diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a6919d..6fcc725 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,7 +203,16 @@ s3://projects/<project-id>/
   docs/...         # → <project-id>_docs dataset
 ```
 
-MinIO emits the object-created event to RabbitMQ, the `ingestion-dispatcher` downloads the file, and it calls the Cognee REST API on behalf of that project’s tenant. Use any upload mechanism you like (`aws s3 cp`, rsync to MinIO, etc.); once the object lands in the bucket it is ingested and cognified automatically.
+MinIO emits the object-created event to RabbitMQ, the `ingestion-dispatcher` downloads the file, and it calls the Cognee REST API on behalf of that project's tenant. Use any upload mechanism you like (`aws s3 cp`, rsync to MinIO, etc.); once the object lands in the bucket it is ingested and cognified automatically.
+
+#### Monitoring / Debugging
+
+- RabbitMQ Management UI: `http://localhost:15672` (user `ingest`, password `ingest`). The `cognee-ingest` exchange fan-outs events into the `cognee-ingestion-dispatcher` queue; a growing `Ready` count means the dispatcher is down or congested.
+- Dispatcher logs: `docker logs -f fuzzforge-ingestion-dispatcher` immediately show each object as `Processing <project>/<category>/<file> -> dataset ...` followed by `/auth/login`, `/add`, and `/cognify` 200s.
+- Cognee service logs: `docker logs -f fuzzforge-cognee` display the full pipeline (`ingest_data`, `extract_graph_from_data`, etc.) for each dataset run.
+- Bucket verification: `docker run --rm --network=fuzzforge_temporal_network -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=fuzzforge -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=fuzzforge123 amazon/aws-cli s3 ls --recursive --endpoint-url http://minio:9000 s3://projects/<project-id>` confirms files, Ladybug DBs (`graph/…`) and LanceDB indexes (`vector/…`).
+
+If you still upload into the legacy `s3://cognee/...` hierarchy, copy the object over (or update `COGNEE_S3_BUCKET`) so MinIO emits the event for the watched bucket.
 ```
 
 **What's running:**
diff --git a/services/ingestion_dispatcher/app.py b/services/ingestion_dispatcher/app.py
index 6d3e917..18bd77e 100644
--- a/services/ingestion_dispatcher/app.py
+++ b/services/ingestion_dispatcher/app.py
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ class Dispatcher:
                 LOGGER.debug("Skipping key without project/category: %s", key)
                 continue
             project_id, category = key_parts[0], key_parts[1]
+            filename = key_parts[-1]
+            if filename.startswith("tmp") and "." not in filename:
+                LOGGER.debug("Skipping temporary upload key: %s", key)
+                continue
             dataset_suffix = self.category_map.get(category)
             if not dataset_suffix:
                 LOGGER.debug("Ignoring category %s for %s", category, key)