diff --git a/awsbackoff_test.go b/awsbackoff_test.go
index 34843c2..5f52a2e 100644
--- a/awsbackoff_test.go
+++ b/awsbackoff_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package connector
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -12,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func Test_isRecoverableError(t *testing.T) {
-	log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
-
 	testCases := []struct {
 		err           error
 		isRecoverable bool
diff --git a/kinesis.go b/kinesis.go
index 77f0644..bbd8c00 100644
--- a/kinesis.go
+++ b/kinesis.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package connector
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/sendgridlabs/go-kinesis"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ func CreateStream(k *kinesis.Kinesis, streamName string, shardCount int) {
 		err := k.CreateStream(streamName, shardCount)
 
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("CreateStream ERROR: %v\n", err)
+			logger.Printf("CreateStream ERROR: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ func CreateStream(k *kinesis.Kinesis, streamName string, shardCount int) {
 		args.Add("StreamName", streamName)
 		resp, _ = k.DescribeStream(args)
 		streamStatus := resp.StreamDescription.StreamStatus
-		fmt.Printf("Stream [%v] is %v\n", streamName, streamStatus)
+		logger.Printf("Stream [%v] is %v", streamName, streamStatus)
 
 		if streamStatus != "ACTIVE" {
 			time.Sleep(4 * time.Second)
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func StreamExists(k *kinesis.Kinesis, streamName string) bool {
 	args := kinesis.NewArgs()
 	resp, err := k.ListStreams(args)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ListStream ERROR: %v\n", err)
+		logger.Printf("ListStream ERROR: %v", err)
 		return false
 	}
 	for _, s := range resp.StreamNames {
diff --git a/redshift_basic_emitter.go b/redshift_basic_emitter.go
index f0a9bed..ac9f4fd 100644
--- a/redshift_basic_emitter.go
+++ b/redshift_basic_emitter.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ type RedshiftBasicEmitter struct {
 	Format    string
 	Jsonpaths string
 	S3Bucket  string
+	S3Prefix  string
 	TableName string
+	Db        *sql.DB
 }
 
 // Emit is invoked when the buffer is full. This method leverages the S3Emitter and
@@ -27,40 +29,34 @@ func (e RedshiftBasicEmitter) Emit(b Buffer, t Transformer) {
 	s3Emitter := S3Emitter{S3Bucket: e.S3Bucket}
 	s3Emitter.Emit(b, t)
 	s3File := s3Emitter.S3FileName(b.FirstSequenceNumber(), b.LastSequenceNumber())
-	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", os.Getenv("REDSHIFT_URL"))
 
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("sql.Open ERROR: %v\n", err)
-	}
+	stmt := e.copyStatement(s3File)
 
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
-		// handle aws backoff, this may be necessary if, for example, the
-		// s3 file has not appeared to the database yet
-		handleAwsWaitTimeExp(i)
+		// execute copy statement
+		_, err := e.Db.Exec(stmt)
 
-		// load S3File into database
-		_, err = db.Exec(e.copyStatement(s3File))
-
-		// if the request succeeded, or its an unrecoverable error, break out of
-		// the loop because we are done
+		// if the request succeeded, or its an unrecoverable error, break out of loop
 		if err == nil || isRecoverableError(err) == false {
 			break
 		}
 
-		logger.Fatalf("db.Exec ERROR: %v\n", err)
+		// handle aws backoff, this may be necessary if, for example, the
+		// s3 file has not appeared to the database yet
+		handleAwsWaitTimeExp(i)
 	}
 
 	logger.Printf("Redshift load completed.\n")
-	db.Close()
 }
 
 // Creates the SQL copy statement issued to Redshift cluster.
 func (e RedshiftBasicEmitter) copyStatement(s3File string) string {
 	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("COPY %v ", e.TableName))
-	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("FROM 's3://%v%v' ", e.S3Bucket, s3File))
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("FROM 's3://%v/%v' ", e.S3Bucket, s3File))
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("CREDENTIALS 'aws_access_key_id=%v;", os.Getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")))
 	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("aws_secret_access_key=%v' ", os.Getenv("AWS_SECRET_KEY")))
+
 	switch e.Format {
 	case "json":
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("json 'auto'"))
@@ -70,5 +66,6 @@ func (e RedshiftBasicEmitter) copyStatement(s3File string) string {
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DELIMITER '%v'", e.Delimiter))
 	}
 	b.WriteString(";")
+
 	return b.String()
 }
diff --git a/redshift_basic_emitter_test.go b/redshift_basic_emitter_test.go
index f5f790d..4689be6 100644
--- a/redshift_basic_emitter_test.go
+++ b/redshift_basic_emitter_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func TestCopyStatement(t *testing.T) {
 		S3Bucket:  "test_bucket",
 		TableName: "test_table",
 	}
-	f := e.copyStatement("/test.txt")
+	f := e.copyStatement("test.txt")
 
 	copyStatement := "COPY test_table FROM 's3://test_bucket/test.txt' CREDENTIALS 'aws_access_key_id=;aws_secret_access_key=' DELIMITER ',';"
 
diff --git a/redshift_manifest_emitter.go b/redshift_manifest_emitter.go
index 78cfaa4..07a6ef8 100644
--- a/redshift_manifest_emitter.go
+++ b/redshift_manifest_emitter.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (e RedshiftManifestEmitter) writeManifestToS3(files []string, manifestFileN
 	content := e.generateManifestFile(files)
 	err := bucket.Put(manifestFileName, content, "text/plain", s3.Private, s3.Options{})
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error occured while uploding to S3: %v\n", err)
+		logger.Printf("Error occured while uploding to S3: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/s3_emitter.go b/s3_emitter.go
index 8666f0d..4cf91fa 100644
--- a/s3_emitter.go
+++ b/s3_emitter.go
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ import (
 // dash. This struct requires the configuration of an S3 bucket and endpoint.
 type S3Emitter struct {
 	S3Bucket string
+	S3Prefix string
 }
 
 // S3FileName generates a file name based on the First and Last sequence numbers from the buffer. The current
 // UTC date (YYYY-MM-DD) is base of the path to logically group days of batches.
 func (e S3Emitter) S3FileName(firstSeq string, lastSeq string) string {
 	date := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02")
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v-%v", date, firstSeq, lastSeq)
+	if e.S3Prefix == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v-%v", date, firstSeq, lastSeq)
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v/%v-%v", e.S3Prefix, date, firstSeq, lastSeq)
+	}
 }
 
 // Emit is invoked when the buffer is full. This method emits the set of filtered records.
diff --git a/s3_emitter_test.go b/s3_emitter_test.go
index 1307dd0..8e9229e 100644
--- a/s3_emitter_test.go
+++ b/s3_emitter_test.go
@@ -8,12 +8,20 @@ import (
 
 func TestS3FileName(t *testing.T) {
 	d := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02")
-	e := S3Emitter{}
+	e := S3Emitter{S3Bucket: "bucket", S3Prefix: "prefix"}
 
-	expected := fmt.Sprintf("%v/a-b", d)
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf("prefix/%v/a-b", d)
 	result := e.S3FileName("a", "b")
 
 	if result != expected {
 		t.Errorf("S3FileName() = %v want %v", result, expected)
 	}
+
+	e.S3Prefix = ""
+	expected = fmt.Sprintf("%v/a-b", d)
+	result = e.S3FileName("a", "b")
+
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Errorf("S3FileName() = %v want %v", result, expected)
+	}
 }