diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a149feab..2ae508d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 FROM --platform=linux/x86_64 public.ecr.aws/lambda/python:3.9
 
+
+WORKDIR /opt/app
+
 # Set up working directories
-RUN mkdir -p /opt/app
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/app/build
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/app/bin/
 
 # Copy in the lambda source
-WORKDIR /opt/app
 COPY ./*.py /opt/app/
 COPY requirements.txt /opt/app/requirements.txt
 
diff --git a/clamav.py b/clamav.py
index 6575e367..2c033951 100644
--- a/clamav.py
+++ b/clamav.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def scan_file(path):
     av_env["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = CLAMAVLIB_PATH
     print("Starting clamscan of %s." % path)
     av_proc = subprocess.Popen(
-        [CLAMSCAN_PATH, "-v", "-a", "--stdout", "-d", AV_DEFINITION_PATH, path],
+        [CLAMSCAN_PATH, "-v", "-a", "--alert-macros=yes", "--stdout", "-d", AV_DEFINITION_PATH, path],
         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         env=av_env,
@@ -205,6 +205,6 @@ def scan_file(path):
         signature = summary.get(path, AV_SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN)
         return AV_STATUS_INFECTED, signature
     else:
-        msg = "Unexpected exit code from clamscan: %s.\n" % av_proc.returncode
+        msg = "Unexpected exit code from clamscan for %s: %s.\n" % (path, av_proc.returncode)
         print(msg)
         raise Exception(msg)
diff --git a/retrigger.sh b/retrigger.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f98c689e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retrigger.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+INPUT=$1
+
+BUCKET=`echo $INPUT | cut -d'/' -f1`
+
+FILE_AND_PATH=${INPUT#"$BUCKET/"}
+
+echo $BUCKET
+echo $FILE_AND_PATH
+
+JSON_STRING=$( jq -n \
+                  --arg b "$BUCKET" \
+                  --arg f "$FILE_AND_PATH" \
+                  '{ "Records": [{ "s3": { "bucket": { "name": $b }, "object": { "key": $f } } } ] }')
+
+echo $JSON_STRING
+
+FILE=`basename "$FILE_AND_PATH"`
+FOLDER=`dirname "$FILE_AND_PATH"`
+
+echo $FILE
+URL_ENCODED_FILE=`php -r "echo urlencode('$FILE');"`
+
+echo "https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/$BUCKET/$FOLDER/?region=eu-west-1&tab=overview&prefixSearch=${URL_ENCODED_FILE}"
+
+aws lambda invoke --cli-binary-format raw-in-base64-out --function-name bucket-antivirus-function --payload "$JSON_STRING" /tmp/lambda_invoke
diff --git a/scan.py b/scan.py
index cb9ba3a8..a9fe1bf7 100644
--- a/scan.py
+++ b/scan.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import unquote_plus
 
 import boto3
+import botocore
 
 import clamav
 import metrics
@@ -211,6 +212,13 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
     print("Script starting at %s\n" % (start_time))
     s3_object = event_object(event, event_source=EVENT_SOURCE)
 
+    if s3_object.key.endswith("/"):
+        # we often see that creating "directories" with no file data triggers
+        # an error in the lambda, which in turn triggers an alert in cloudwatch.
+        # So if things are created as "directories", we can just skip this scan
+        # and circuit break early.
+        return
+
     if str_to_bool(AV_PROCESS_ORIGINAL_VERSION_ONLY):
         verify_s3_object_version(s3, s3_object)
 
@@ -221,7 +229,20 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
 
     file_path = get_local_path(s3_object, "/tmp")
     create_dir(os.path.dirname(file_path))
-    s3_object.download_file(file_path)
+
+    try:
+        s3_object.download_file(file_path)
+    except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+        print("Unexpected exception for file %s.\n" % file_path)
+        if s3_object.key.startswith("test"):
+            # I hypothesise that the test bucket has lots of create/delete operations
+            # and the deletes cause this exception to throw. If this is the case, then
+            # we should exit without doing anything.
+            print("Ignoring file in test folder %s.\n" % file_path)
+            return
+        else:
+            # But... if it's not, then we'll throw
+            raise
 
     to_download = clamav.update_defs_from_s3(
         s3_client, AV_DEFINITION_S3_BUCKET, AV_DEFINITION_S3_PREFIX
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 80aa46d1..671f7657 100644
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from common import CLAMAVLIB_PATH
 from common import S3_ENDPOINT
 from common import get_timestamp
+import shutil
 
 
 def lambda_handler(event, context):
@@ -31,16 +32,24 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
     s3_client = boto3.client("s3", endpoint_url=S3_ENDPOINT)
 
     print("Script starting at %s\n" % (get_timestamp()))
+
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(AV_DEFINITION_PATH):
+        for f in files:
+            os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
+        for d in dirs:
+            shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(root, d))
+
     to_download = clamav.update_defs_from_s3(
         s3_client, AV_DEFINITION_S3_BUCKET, AV_DEFINITION_S3_PREFIX
     )
 
-    for download in to_download.values():
-        s3_path = download["s3_path"]
-        local_path = download["local_path"]
-        print("Downloading definition file %s from s3://%s" % (local_path, s3_path))
-        s3.Bucket(AV_DEFINITION_S3_BUCKET).download_file(s3_path, local_path)
-        print("Downloading definition file %s complete!" % (local_path))
+    print("Skipping clamav definition download %s\n" % (get_timestamp()))
+    # for download in to_download.values():
+    #     s3_path = download["s3_path"]
+    #     local_path = download["local_path"]
+    #     print("Downloading definition file %s from s3://%s" % (local_path, s3_path))
+    #     s3.Bucket(AV_DEFINITION_S3_BUCKET).download_file(s3_path, local_path)
+    #     print("Downloading definition file %s complete!" % (local_path))
 
     clamav.update_defs_from_freshclam(AV_DEFINITION_PATH, CLAMAVLIB_PATH)
     # If main.cvd gets updated (very rare), we will need to force freshclam