diff --git a/aws_dagster_bgg/assets/assets.py b/aws_dagster_bgg/assets/assets.py
index e8085c2..feace1f 100644
--- a/aws_dagster_bgg/assets/assets.py
+++ b/aws_dagster_bgg/assets/assets.py
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ def bgg_games_csv(
 
     s3_scraper_bucket = configs["s3_scraper_bucket"]
 
-    original_timestamps = get_original_timestamps(
-        s3_resource,
-        bucket=s3_scraper_bucket,
-        keys=[configs["boardgamegeek_csv_filename"]],
-    )
+    original_timestamps = {
+        configs["boardgamegeek_csv_filename"]: s3_resource.get_last_modified(
+            bucket=s3_scraper_bucket,
+            key=configs["boardgamegeek_csv_filename"],
+        )
+    }
 
     lambda_resource.invoke_lambda(function=configs["file_retrieval_lambda"])
 
@@ -179,25 +180,6 @@ def user_scraper_urls(
     return True
 
 
-@op
-def get_original_timestamps(
-    s3_resource: ConfigurableResource,
-    bucket: str,
-    keys: list[str],
-) -> dict:
-    logger.info("Getting the original timestamps")
-    try:
-        return {
-            key: s3_resource.get_last_modified(
-                bucket=bucket,
-                key=key,
-            )
-            for key in keys
-        }
-    except:
-        return {key: datetime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0) for key in keys}
-
-
 @op
 def compare_timestamps_for_refresh(
     original_timestamps: dict,
@@ -211,7 +193,6 @@ def compare_timestamps_for_refresh(
     time.sleep(sleep_timer)
 
     logger.info("Checking timestamps...")
-    logger.info(f"Original timestamps: {original_timestamps}")
 
     while len(file_list_to_check):
         logger.info(f"Files to check: {file_list_to_check}")
@@ -221,6 +202,7 @@ def compare_timestamps_for_refresh(
                 bucket=location_bucket,
                 key=key,
             )
+            logger.info(f"Original timestamp: {original_timestamps[key]}")
             logger.info(f"New timestamp: {new_timestamp_tracker[key]}")
 
         for key in original_timestamps:
@@ -248,11 +230,13 @@ def create_new_urls(
     lambda_function_name: str,
 ) -> bool:
 
-    original_timestamps = get_original_timestamps(
-        s3_resource=s3_resource,
-        bucket=s3_scraper_bucket,
-        keys=scraper_url_filenames,
-    )
+    original_timestamps = {
+        key: s3_resource.get_last_modified(
+            bucket=s3_scraper_bucket,
+            key=key,
+        )
+        for key in scraper_url_filenames
+    }
 
     lambda_resource.invoke_lambda(function=lambda_function_name)
 
@@ -284,11 +268,13 @@ def scrape_data(
         f"{output_key_directory}/{output_key_suffix.format(i)}" for i in range(1, 31)
     ]
 
-    original_timestamps = get_original_timestamps(
-        s3_resource=s3_resource,
-        bucket=bucket,
-        keys=scraper_raw_data_filenames,
-    )
+    original_timestamps = {
+        key: s3_resource.get_last_modified(
+            bucket=bucket,
+            key=key,
+        )
+        for key in scraper_raw_data_filenames
+    }
 
     game_scraper_url_filenames = s3_resource.list_file_keys(
         bucket=bucket, key=input_urls_key