diff --git a/.ebextensions/cron-leaderonly.config b/.ebextensions/cron-leaderonly.config
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+####
+#### Pulled from https://github.com/awsdocs/elastic-beanstalk-samples/blob/main/configuration-files/aws-provided/instance-configuration/cron-leaderonly-linux.config
+#### Per https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/cron-job-elastic-beanstalk
+####
+
+###################################################################################################
+#### Copyright 2016 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+####
+#### Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file
+#### except in compliance with the License. A copy of the License is located at
+####
+####     http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
+####
+#### or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed on an "AS IS"
+#### BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#### License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+###################################################################################################
+
+###################################################################################################
+#### This configuration file allows a cron job to run only on one Linux instance in the environment.
+#### 
+#### The script "/usr/local/bin/test_cron.sh" will sort and compare the current instances in the
+#### Auto Scaling group and if it matches the first instance in the sorted list it will exit 0.
+#### This will mean that this script will only exit 0 for one of the instances in your environment.
+####
+#### The second script is an example of how you might use the "/usr/local/bin/test_cron.sh" script
+#### to execute commands and log a timestamp to "/tmp/cron_example.log".
+####
+#### A cron example is setup at "/etc/cron.d/cron_example" to execute the script 
+#### "/usr/local/bin/cron_example.sh" every minute. A command is also run upon each deployment to 
+#### clear any previous versions of "/etc/cron.d/cron_example" by removing 
+#### "/etc/cron.d/cron_example.bak".
+####
+#### Note that for the first script to gather the required information, additional IAM permissions
+#### will be needed to be added to a policy attached to the instance profile used by the instances
+#### in the environment. The policy shown below will grant the access needed. Note that the default
+#### instance profile for Elastic Beanstalk is "aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role".
+####
+#### How to create a New Policy
+####         - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create.html
+####
+#### Adding Permissions to the Default Instance Profile
+####         - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/iam-instanceprofile.html#iam-instanceprofile-addperms
+####
+#### NB: Please note that as the "/usr/local/bin/test_cron.sh" script makes use of the EC2 health
+#### status to determine "InService" instances in the Auto Scaling Group, the cron could fail to
+#### run if the "leader" instance has failed and Auto Scaling has not yet changed the EC2 instance
+#### state.
+###################################################################################################
+####
+#### {
+####   "Version": "2012-10-17",
+####   "Statement": [
+####     {
+####       "Sid": "Stmt1409855610000",
+####       "Effect": "Allow",
+####       "Action": [ "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups" ],
+####       "Resource": [ "*" ]
+####     },
+####     {
+####       "Sid": "Stmt1409855649000",
+####       "Effect": "Allow",
+####       "Action": [ "ec2:DescribeTags" ],
+####       "Resource": [ "*" ]
+####     }
+####   ]
+#### }
+####
+###################################################################################################
+###################################################################################################
+
+packages: 
+  yum:
+    jq: [] 
+
+files:
+  # "/usr/local/bin/test_cron.sh":
+  #   mode: "000755"
+  #   owner: root
+  #   group: root
+  #   content: |
+  #     #!/bin/bash
+  #     INSTANCE_ID=`curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null`
+  #     REGION=`curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document 2>/dev/null | jq -r .region`
+
+  #     # Find the Auto Scaling Group name from the Elastic Beanstalk environment
+  #     ASG=`aws ec2 describe-tags --filters "Name=resource-id,Values=$INSTANCE_ID" \
+  #         --region $REGION --output json | jq -r '.[][] | select(.Key=="aws:autoscaling:groupName") | .Value'`
+
+  #     # Find the first instance in the Auto Scaling Group
+  #     FIRST=`aws autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-groups --auto-scaling-group-names $ASG \
+  #         --region $REGION --output json | \
+  #         jq -r '.AutoScalingGroups[].Instances[] | select(.LifecycleState=="InService") | .InstanceId' | sort | head -1`
+
+  #     # If the instance ids are the same exit 0
+  #     [ "$FIRST" = "$INSTANCE_ID" ]
+
+  "/usr/local/bin/generate_sitemaps.sh":
+    mode: "000755"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    content: |
+      #!/bin/bash
+      # Test for Leader
+      # /usr/local/bin/test_cron.sh || exit
+      # Now run commands that should run on only 1 instance.
+      echo "Cron running at "`date` > /tmp/sitemaps.log
+      echo $UCLDC_FRONT > /tmp/sitemaps.log
+      echo "Testing access to environment variables inside cron job" > /tmp/sitemaps.log
+      # source /opt/elasticbeanstalk/deployment/env
+      # source /var/app/venv/*/bin/activate
+      # python manage.py calisphere_refresh_sitemaps --settings public_interface.settings > /tmp/sitemaps.log
+      # aws s3 cp /var/app/current/sitemaps/ s3://calisphere-sitemaps/ --recursive > /tmp/sitemaps.log
+
+  "/etc/cron.d/cron_sitemaps":
+    mode: "000644"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    content: |
+      * * * * * root /usr/local/bin/generate_sitemaps.sh
+
+commands:
+  rm_old_cron:
+    command: "rm -fr /etc/cron.d/cron_sitemaps.bak"
+    ignoreErrors: true
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diff --git a/.platform/hooks/postdeploy/managecmd.sh b/.platform/hooks/postdeploy/managecmd.sh
index 02099381..0a89ab76 100755
--- a/.platform/hooks/postdeploy/managecmd.sh
+++ b/.platform/hooks/postdeploy/managecmd.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 source /var/app/venv/*/bin/activate
 echo "starting collect statics";
 python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-echo "finished collect statis; starting site maps";
-python manage.py calisphere_refresh_sitemaps --settings public_interface.settings
-echo "finished site maps";
-
+echo "finished collect statics";
+echo $UCLDC_FRONT;
+echo "testing access to environment variables inside postdeploy hook";
+# echo "finished collect statics, start downloading sitemaps";
+# aws s3 cp s3://calisphere-sitemaps/ /var/app/current/sitemaps/ --recursive
+# echo "finished downloading sitemaps";