diff --git a/src/Command/CountTotalPendingWarrantySerialFilesCommand.php b/src/Command/CountTotalPendingWarrantySerialFilesCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff96d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Command/CountTotalPendingWarrantySerialFilesCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+
+use App\Entity\WarrantySerialQueue;
+
+class CountTotalPendingWarrantySerialFilesCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected $em;
+
+    public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+        $this->em = $em;
+
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setName('warrantyserial:count')
+            ->setDescription('Count number of pending warranty serial files.')
+            ->setHelp('Count number of pending warranty serial files.');
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $em = $this->em;
+
+        $status = 'pending';
+
+        $db = $em->getConnection();
+
+        $ws_query_sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM warranty_serial_queue
+            WHERE status = :status';
+
+        $ws_query_stmt = $db->prepare($ws_query_sql);
+        $ws_query_stmt->bindValue('status', $status);
+
+        $ws_results = $ws_query_stmt->executeQuery();
+
+        $results = $ws_results->fetchAssociative();
+
+        $output->write($results['total']);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Command/LoadWarrantySerialCommand.php b/src/Command/LoadWarrantySerialCommand.php
index af587c3d..f70504e7 100644
--- a/src/Command/LoadWarrantySerialCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/LoadWarrantySerialCommand.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 
@@ -32,15 +33,18 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
     protected $project_dir;
     protected $callback_url; 
     protected $log_data;
+    protected $filesystem;
 
     public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $em, WarrantySerialUploadLogger $upload_logger,
-                                WarrantySerialLoadLogger $load_logger, KernelInterface $kernel, $callback_url)
+                                WarrantySerialLoadLogger $load_logger, KernelInterface $kernel, $callback_url,
+                                FileSystem $filesystem)
     {
         $this->em = $em;
         $this->upload_logger = $upload_logger;
         $this->load_logger = $load_logger;
         $this->project_dir = $kernel->getProjectDir();
         $this->callback_url = $callback_url;
+        $this->filesystem = $filesystem;
 
         parent::__construct();
     }
@@ -62,8 +66,8 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
         // get the filenames from the queue table with status pending
         $db = $em->getConnection();
 
-        $ws_query_sql = 'SELECT id, file_serial, file_id, api_user FROM warranty_serial_queue 
-            WHERE status = :status';
+        $ws_query_sql = 'SELECT id, file_serial, file_id, api_user, orig_file_serial FROM warranty_serial_queue 
+            WHERE status = :status ORDER BY id LIMIT 1';
 
         $ws_query_stmt = $db->prepare($ws_query_sql);
         $ws_query_stmt->bindValue('status', $status);
@@ -77,23 +81,31 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
             $user_id = $row['api_user'];
             $id = $row['id'];
             $file_id = $row['file_id'];
+            $orig_filename = $row['orig_file_serial'];
 
-            $output_info[] = $this->processWarrantySerialFile($filename, $user_id, $file_id);
+            $output_info[] = $this->processWarrantySerialFile($filename, $user_id, $file_id, $orig_filename);
 
+            // remove entry from queue table
             $this->updateWarrantySerialQueue($id);
+
+            // delete the uploaded csv file and directory
+            $this->deleteDirectoryAndFile($file_id);
         }
 
-        // error_log(print_r($this->log_data, true));
-        // load log data into db
-        $this->load_logger->logWarrantySerialLoadInfo($this->log_data);
+        if (count($output_info) > 0)
+        {
+            // error_log(print_r($this->log_data, true));
+            // load log data into db
+            $this->load_logger->logWarrantySerialLoadInfo($this->log_data);
 
-        // send results back to third party
-        $this->sendResults($output_info);
+            // send results back to third party
+            $this->sendResults($output_info);
+        }
 
         return 0;
     }
 
-    protected function processWarrantySerialFile($filename, $user_id, $file_id)
+    protected function processWarrantySerialFile($filename, $user_id, $file_id, $orig_filename)
     {
         $csv_file = $this->project_dir . '/public/warranty_serial_uploads/' . $filename;
 
@@ -114,7 +126,7 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
             ];
             $this->upload_logger->logWarrantySerialUploadInfo($log_data);
 
-            $output_info = $this->setOutputInfo($filename, $file_id, true, $error, $data);
+            $output_info = $this->setOutputInfo($filename, $file_id, true, $error, $data, $orig_filename);
 
             return $output_info;
         }
@@ -200,7 +212,7 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
         }
 
         // form what we output
-        $output_info = $this->setOutputInfo($filename, $file_id, false, '', $data);
+        $output_info = $this->setOutputInfo($filename, $file_id, false, '', $data, $orig_filename, $orig_filename);
 
         return $output_info;
     }
@@ -391,25 +403,32 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
     {
         // prepared statement
         $db = $this->em->getConnection();
-        $update_stmt = $db->prepare('UPDATE warranty_serial_queue SET status = :status 
+
+        // lock the warranty serial queue table
+        $db->exec('LOCK TABLES warranty_serial_queue WRITE;');
+
+        $delete_stmt = $db->prepare('DELETE FROM warranty_serial_queue
             WHERE id = :id');
 
-        $res = $update_stmt->execute([
-            ':status' => 'done',
+        $res = $delete_stmt->execute([
             ':id' => $id,
         ]);
+
+        $db->exec('UNLOCK TABLES;');
     }
 
-    protected function setOutputInfo($filename, $file_id, $has_error, $error_message, $entries)
+    protected function deleteDirectoryAndFile($filedir)
     {
-        // need to get the original filename from warranty_serial_queue
-        // use the uploaded_file_serial which has the saved csv file
-        $upload_entry = $this->em->getRepository(WarrantySerialQueue::class)->findOneBy(['file_id' => $file_id]);
-        $original_filename = $upload_entry->getOrigFileSerial();
+        $csv_filedir = $this->project_dir . '/public/warranty_serial_uploads/' . $filedir;
 
+        $this->filesystem->remove($csv_filedir);
+    }
+
+    protected function setOutputInfo($filename, $file_id, $has_error, $error_message, $entries, $orig_filename)
+    {
         $info = [
             'id' => $file_id,
-            'filename' => $original_filename,
+            'filename' => $orig_filename,
             'has_error' => $has_error,
             'error_message' => $error_message,
             'data' => $entries,
@@ -444,7 +463,7 @@ class LoadWarrantySerialCommand extends Command
         curl_close($curl);
 
         // check result
-        // error_log('Result '  . $res);
+        error_log('Result '  . $res);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Service/WarrantySerialLoadLogger.php b/src/Service/WarrantySerialLoadLogger.php
index 904a6535..b66b4db9 100644
--- a/src/Service/WarrantySerialLoadLogger.php
+++ b/src/Service/WarrantySerialLoadLogger.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class WarrantySerialLoadLogger
         $cache_dir = __DIR__ . '/../../var/cache';
 
         $file = $cache_dir . '/warranty_serial_load_log.tab';
-        error_log('opening file for warranty serial load log - ' . $file);
+        // error_log('opening file for warranty serial load log - ' . $file);
 
         $fp = fopen($file, 'w');
         if ($fp === false)
diff --git a/utils/warranty_serial_load/warranty_serial_load.sh b/utils/warranty_serial_load/warranty_serial_load.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..af79f1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/warranty_serial_load/warranty_serial_load.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# get the number fo warranty serial files to process
+declare -i num_files
+
+num_files=`/var/www/resq/bin/console warrantyserial:count`
+
+for (( i = 1; i <= num_files; i++ )) 
+do
+    /usr/bin/php /var/www/resq/bin/console warrantyserial:load
+done