diff --git a/backups/monitored-backup b/backups/monitored-backup
index c132c46..3e1736c 100755
--- a/backups/monitored-backup
+++ b/backups/monitored-backup
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ let jobs = [{ statusSlug: "photos-content-b2-kopia", type: "kopia", source: "/na
 	   ]
 
 def backup [job] {
-  if job.type == "kopia" {
-    kopiaBackup job
-  } else if job.type == "zfs" {
-    zfsBackup job
+  if $job.type == "kopia" {
+    kopiaBackup $job
+  } else if $job.type == "zfs" {
+    zfsBackup $job
   } else {
-    print $ "Invalid job type: " + job.type
+    print $"Invalid job type: " + $job.type
   }
 }
 
@@ -43,16 +43,23 @@ def kopiaBackup [job] {
 
 def logStartJob [slug] {
   print $"starting job: ($slug)"
-  curl -s $"($statusHost)/ping/($pingKey)/($slug)/start"
+  print $"($statusHost)/ping/($pingKey)/($slug)/start"
+  curl -s $"($statusHost)/ping/($pingKey)/($slug)/start" | save -f /dev/null
 }
  
 def logFinishedJob [slug] {
   print $"finished job: ($slug)"
-  curl -s $"($statusHost)/ping/($pingKey)/($slug)"
+  curl -s $"($statusHost)/ping/($pingKey)/($slug)" | save -f /dev/null
 }
 
-def main [jobName] {
-  let job = $jobs | where name == $jobName
+def main [statusSlug] {
+  let matches = $jobs | where statusSlug == $statusSlug
+  if ($matches | length) == 1 {
+    backup ($matches | first)
+  } else {
+    print $"Did not find exactly one match for ($statusSlug)"
+    exit 1
+  }
 }
  
 #sudo kopia --config-file=/home/jbrechtel/kopia/leonard-brechtel-backup/repository.config snapshot create /nas1/photos.roo.lol