diff --git a/app/config/config.exs b/app/config/config.exs
index c890ea15a..9194c04a7 100644
--- a/app/config/config.exs
+++ b/app/config/config.exs
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ config :authoritex,
 
 config :httpoison_retry, wait: 50
 
+config :ex_aws, :hackney_opts,
+  pool: :default,
+  max_connections: 500,
+  checkout_timeout: 30_000
+
 config :meadow, :extra_mime_types, %{
   "aif" => "audio/x-aiff",
   "aifc" => "audio/x-aiff",
diff --git a/app/lib/meadow/utils/aws/multipart_copy.ex b/app/lib/meadow/utils/aws/multipart_copy.ex
index 1e46ae2a6..e88f750c5 100644
--- a/app/lib/meadow/utils/aws/multipart_copy.ex
+++ b/app/lib/meadow/utils/aws/multipart_copy.ex
@@ -51,10 +51,18 @@ defmodule Meadow.Utils.AWS.MultipartCopy do
       other ->
         other
     end
+
+    case ExAws.S3.head_object(dest_bucket, dest_object) |> AWS.request() do
+      {:ok, anything} -> {:ok, anything}
+      other ->
+        Logger.error("Multipart copy failed: #{inspect(other)}")
+        {:error, "Multipart copy failed: #{inspect(other)}"}
+    end
+
   end
 
   defp copy_s3_object(%__MODULE__{content_length: length} = op) when length > @threshold do
-    Logger.debug("File size #{length} > #{@threshold}; using MultipartUpload")
+    Logger.info("File size #{length} > #{@threshold}; using MultipartUpload")
 
     op
     |> initiate_upload()
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ defmodule Meadow.Utils.AWS.MultipartCopy do
   end
 
   defp copy_s3_object(%__MODULE__{content_length: length} = op) do
-    Logger.debug("File size #{length} <= #{@threshold}; using CopyObject")
+    Logger.info("File size #{length} <= #{@threshold}; using CopyObject")
 
     ExAws.S3.put_object_copy(
       op.dest_bucket,
@@ -116,19 +124,19 @@ defmodule Meadow.Utils.AWS.MultipartCopy do
   defp upload_chunks({:error, payload}), do: {:error, payload}
 
   defp complete_upload({:error, %__MODULE__{} = op}) do
-    Logger.debug("Error encountered. Aborting multipart upload.")
+    Logger.error("Error encountered. Aborting multipart upload.")
 
     ExAws.S3.abort_multipart_upload(op.dest_bucket, op.dest_object, op.upload_id)
     |> AWS.request()
   end
 
   defp complete_upload({:error, other}) do
-    Logger.debug("Error encountered. #{inspect(other)}")
+    Logger.error("Error encountered. #{inspect(other)}")
     {:error, parse_error(other)}
   end
 
   defp complete_upload({parts, %__MODULE__{} = op}) do
-    Logger.debug("Completing multipart upload.")
+    Logger.info("Completing multipart upload.")
 
     ExAws.S3.complete_multipart_upload(op.dest_bucket, op.dest_object, op.upload_id, parts)
     |> Map.put(:parser, &parse_complete_result/1)
diff --git a/app/mix.exs b/app/mix.exs
index 938e003e9..e2a75f019 100644
--- a/app/mix.exs
+++ b/app/mix.exs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Meadow.MixProject do
   use Mix.Project
 
-  @app_version "9.6.0"
+  @app_version "9.6.1"
 
   def project do
     [