diff --git a/roles/web-data-analysis/files/condense-mirrorlogs.sh b/roles/web-data-analysis/files/condense-mirrorlogs.sh
index 40c382386f..29c9ee68f4 100644
--- a/roles/web-data-analysis/files/condense-mirrorlogs.sh
+++ b/roles/web-data-analysis/files/condense-mirrorlogs.sh
@@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ fi
 # stuck and you end up with days or weeks of data in a single
 # file. Doing a continual sort clears up that.
 
-sort -o ${WORKFILE} -u ${WORKFILE}
+
+sort -o ${WORKFILE} -u ${WORKFILE} -S4G
+simple_message_to_bus condense-mirrorlogs.mirrorlist.sort workfile="$WORKFILE" logfile="$LOGFILE" result="$?"
 sort -o ${WORKDIR}/${YEAR}/out-${YEAR}-${MONTH} -S 8G -T /tmp -u ${WORKDIR}/${YEAR}/out-${YEAR}-${MONTH} ${WORKFILE}
 sort -o ${WORKDIR}/out-${YEAR} -S 8G -T /tmp -u ${WORKDIR}/out-${YEAR} ${WORKFILE}
 
+
 # Because the logs stop at 04:00 we can only get 24 hours from 6 days before. 
 ###
 ### FIXME: This breaks around the new year.