diff --git a/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf b/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf
index dd8a3884faae5787bb1c9e4d15e5ede843cd06a6..41202415c706148fba67a7888215ccedde74d257 100644
--- a/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf
+++ b/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ port = 6379
 ; db index representing the db that stores the scheduling queues, default is 0
 db_sched = 0
 
-# RabbitMQ
-[amqp]
-; hostname or IP address of the machine that hosts the RabbitMQ message broker
-host = rabbitmq
-; port at which the broker is available, default is 5672 TCP
-port = 5672
-
 # Spectrum Archive
 [spectrum_archive]
 ; hostname or IP address of the tape library frontend
diff --git a/transfer_service/import_rpc_server.py b/transfer_service/import_rpc_server.py
index c521bcfeafa648b87d494d0ea079f432f59f6def..219cf36627c4fe9f9f101ee10c6dda6b55f6793b 100644
--- a/transfer_service/import_rpc_server.py
+++ b/transfer_service/import_rpc_server.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ImportRPCServer(RedisRPCServer):
             username = requestBody["userName"]
             userInDb = self.dbConn.userExists(username)
             userInfo = self.systemUtils.userInfo(username)
-            #out = open("import_amqp_server_log.txt", "a")
+            out = open("import_amqp_server_log.txt", "a")
 
             if not userInfo or not userInDb:
                 response = { "responseType": "ERROR",
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ class ImportRPCServer(RedisRPCServer):
                 jobObj.setOwnerId(userId)
                 self.dbConn.insertJob(jobObj)
                 self.importReadyQueue.insertJob(jobObj)
+                out.write(requestBody.copy())
+                out.close()
 
-            response = { "responseType": "IMPORT_STARTED" }
+                response = { "responseType": "IMPORT_STARTED" }
         else:
             response = { "responseType": "ERROR",
                          "errorCode": 9,