diff --git a/config/sidekiq.service b/config/sidekiq.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e6c925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sidekiq.service
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#
+# systemd unit file for CentOS 7, Ubuntu 15.04
+#
+# Customize this file based on your bundler location, app directory, etc.
+# Put this in /usr/lib/systemd/system (CentOS) or /lib/systemd/system (Ubuntu).
+# Run:
+#   - systemctl enable sidekiq
+#   - systemctl {start,stop,restart} sidekiq
+#
+# This file corresponds to a single Sidekiq process.  Add multiple copies
+# to run multiple processes (sidekiq-1, sidekiq-2, etc).
+#
+# See Inspeqtor's Systemd wiki page for more detail about Systemd:
+# https://github.com/mperham/inspeqtor/wiki/Systemd
+#
+[Unit]
+Description=sidekiq
+# start us only once the network and logging subsystems are available,
+# consider adding redis-server.service if Redis is local and systemd-managed.
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+# See these pages for lots of options:
+# http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/systemd.service.html
+# http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/systemd.exec.html
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/myapp/current
+# If you use rbenv:
+# ExecStart=/bin/bash -lc '/home/deploy/.rbenv/shims/bundle exec sidekiq -e production'
+# If you use the system's ruby:
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/bundle exec sidekiq -e production
+User=deploy
+Group=deploy
+UMask=0002
+
+# Greatly reduce Ruby memory fragmentation and heap usage
+# https://www.mikeperham.com/2018/04/25/taming-rails-memory-bloat/
+Environment=MALLOC_ARENA_MAX=2
+
+# if we crash, restart
+RestartSec=1
+Restart=on-failure
+
+# output goes to /var/log/syslog
+StandardOutput=syslog
+StandardError=syslog
+
+# This will default to "bundler" if we don't specify it
+SyslogIdentifier=sidekiq
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/helpers/elastic_search_helper.rb b/helpers/elastic_search_helper.rb
index 4b3957b..68dc6ba 100644
--- a/helpers/elastic_search_helper.rb
+++ b/helpers/elastic_search_helper.rb
@@ -44,5 +44,4 @@ class ElasticSearchHelper
       self.json_to_es(paste_json)
     end
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/helpers/sidekiq_helper.rb b/helpers/sidekiq_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5865378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/sidekiq_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'sidekiq'
+require 'sidekiq/api'
+
+# load up the redis cfg
+require '../config/initializers/sidekiq'
+
+class SidekiqHelper
+  
+  def initialize
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/pastebinner.rb b/lib/pastebinner.rb
index be9ea00..904432e 100755
--- a/lib/pastebinner.rb
+++ b/lib/pastebinner.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ class Pastebinner
     end
   end
 
+  def json_paste_from_file(raw_paste_json_file)
+    raw_paste_json = File.read(raw_paste_json_file)
+    self.hash_paste(raw_paste_json).to_json
+  end
+
   # keep this method private so we are not letting anyone run any method in our program
   private
 
diff --git a/workers/paste_to_es.rb b/workers/paste_to_es.rb
index a01acf8..94b5daf 100644
--- a/workers/paste_to_es.rb
+++ b/workers/paste_to_es.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 class PasteToEs
   include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+  sidekiq_options retry: false # i dont want to get rate limited so im just letting this fail if their are any failures
   def perform(es_object, pb_object, paste_max)
     Logger.new(STDOUT).info("PasteToEs started")
+    # get public pastes and their keys 
     pastes = pb_object.scrape_public_pastes(paste_max)
     keys = pb_object.get_unique_paste_keys(pastes)
+
+    # build it into json and send it to elasticsearch
     json_data = pb_object.json_paste(keys)
     es_object.json_to_es_bulk(json_data)
   end