diff --git a/src/store.cpp b/src/store.cpp
index efa48a62..16eebfa1 100644
--- a/src/store.cpp
+++ b/src/store.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ FileStoreBase::FileStoreBase(StoreQueue* storeq,
     writeStats(false),
     rotateOnReopen(false),
     currentSize(0),
+    eventSize(0),
     lastRollTime(0),
     eventsWritten(0) {
 }
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ void FileStoreBase::printStats() {
   if (!writeStats) {
     return;
   }
-
+  
   string filename(filePath);
   filename += "/scribe_stats";
 
@@ -540,28 +541,10 @@ void FileStoreBase::printStats() {
              categoryHandled.c_str(), filename.c_str(), fsType.c_str());
     // This isn't enough of a problem to change our status
     return;
-  }
-
-  time_t rawtime = time(NULL);
-  struct tm timeinfo;
-  localtime_r(&rawtime, &timeinfo);
-
-  ostringstream msg;
-  msg << timeinfo.tm_year + 1900  << '-'
-      << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_mon + 1 << '-'
-      << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_mday << '-'
-      << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_hour << ':'
-      << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_min;
-
-  msg << " wrote <" << currentSize << "> bytes in <" << eventsWritten
-      << "> events to file <" << currentFilename << ">" << endl;
-
-  string log_str = msg.str();
-  LOG_OPER("[%s]", log_str.c_str());
-  /*stats_file->write(msg.str());*/
-  // update the stats
-  g_Handler->incCounter(categoryHandled, fsType + "_wrote_num_messages", eventsWritten);
-  g_Handler->incCounter(categoryHandled, fsType + "_wrote_bytes", currentSize);  
+  }  
+  
+  //scribe_stats should be created and message written if/when hdfs-append works
+  //stats_file->write(msg.str());
   stats_file->close();
 }
 
@@ -698,7 +681,7 @@ bool FileStore::openInternal(bool incrementFilename, struct tm* current_time) {
       if (writeMeta) {
         writeFile->write(meta_logfile_prefix + file);
       }
-      writeFile->close();
+      closeWriteFile();
     }
 
     writeFile = FileInterface::createFileInterface(fsType, file, isBufferFile);
@@ -743,13 +726,12 @@ bool FileStore::openInternal(bool incrementFilename, struct tm* current_time) {
         writeFile->createSymlink(symtarget, symlinkName);
       }
       // else it confuses the filename code on reads
-
+ 
       LOG_OPER("[%s] Opened file <%s> for writing", categoryHandled.c_str(),
               file.c_str());
 
       currentSize = writeFile->fileSize();
       currentFilename = file;
-      eventsWritten = 0;
       setStatus("");
     }
 
@@ -768,12 +750,43 @@ bool FileStore::isOpen() {
   return writeFile && writeFile->isOpen();
 }
 
-void FileStore::close() {
+void FileStore::closeWriteFile() {
   if (writeFile) {
     writeFile->close();
+    if (writeStats && !(writeFile->isOpen()) ) {
+      time_t rawtime = time(NULL);
+      struct tm timeinfo;
+      localtime_r(&rawtime, &timeinfo);
+
+      ostringstream msg;
+      msg << timeinfo.tm_year + 1900  << '-'
+          << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_mon + 1 << '-'
+          << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_mday << '-'
+          << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_hour << ':'
+          << setw(2) << setfill('0') << timeinfo.tm_min;
+
+      msg << " wrote <" << eventSize << "> bytes in <" << eventsWritten
+          << "> events to file <" << currentFilename << ">" << endl;
+
+      string log_str = msg.str();
+      LOG_OPER("[%s]", log_str.c_str());
+      
+      // the message that is logged here should be moved to printStats() to be
+      // appended to scribe_stats when hdfs append works.
+    }
+    // update stats
+    g_Handler->incCounter(categoryHandled, fsType + "_wrote_num_messages", eventsWritten);
+    g_Handler->incCounter(categoryHandled, fsType + "_wrote_bytes", eventSize);
+    
+    eventsWritten = 0;
+    eventSize = 0;
   }
 }
 
+void FileStore::close() {
+  closeWriteFile();
+}
+
 void FileStore::flush() {
   if (writeFile) {
     writeFile->flush();
@@ -901,6 +914,8 @@ bool FileStore::writeMessages(boost::shared_ptr<logentry_vector_t> messages,
 
         num_written += num_buffered;
         currentSize += current_size_buffered;
+        eventSize += current_size_buffered;
+        eventsWritten += num_buffered;
         num_buffered = 0;
         current_size_buffered = 0;
         write_buffer = "";
@@ -918,8 +933,6 @@ bool FileStore::writeMessages(boost::shared_ptr<logentry_vector_t> messages,
     success = false;
   }
 
-  eventsWritten += num_written;
-
   if (!success) {
     close();
 
diff --git a/src/store.h b/src/store.h
index c64a0408..7c2aef24 100644
--- a/src/store.h
+++ b/src/store.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class FileStoreBase : public Store {
   unsigned long eventsWritten; // This is how many events this process has
                                // written to the currently open file. It is NOT
                                // necessarily the number of lines in the file
+  unsigned long eventSize;     // size corresponding to eventsWritten
 
  private:
   // disallow copy, assignment, and empty construction
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ class FileStore : public FileStoreBase {
   bool handleMessages(boost::shared_ptr<logentry_vector_t> messages);
   bool isOpen();
   void configure(pStoreConf configuration, pStoreConf parent);
+  void closeWriteFile();
   void close();
   void flush();