diff --git a/etc/log-processing.conf-sample b/etc/log-processing.conf-sample
index 931c0525ca..11805add0b 100644
--- a/etc/log-processing.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/log-processing.conf-sample
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class_path = swift.stats.access_processor.AccessLogProcessor
 # lb_private_ips =
 # server_name = proxy
 # user = swift
+# warn_percent = 0.8
 
 [log-processor-stats]
 # log_dir = /var/log/swift/
diff --git a/swift/common/internal_proxy.py b/swift/common/internal_proxy.py
index 2df7580967..9951083ac6 100644
--- a/swift/common/internal_proxy.py
+++ b/swift/common/internal_proxy.py
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ class InternalProxy(object):
         :param etag: etag for object to check successful upload
         :returns: True if successful, False otherwise
         """
-        log_create_pattern = '/v1/%s/%s/%s' % (account, container, object_name)
+        target_name = '/v1/%s/%s/%s' % (account, container, object_name)
 
         # create the container
         if not self.create_container(account, container):
             return False
 
         # upload the file to the account
-        req = webob.Request.blank(log_create_pattern,
+        req = webob.Request.blank(target_name,
                             environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PUT'},
                             headers={'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'})
         if compress:
diff --git a/swift/stats/access_processor.py b/swift/stats/access_processor.py
index 6fcdafc59c..7ce3837723 100644
--- a/swift/stats/access_processor.py
+++ b/swift/stats/access_processor.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class AccessLogProcessor(object):
         self.service_ips = [x.strip() for x in \
                             conf.get('service_ips', '').split(',')\
                             if x.strip()]
+        self.warn_percent = float(conf.get('warn_percent', '0.8'))
 
     def log_line_parser(self, raw_log):
         '''given a raw access log line, return a dict of the good parts'''
@@ -122,9 +123,13 @@ class AccessLogProcessor(object):
     def process(self, obj_stream, account, container, object_name):
         '''generate hourly groupings of data from one access log file'''
         hourly_aggr_info = {}
+        total_lines = 0
+        bad_lines = 0
         for line in obj_stream:
             line_data = self.log_line_parser(line)
+            total_lines += 1
             if not line_data:
+                bad_lines += 1
                 continue
             account = line_data['account']
             container_name = line_data['container_name']
@@ -178,6 +183,10 @@ class AccessLogProcessor(object):
             d[key] = d.setdefault(key, 0) + 1
 
             hourly_aggr_info[aggr_key] = d
+        if bad_lines > (total_lines * self.warn_percent):
+            name = '/'.join([account, container, object_name])
+            print >>sys.stderr, 'I found a bunch of bad lines in %s '\
+                        '(%d bad, %d total)' % (name, bad_lines, total_lines)
         return hourly_aggr_info
 
     def keylist_mapping(self):