def main():
    try:
        settings = startup.read_settings()
        Log.start(settings.debug)
        constants.set(settings.constants)

        with startup.SingleInstance(flavor_id=settings.args.filename):
            with aws.s3.Bucket(settings.destination) as bucket:

                if settings.param.debug:
                    if settings.source.durable:
                        Log.error("Can not run in debug mode with a durable queue")
                    synch = SynchState(bucket.get_key(SYNCHRONIZATION_KEY, must_exist=False))
                else:
                    synch = SynchState(bucket.get_key(SYNCHRONIZATION_KEY, must_exist=False))
                    if settings.source.durable:
                        synch.startup()

                queue = PersistentQueue(settings.param.queue_file)
                if queue:
                    last_item = queue[len(queue) - 1]
                    synch.source_key = last_item._meta.count + 1

                with pulse.Consumer(settings=settings.source, target=None, target_queue=queue, start=synch.source_key):
                    Thread.run("pulse log loop", log_loop, settings, synch, queue, bucket)
                    Thread.wait_for_shutdown_signal(allow_exit=True)
                    Log.warning("starting shutdown")

                queue.close()
                Log.note("write shutdown state to S3")
                synch.shutdown()

    except Exception, e:
        Log.error("Problem with etl", e)