diff --git a/lib/dogfood/__init__.py b/lib/dogfood/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..d00d8ea793 100644
--- a/lib/dogfood/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/dogfood/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from check import *
diff --git a/lib/dogfood/check.py b/lib/dogfood/check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a04284a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dogfood/check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from random import choice
+import string
+import traceback
+
+from django.conf import settings
+import courseware.capa.capa_problem as lcp
+from dogfood.views import update_problem
+
+def GenID(length=8, chars=string.letters + string.digits):
+    return ''.join([choice(chars) for i in range(length)])
+
+randomid = GenID()
+
+def check_problem_code(ans,the_lcp,correct_answers,false_answers):
+    """
+    ans = student's answer
+    the_lcp = LoncapaProblem instance
+    
+    returns dict {'ok':is_ok,'msg': message with iframe}
+    """
+    pfn = "dog%s" % randomid
+    pfn += the_lcp.problem_id.replace('filename','')	# add problem ID to dogfood problem name
+    update_problem(pfn,ans,filestore=the_lcp.system.filestore)
+    msg = '<hr width="100%"/>'
+    msg += '<iframe src="%s/dogfood/filename%s" width="95%%" frameborder="1">No iframe support!</iframe>' % (settings.MITX_ROOT_URL,pfn)
+    msg += '<hr width="100%"/>'
+
+    is_ok = True
+    try:
+        # check correctness
+        fp = the_lcp.system.filestore.open('problems/%s.xml' % pfn)
+	test_lcp = lcp.LoncapaProblem(fp, '1', system=the_lcp.system)
+    
+	if not (test_lcp.grade_answers(correct_answers)['1_2_1']=='correct'):
+            is_ok = False
+	if (test_lcp.grade_answers(false_answers)['1_2_1']=='correct'):
+            is_ok = False
+    except Exception,err:
+        is_ok = False
+        msg += "<p>Error: %s</p>" % str(err).replace('<','&#60;')
+	msg += "<p><pre>%s</pre></p>" % traceback.format_exc().replace('<','&#60;')
+        
+    ret = {'ok':is_ok,
+           'msg': msg,
+           }
+    return ret
+           
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/dogfood/views.py b/lib/dogfood/views.py
index cbaebbd4ba..54090d744a 100644
--- a/lib/dogfood/views.py
+++ b/lib/dogfood/views.py
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ def df_capa_problem(request, id=None):
     Accepts XML for a problem, inserts it into the dogfood course.xml.
     Returns rendered problem.
     '''
-    print "WARNING: UNDEPLOYABLE CODE. FOR DEV USE ONLY."
-    print "In deployed use, this will only edit on one server"
-    print "We need a setting to disable for production where there is"
-    print "a load balanacer"
+    # "WARNING: UNDEPLOYABLE CODE. FOR DEV USE ONLY."
     
+    if settings.DEBUG:
+        print '[lib.dogfood.df_capa_problem] id=%s' % id
+
     if not 'coursename' in request.session:
         coursename = DOGFOOD_COURSENAME
     else:
@@ -133,11 +133,8 @@ def df_capa_problem(request, id=None):
     if not xml:
         print "[lib.dogfood.df_capa_problem] problem xml not found!"
 
+    # add problem ID to list so that is_staff check can be bypassed
+    request.session['dogfood_id'] = id
+
     # hand over to quickedit to do the rest
-    try:
-        html = quickedit(request,id=id,qetemplate='dogfood.html',coursename=coursename)
-        return html
-    except Exception, err:
-        print '[lib.dogfood.df_capa_problem] Error generating html on first pass: %s' % err
-        
     return quickedit(request,id=id,qetemplate='dogfood.html',coursename=coursename)