diff --git a/tools/cgc_protect/is_new_pov.sh b/tools/cgc_protect/is_new_pov.sh
index ebb1ecad59693b2836bd527da6ebe1152bbd748e..36f0f2aaa6076e3d06d25dd2e018337c9d79fcb3 100755
--- a/tools/cgc_protect/is_new_pov.sh
+++ b/tools/cgc_protect/is_new_pov.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #
+# 
 # Returns success (0) only if the POV results in a new crash point 
+# Returns > 0 otherwise
+#
+# /techx_share/techx_umbrella/peasoup/security_transforms/tools/cgc_protect/is_new_pov.sh /home/vagrant/techx_work/0b32aa01_crash_filter/id:000049,sig:11,src:000007,op:arith8,pos:88,val:+9.10288.xml /home/vagrant/techx_work/0b32aa01_crash_filter/0b32aa01_01.crash.summary /home/vagrant/techx_work/0b32aa01_crash_filter/0b32aa01_01
 #
 
 POV_PATH=$1       # fully qualified path for POV
-CRASH_SUMMARY=$2  # input/output: POV-->crash summary file
+CRASH_SUMMARY=$2  # crash summary file
 CGC_BIN=$3        # input cgc binary (@todo: handle multi-cbs)
 
 cbtest=$CGC_UMBRELLA_DIR/scripts/techx-cb-test
 timeout=20
 delimiter="###"
 
-log=`pwd`/tmp.log.$$
+log=`pwd`/tmp.log
 
 pov_base=`basename ${POV_PATH}`
 binary=`basename $CGC_BIN`
@@ -21,17 +25,17 @@ core=${binary_dir}/core
 
 # lookup pov
 tmp=`grep -F "${pov_base}${delimiter}" ${CRASH_SUMMARY}`
-if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
-	return 1
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	exit 2
 fi
 
 # cleanup any stale core files
 if [ -f $core ]; then
-	sudo rm $core 2>/dev/null
+	sudo rm $core &>/dev/null
 fi
 
-echo "sudo -E $cbtest --debug --xml ${pov_base} --timeout $timeout --directory ${binary_dir} --cb ${binary} --log $log"
-sudo -E $cbtest --debug --xml ${pov_base} --timeout $timeout --directory ${binary_dir} --cb ${binary} --log $log 
+echo "sudo -E $cbtest --debug --xml ${POV_PATH} --timeout $timeout --directory ${binary_dir} --cb ${binary} --log $log"
+sudo -E $cbtest --debug --xml ${POV_PATH} --timeout $timeout --directory ${binary_dir} --cb ${binary} --log $log 
 grep "core identified" $log
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	if [ -f $core ]; then
@@ -39,16 +43,20 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		sudo chown `whoami` $core 
 		eip=`timeout $timeout $PEASOUP_HOME/tools/extract_eip_from_core.sh ${CGC_BIN} $core`
 		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-			echo "$eip" >> $CRASH_SITES
-			return 0
+			tmp=`grep -F "${delimiter}$eip" ${CRASH_SUMMARY}`
+			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+				exit 1
+			else
+				exit 0
+			fi
 		else
-			return 1
+			exit 1
 		fi
 
-		sudo rm $core 2>/dev/null
+		sudo rm $core &>/dev/null
 	else
-		return 1
+		exit 1
 	fi
 else
-	return 1
+	exit 1
 fi