exchange, queue=docs_to_index_qn, routing_key=docs_to_index_rk)
 
     logging.info('[%6.2f%%] Processing %i docs for dataset %s...' % (progress_ratio*100, len(docs), docs[0]['slug']))
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ def process_docs( channel, method, properties, body ):
     the_body = msgpack.packb(msg, use_bin_type=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,
                            body=the_body,