diff --git a/ietf/bin/expire-ids b/ietf/bin/expire-ids
index 8f7d853cc..c875716ee 100755
--- a/ietf/bin/expire-ids
+++ b/ietf/bin/expire-ids
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ syslog.openlog(os.path.basename(__file__), syslog.LOG_PID, syslog.LOG_USER)
 import django
 django.setup()
 
-from ietf.doc.expire import *
+from ietf.doc.expire import ( in_draft_expire_freeze, get_expired_drafts, expirable_draft,
+    send_expire_notice_for_draft, expire_draft, clean_up_draft_files )
 
 if not in_draft_expire_freeze():
+    syslog.syslog("Expiring drafts ...")
     for doc in get_expired_drafts():
-        send_expire_notice_for_draft(doc)
-        expire_draft(doc)
-        syslog.syslog("Expired draft %s-%s" % (doc.name, doc.rev))
+        # verify expirability -- it might have changed after get_expired_drafts() was run
+        # (this whole loop took about 2 minutes on 04 Jan 2018)
+        if expirable_draft(doc) and doc.expires < datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(1):
+            send_expire_notice_for_draft(doc)
+            expire_draft(doc)
+            syslog.syslog("  Expired draft %s-%s" % (doc.name, doc.rev))
 
 syslog.syslog("Cleaning up draft files")
 clean_up_draft_files()
diff --git a/ietf/secr/drafts/views.py b/ietf/secr/drafts/views.py
index 0a2d02692..67487903d 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/drafts/views.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/drafts/views.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from ietf.secr.utils.document import get_rfc_num, get_start_date
 from ietf.submit.models import Submission, Preapproval, DraftSubmissionStateName, SubmissionEvent
 from ietf.submit.mail import announce_new_version, announce_to_lists, announce_to_authors
 from ietf.utils.draft import Draft
-
+from ietf.utils.log import log
 
 # -------------------------------------------------
 # Helper Functions
@@ -241,9 +241,14 @@ def do_resurrect(draft, request):
     sorted_files = sorted(files)
     latest,ext = os.path.splitext(sorted_files[-1])
     files = glob.glob(os.path.join(settings.INTERNET_DRAFT_ARCHIVE_DIR,latest) + '.*')
+    log("Resurrecting %s.  Moving files:" % draft.name)
     for file in files:
-        shutil.move(file,settings.INTERNET_DRAFT_PATH)
-    
+        try:
+            shutil.move(file, settings.INTERNET_DRAFT_PATH)
+            log("  Moved file %s to %s" % (file, settings.INTERNET_DRAFT_PATH))
+        except shutil.Error as e:
+            log("  Exception %s when attempting to move %s" % (e, file))
+
     # Update draft record
     draft.set_state(State.objects.get(type="draft", slug="active"))