diff --git a/oss_src/sframe/CMakeLists.txt b/oss_src/sframe/CMakeLists.txt
index f1fe9725..9d85f719 100644
--- a/oss_src/sframe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/oss_src/sframe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@ make_copy_target(_local_sys_util_
                   pylambda_worker_lib
  )
 add_dependencies(spark_unity _local_sys_util_)
+
 file(DOWNLOAD http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/glbin-engine/spark_unity_0.4.jar ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/spark_unity.jar
       EXPECTED_MD5 1ff73889a5484a90b0f1675641c16488)
+
diff --git a/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/data_structures/sketch.py b/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/data_structures/sketch.py
index 1ce78750..d76b95ee 100644
--- a/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/data_structures/sketch.py
+++ b/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/data_structures/sketch.py
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ def quantile(self, quantile_val):
         out : float | str
             An estimate of the value at a quantile.
         """
-        _mt._get_metric_tracker().track('sketch.quantile.%g' % quantile_val)
 
         with cython_context():
             return self.__proxy__.get_quantile(quantile_val)
diff --git a/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/toolkits/_main.py b/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/toolkits/_main.py
index bc17f59b..02e3284d 100644
--- a/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/toolkits/_main.py
+++ b/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/toolkits/_main.py
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ def run(toolkit_name, options, verbose=True, show_progress=False):
     if (not verbose):
         glconnect.get_client().set_log_progress(False)
     # spawn progress threads
-    server_addr = glconnect.get_server().get_server_addr()
-    splits = server_addr.split(':')
     try:
         start_time = time.time()
         (success, message, params) = unity.run_toolkit(toolkit_name, options)
@@ -85,4 +83,7 @@ def run(toolkit_name, options, verbose=True, show_progress=False):
     if success:
         return params
     else:
+        metric_name = 'toolkit.%s.toolkit_error' % (toolkit_name)
+        _get_metric_tracker().track(metric_name, value=1, properties=track_props, send_sys_info=False)
+
         raise ToolkitError(str(message))
diff --git a/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/util/__init__.py b/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/util/__init__.py
index 5e7d2688..6abbc2b2 100644
--- a/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/util/__init__.py
+++ b/oss_src/unity/python/sframe/util/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 import datetime as _datetime
 import time as _time
 import logging as _logging
+import sys as _sys
+
+def _i_am_a_lambda_worker():
+    if _re.match(".*lambda_worker.*", _sys.argv[0]) is not None:
+        return True
+    return False
 
 
 __LOGGER__ = _logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -70,8 +76,12 @@
 # Set module specific log levels
 logging.getLogger('librato').setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
 logging.getLogger('requests').setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
-logging.getLogger(root_package_name).setLevel(logging.INFO)
-logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel(logging.INFO)
+if _i_am_a_lambda_worker():
+    logging.getLogger(root_package_name).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+else:
+    logging.getLogger(root_package_name).setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 #amend the logging configuration with a handler streaming to a message queue