diff --git a/lib/inputs/dynamodb-data.js b/lib/inputs/dynamodb-data.js
index 9b98b37..96035c4 100644
--- a/lib/inputs/dynamodb-data.js
+++ b/lib/inputs/dynamodb-data.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
+const cloudwatch = new AWS.CloudWatch({ apiVersion: '2010-08-01' });
 const dynamo = require('../dynamo');
 const logger = require('../logger');
 const timestamp = require('../timestamp');
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ module.exports = class DynamodbData {
   constructor(records) {
     this._records = (records || []).filter(rec => this.check(rec));
 
+    logger.debug('Records for DynamoDB', { count: this._records.length });
+
     // organize into payloads and segments, grouping by key
     this.payloads = {};
     this.segments = {};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68ae48b..a703fe5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/PRX/analytics-ingest-lambda#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "aws-sdk": "^2.802.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "codecov": "^3.1.0",
     "dotenv": "^6.2.0",
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/bigquery": "2.0.6",
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.802.0",
     "follow-redirects": "^1.13.0",
     "ioredis": "^4.19.2",
     "ipaddr.js": "^2.0.0",