diff --git a/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py b/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py
index 56abd90..fdff656 100644
--- a/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py
+++ b/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py
@@ -455,12 +455,10 @@ async def worker(args, work_queue: S3WorkQueue, semaphore, worker_id):
             metrics.add_metrics(finished_input_tokens=sum(doc["metadata"]["total-input-tokens"] for doc in dolma_docs),
                                 finished_output_tokens=sum(doc["metadata"]["total-output-tokens"] for doc in dolma_docs))
   
-            # Update last batch time
-            last_batch_time = time.perf_counter()
+            await work_queue.mark_done(work_item)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(f"Exception occurred while processing work_hash {work_item.hash}: {e}")
         finally:
-            await work_queue.mark_done(work_item)
             semaphore.release()
 
 
diff --git a/pdelfin/filter/filter.py b/pdelfin/filter/filter.py
index 9c0f4f5..b3f3ac3 100644
--- a/pdelfin/filter/filter.py
+++ b/pdelfin/filter/filter.py
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ class PdfFilter:
         try:
             # Attempt to read the PDF at the beginning
             pdf_reader = PdfReader(local_pdf_path)
+
+            # Form check
+            if self.apply_form_check and self._is_form(pdf_reader):
+                logger.info(f"Filtering out {local_pdf_path} because it's a form")
+                return True  # Filter out
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning(f"Error reading PDF {local_pdf_path}: {e}")
             return True  # Filter out the PDF if an exception occurs
 
-        # Form check
-        if self.apply_form_check and self._is_form(pdf_reader):
-            logger.info(f"Filtering out {local_pdf_path} because it's a form")
-            return True  # Filter out
-
         # Read the first five pages of text for language calculation
         pdftotext_result = subprocess.run(
             ["pdftotext", "-f", "1", "-l", "5", local_pdf_path, "-"],
diff --git a/pdelfin/version.py b/pdelfin/version.py
index 9a08606..c139745 100644
--- a/pdelfin/version.py
+++ b/pdelfin/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ _MAJOR = "0"
 _MINOR = "1"
 # On main and in a nightly release the patch should be one ahead of the last
 # released build.
-_PATCH = "51"
+_PATCH = "53"
 # This is mainly for nightly builds which have the suffix ".dev$DATE". See
 # https://semver.org/#is-v123-a-semantic-version for the semantics.
 _SUFFIX = ""