diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/config/RabbitMQConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/config/RabbitMQConfig.java
index be81ad00..502cf6da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/config/RabbitMQConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/config/RabbitMQConfig.java
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ public class RabbitMQConfig {
     @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.routingkey}")
     String routingKey;
 
+    @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.dead-letter-routing-key}")
+    private String deadLetterRoutingKey;
+
+    @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.dead-letter-queue}")
+    private String deadLetterQueueName;
+
     @Bean
     public Gson gson() {
         GsonBuilder builder = new GsonBuilder()
@@ -34,6 +40,12 @@ Queue userQueue(){
         return new Queue(this.queueName, true, false, false);
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public Queue deadLetterQueue() {
+        return new Queue(this.deadLetterQueueName, true,false, false);
+    }
+
+
     @Bean
     public DirectExchange exchange(){
         return new DirectExchange(exchange);
@@ -45,4 +57,12 @@ public Binding binding(DirectExchange exchange, Queue userQueue){
                 .to(exchange)
                 .with(routingKey);
     }
+
+
+    @Bean
+    public Binding deadLetterBinding(DirectExchange exchange, Queue deadLetterQueue){
+        return BindingBuilder.bind(deadLetterQueue)
+                .to(exchange)
+                .with(deadLetterRoutingKey);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/consumer/RabbitMQConsumer.java b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/consumer/RabbitMQConsumer.java
index e5afc255..793e7a59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/consumer/RabbitMQConsumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/consumer/RabbitMQConsumer.java
@@ -9,20 +9,24 @@
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.Enum.EndpointType;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.EntityInfo;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.TransferJobRequest;
+import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.DeadLetterQueueData;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.optimizer.TransferApplicationParams;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.pools.ThreadPoolManager;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.DatabaseService.CrudService;
+import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.DeadLetterQueueService;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.JobControl;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.JobParamService;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.VfsExpander;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.AmqpTemplate;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.Queue;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.annotation.RabbitListener;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -47,7 +51,17 @@ public class RabbitMQConsumer {
 
     VfsExpander vfsExpander;
 
-    public RabbitMQConsumer(VfsExpander vfsExpander, Queue userQueue, JobParamService jobParamService, JobLauncher asyncJobLauncher, JobControl jc, CrudService crudService, ThreadPoolManager threadPoolManager) {
+    DeadLetterQueueService deadLetterQueueService;
+
+    @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.exchange}")
+    private String deadLetterExchange;
+
+    @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.dead-letter-routing-key}")
+    private String deadLetterRoutingKey;
+
+    AmqpTemplate rmqTemplate;
+
+    public RabbitMQConsumer(VfsExpander vfsExpander, Queue userQueue, JobParamService jobParamService, JobLauncher asyncJobLauncher, JobControl jc, CrudService crudService, ThreadPoolManager threadPoolManager, AmqpTemplate rmqTemplate, DeadLetterQueueService deadLetterQueueService) {
         this.vfsExpander = vfsExpander;
         this.userQueue = userQueue;
         this.jobParamService = jobParamService;
@@ -58,12 +72,25 @@ public RabbitMQConsumer(VfsExpander vfsExpander, Queue userQueue, JobParamServic
         this.objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
         this.objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
         this.objectMapper.setDefaultPropertyInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.ALWAYS);
+        this.rmqTemplate = rmqTemplate;
+        this.deadLetterQueueService = deadLetterQueueService;
     }
 
+    //Uncomment and use in future for processing the messages from DeadLetterQueue
+//    @RabbitListener(queues = "ods.dead-letter-queue")
+//    public void handleFailedMessage( Message message) {
+//        Object payload = new SimpleMessageConverter().fromMessage(message);
+//        if (payload instanceof DeadLetterQueueData) {
+//            DeadLetterQueueData myObject = (DeadLetterQueueData) payload;
+//        }
+//    }
+
     @RabbitListener(queues = "#{userQueue}")
     public void consumeDefaultMessage(final Message message) {
         String jsonStr = new String(message.getBody());
         logger.info("Message recv: {}", jsonStr);
+        JobParameters parameters = null;
+        List <Throwable> failureException = new ArrayList<>();
         try {
             TransferJobRequest request = objectMapper.readValue(jsonStr, TransferJobRequest.class);
             logger.info("Job Recieved: {}",request.toString());
@@ -72,15 +99,17 @@ public void consumeDefaultMessage(final Message message) {
                 request.getSource().setInfoList(new ArrayList<>(fileExpandedList));
             }
             try {
-                JobParameters parameters = jobParamService.translate(new JobParametersBuilder(), request);
+                 parameters = jobParamService.translate(new JobParametersBuilder(), request);
                 crudService.insertBeforeTransfer(request);
                 jc.setRequest(request);
                 asyncJobLauncher.run(jc.concurrentJobDefinition(), parameters);
                 return;
             } catch (Exception e) {
+                failureException.add(e);
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            failureException.add(e);
             logger.debug("Failed to parse jsonStr:{} to TransferJobRequest.java", jsonStr);
         }
         try {
@@ -89,6 +118,9 @@ public void consumeDefaultMessage(final Message message) {
             this.threadPoolManager.applyOptimizer(params.getConcurrency(), params.getParallelism());
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             logger.info("Did not apply transfer params due to parsing message failure");
+            failureException.add(e);
+            DeadLetterQueueData failedMessage = deadLetterQueueService.convertDataToDLQ( parameters, failureException, null);
+            rmqTemplate.convertAndSend(deadLetterExchange,deadLetterRoutingKey,failedMessage);
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/model/DeadLetterQueueData.java b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/model/DeadLetterQueueData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5e3ab0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/model/DeadLetterQueueData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Data
+public class DeadLetterQueueData implements Serializable {
+   public List <Throwable> failureException;
+   public JobParameters jobParameters;
+   public Collection<StepExecution> stepExecutions;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/DeadLetterQueueService.java b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/DeadLetterQueueService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95897327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/DeadLetterQueueService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service;
+
+import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.DeadLetterQueueData;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Service
+public class DeadLetterQueueService {
+
+    public DeadLetterQueueData convertDataToDLQ(JobParameters jobParameters, List<Throwable> failureExceptions, Collection<StepExecution> stepExecutions){
+        DeadLetterQueueData data = new DeadLetterQueueData();
+        data.failureException = new ArrayList<>(failureExceptions);
+        data.jobParameters = jobParameters;
+        data.stepExecutions = new ArrayList<>(stepExecutions);
+        return data;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/listner/JobCompletionListener.java b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/listner/JobCompletionListener.java
index 6a92a8b7..30d96bdc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/listner/JobCompletionListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/listner/JobCompletionListener.java
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.listner;
 
