diff --git a/src/in-house-bot/jobs/index.ts b/src/in-house-bot/jobs/index.ts
index 3788c495f..ce488e5c6 100644
--- a/src/in-house-bot/jobs/index.ts
+++ b/src/in-house-bot/jobs/index.ts
@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@ export const checkFailedSeals:Executor = async ({ job, components }) => {
   return await components.bot.seals.handleFailures({ gracePeriod })
 }
 
-export const documentChecker:Executor = async ({ job, components }) => {
-  const { logger, documentChecker } = components
-  if (!documentChecker) {
-    logger.debug('document checker not set up')
-    return
-  }
-
-  // // document checker rate-limits to 1/min
-  return await documentChecker.checkPending({ limit: 1 })
-}
+// export const documentChecker:Executor = async ({ job, components }) => {
+//   const { logger, documentChecker } = components
+//   if (!documentChecker) {
+//     logger.debug('document checker not set up')
+//     return
+//   }
+
+//   // // document checker rate-limits to 1/min
+//   return await documentChecker.checkPending({ limit: 1 })
+// }
 
 // export const cleanupTmpSNSTopics:Executor = async ({ job, components }) => {
 //   const { bot, logger } = components
diff --git a/src/in-house-bot/lambda/http/documentChecker-webhook.ts b/src/in-house-bot/lambda/http/documentChecker-webhook.ts
index 590c4e374..8f7f3a344 100644
--- a/src/in-house-bot/lambda/http/documentChecker-webhook.ts
+++ b/src/in-house-bot/lambda/http/documentChecker-webhook.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ lambda.use(async (ctx) => {
     throw new Errors.HttpError(404, 'not found')
   }
 
-  const { event } = ctx
+  const { body } = ctx.event
+  let evt = JSON.parse(body.toString())
+
   try {
-    await documentChecker.handleVerificationEvent(event)
+    await documentChecker.handleVerificationEvent(evt)
   } catch (err) {
-    lambda.logger.error('failed to handle documentChecker webhook call', err)
+    debugger
+    // lambda.logger.error('failed to handle documentChecker webhook call', err)
+    ctx.body = `failed to handle documentChecker webhook call: ${err.name}`
     ctx.status = 500
     ctx.error = new Error('failed')
   }