diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 25dee5daf..ca8e2d378 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ class ConsumerPlugin(
         self._send_progress(100, 100, ProgressStatusOptions.FAILED, message)
         self.log.error(log_message or message, exc_info=exc_info)
         # Move the file to the failed directory
-        if self.input_doc.original_file.exists():
+        if (
+            self.input_doc.original_file.exists()
+            and not Path(
+                settings.CONSUMPTION_FAILED_DIR / self.input_doc.original_file.name,
+            ).exists()
+        ):
             copy_file_with_basic_stats(
                 self.input_doc.original_file,
                 settings.CONSUMPTION_FAILED_DIR / self.input_doc.original_file.name,
@@ -809,9 +814,23 @@ class CleanPDFPlugin(
     NoCleanupPluginMixin,
     NoSetupPluginMixin,
     AlwaysRunPluginMixin,
+    LoggingMixin,
     ConsumeTaskPlugin,
 ):
     NAME: str = "CleanPDFPlugin"
+    logging_name = "paperless.consumer"
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        input_doc: ConsumableDocument,
+        metadata: DocumentMetadataOverrides,
+        status_mgr: ProgressManager,
+        base_tmp_dir: Path,
+        task_id: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(input_doc, metadata, status_mgr, base_tmp_dir, task_id)
+
+        self.renew_logging_group()
 
     def run(self) -> str | None:
         """
@@ -819,15 +838,19 @@ class CleanPDFPlugin(
         """
         msg = None
         try:
-            run_subprocess(
+            result = run_subprocess(
                 [
                     "qpdf",
                     "--replace-input",
-                    self.working_copy,
+                    self.input_doc.original_file,
                 ],
                 logger=self.log,
             )
-            msg = "PDF successfully cleaned"
+            msg = (
+                f"Error while cleaning PDF: {result.stderr}"
+                if result.returncode != 0
+                else "PDF cleaned successfully"
+            )
         except Exception as e:
             msg = "Error while cleaning PDF"
             self.log.error(e)
diff --git a/src/documents/tasks.py b/src/documents/tasks.py
index c02c363ae..7799abe2a 100644
--- a/src/documents/tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tasks.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from documents.plugins.helpers import ProgressStatusOptions
 from documents.sanity_checker import SanityCheckFailedException
 from documents.signals import document_updated
 from documents.signals.handlers import cleanup_document_deletion
+from documents.utils import copy_file_with_basic_stats
 
 if settings.AUDIT_LOG_ENABLED:
     from auditlog.models import LogEntry
@@ -185,10 +186,13 @@ def retry_failed_file(task_id: str, clean: bool = False, skip_ocr: bool = False)
         if not failed_file.exists():
             logger.error(f"Failed file {failed_file} not found")
             return
+        working_copy = settings.SCRATCH_DIR / failed_file.name
+        copy_file_with_basic_stats(failed_file, working_copy)
+
         consume_file(
             ConsumableDocument(
                 source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
-                original_file=failed_file,
+                original_file=working_copy,
             ),
             clean=clean,
             # skip_ocr=skip_ocr,
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py b/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
index a305924c9..8dc1edc39 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ class TestRetryConsumeTask(
     TestCase,
 ):
     @override_settings(CONSUMPTION_FAILED_DIR=Path(__file__).parent / "samples")
-    @mock.patch("documents.consumer.run_subprocess")
-    def test_retry_consume(self, m):
+    def test_retry_consume(self):
         test_file = self.SAMPLE_DIR / "corrupted.pdf"
         temp_copy = self.dirs.scratch_dir / test_file.name
         shutil.copy(test_file, temp_copy)
@@ -248,13 +247,7 @@ class TestRetryConsumeTask(
         # Ensure the file is moved to the failed dir
         self.assertIsFile(settings.CONSUMPTION_FAILED_DIR / task.task_file_name)
 
-        tasks.retry_failed_file(task_id=task.task_id)
-
-        m.assert_called_once()
-
-        args, _ = m.call_args
-
-        command = args[0]
-
-        self.assertEqual(command[0], "qpdf")
-        self.assertEqual(command[1], "--replace-input")
+        with mock.patch("documents.tasks.ProgressManager", DummyProgressManager):
+            with self.assertLogs("documents.tasks", level="INFO") as cm:
+                tasks.retry_failed_file(task_id=task.task_id, clean=True)
+                self.assertIn("PDF cleaned successfully", cm.output[0])