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.constant.ODSConstants;
+import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.DeadLetterQueueData;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.optimizer.OptimizerCreateRequest;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.model.optimizer.OptimizerDeleteRequest;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.pools.ThreadPoolManager;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.ConnectionBag;
+import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.DeadLetterQueueService;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.OptimizerService;
 import org.onedatashare.transferservice.odstransferservice.service.cron.MetricsCollector;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.AmqpTemplate;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.listener.JobExecutionListenerSupport;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -45,12 +48,24 @@ public class JobCompletionListener extends JobExecutionListenerSupport {
     int maxPipe;
     boolean optimizerEnable;
 
-    public JobCompletionListener(ThreadPoolManager threadPoolManager, OptimizerService optimizerService, MetricsCollector metricsCollector, ConnectionBag connectionBag) {
+    DeadLetterQueueService deadLetterQueueService;
+
+    @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.exchange}")
+    private String deadLetterExchange;
+
+    @Value("${ods.rabbitmq.dead-letter-routing-key}")
+    private String deadLetterRoutingKey;
+
+    AmqpTemplate rmqTemplate;
+
+    public JobCompletionListener(ThreadPoolManager threadPoolManager, OptimizerService optimizerService, MetricsCollector metricsCollector, ConnectionBag connectionBag, AmqpTemplate rmqTemplate, DeadLetterQueueService deadLetterQueueService) {
         this.threadPoolManager = threadPoolManager;
         this.optimizerService = optimizerService;
         this.metricsCollector = metricsCollector;
         this.connectionBag = connectionBag;
         this.optimizerEnable = false;
+        this.rmqTemplate = rmqTemplate;
+        this.deadLetterQueueService = deadLetterQueueService;
     }
 
 
@@ -60,7 +75,7 @@ public void beforeJob(JobExecution jobExecution) {
         long fileCount = jobExecution.getJobParameters().getLong(ODSConstants.FILE_COUNT);
         String optimizerType = jobExecution.getJobParameters().getString(ODSConstants.OPTIMIZER);
         if(optimizerType != null){
-            if(!optimizerType.equals("None")) {
+            if(!optimizerType.equals("None") && !optimizerType.isEmpty()) {
                 OptimizerCreateRequest createRequest = new OptimizerCreateRequest(appName, maxConc, maxParallel, maxPipe, optimizerType, fileCount);
                 optimizerService.createOptimizerBlocking(createRequest);
                 this.optimizerEnable = true;
@@ -84,6 +99,11 @@ public void afterJob(JobExecution jobExecution) {
             this.optimizerService.deleteOptimizerBlocking(new OptimizerDeleteRequest(appName));
             this.optimizerEnable = false;
         }
+        String exitCode = jobExecution.getExitStatus().getExitCode();
+        if(!exitCode.equals("EXECUTING") && !exitCode.equals("COMPLETED")){
+            DeadLetterQueueData failedMessage = deadLetterQueueService.convertDataToDLQ(jobExecution.getJobParameters(), jobExecution.getFailureExceptions(), jobExecution.getStepExecutions());
+            rmqTemplate.convertAndSend(deadLetterExchange,deadLetterRoutingKey,failedMessage);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/step/vfs/VfsWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/step/vfs/VfsWriter.java
index 20408e4b..29146d38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/step/vfs/VfsWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onedatashare/transferservice/odstransferservice/service/step/vfs/VfsWriter.java
@@ -53,13 +53,11 @@ public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) throws IOException {
         return stepExecution.getExitStatus();
     }
 
-    public void prepareDirectories() {
+    public void prepareDirectories() throws IOException{
         try {
             Files.createDirectories(Paths.get(this.destinationPath));
         } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException fileAlreadyExistsException) {
             logger.warn("Already have the file with this path \t" + this.filePath.toString());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index f5ef659b..810b25d0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ spring.batch.job.enabled=false
 
 #RabitMQ
 ods.rabbitmq.exchange=ods.exchange
+ods.rabbitmq.dead-letter-routing-key= ods.dead-letter-routing-key
+ods.rabbitmq.dead-letter-queue= ods.dead-letter-queue
 #for vfs nodes this should be the APP_NAME which is always lowercase.
 ods.rabbitmq.queue=${CONNECTOR_QUEUE:transferQueue}
 ods.rabbitmq.routingkey=${CONNECTOR_QUEUE:ods.routing}