diff --git a/src/json_rescue_v5_load.rs b/src/json_rescue_v5_load.rs
index 998cec7..11b7943 100644
--- a/src/json_rescue_v5_load.rs
+++ b/src/json_rescue_v5_load.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
     queue::{self},
 };
 use anyhow::Result;
-use log::{error, info, warn};
+use log::{error, info, trace, warn};
 use neo4rs::Graph;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{path::Path, thread::available_parallelism};
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub async fn single_thread_decompress_extract(tgz_file: &Path, pool: &Graph) ->
         let archive_id = j.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
         let complete = queue::are_all_completed(pool, archive_id).await?;
         if complete {
-            info!("skip parsing, this file was loaded successfully");
+            trace!("skip parsing, this file was loaded successfully");
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub async fn rip_concurrent_limited(
     start_dir: &Path,
     pool: &Graph,
     threads: Option<usize>,
-) -> Result<()> {
+) -> Result<u64> {
     let threads = threads.unwrap_or(available_parallelism().unwrap().get());
     info!("concurrent threads used: {}", threads);
 
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ pub async fn rip_concurrent_limited(
 
     for (i, result) in results.into_iter().enumerate() {
         match result {
-            Ok(Ok(_)) => {
+            Ok(Ok(n)) => {
                 info!("Task {} completed successfully.", i);
+                return Ok(n);
             }
             Ok(Err(e)) => {
                 error!("Task {} failed: {:?}", i, e);
@@ -102,5 +103,5 @@ pub async fn rip_concurrent_limited(
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(())
+    Ok(0)
 }
diff --git a/src/load_tx_cypher.rs b/src/load_tx_cypher.rs
index f039f14..1906381 100644
--- a/src/load_tx_cypher.rs
+++ b/src/load_tx_cypher.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ pub async fn tx_batch(
     batch_size: usize,
     archive_id: &str,
 ) -> Result<BatchTxReturn> {
+    info!("archive: {}", archive_id);
+
+    if txs.is_empty() {
+        // mark as complete so we don't retry
+        queue::update_task(pool, archive_id, true, 0).await?;
+    }
+
     let chunks: Vec<&[WarehouseTxMaster]> = txs.chunks(batch_size).collect();
     let mut all_results = BatchTxReturn::new();
-    info!("archive: {}", archive_id);
 
     for (i, c) in chunks.into_iter().enumerate() {
         info!("batch #{}", i);
diff --git a/tests/test_json_rescue_v5_load.rs b/tests/test_json_rescue_v5_load.rs
index b506734..cf42244 100644
--- a/tests/test_json_rescue_v5_load.rs
+++ b/tests/test_json_rescue_v5_load.rs
@@ -45,9 +45,32 @@ async fn test_load_entrypoint() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let path = fixtures::v5_json_tx_path();
 
-    json_rescue_v5_load::rip_concurrent_limited(&path, &pool, None).await?;
-    // dbg!(&tx_count);
-    // assert!(tx_count == 13);
+    let tx_count = json_rescue_v5_load::rip_concurrent_limited(&path, &pool, None).await?;
+    assert!(tx_count == 13);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_load_queue() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    libra_forensic_db::log_setup();
+
+    let c = start_neo4j_container();
+    let port = c.get_host_port_ipv4(7687);
+    let pool = get_neo4j_localhost_pool(port)
+        .await
+        .expect("could not get neo4j connection pool");
+    maybe_create_indexes(&pool)
+        .await
+        .expect("could start index");
+
+    let path = fixtures::v5_json_tx_path();
+
+    let tx_count = json_rescue_v5_load::rip_concurrent_limited(&path, &pool, None).await?;
+    assert!(tx_count == 13);
+
+    let tx_count = json_rescue_v5_load::rip_concurrent_limited(&path, &pool, None).await?;
+    assert!(tx_count == 0);
 
     Ok(())
 }