diff --git a/production/mempool-logger b/production/mempool-logger
index f30b178f9d..100ea2176c 100755
--- a/production/mempool-logger
+++ b/production/mempool-logger
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 trap "" PIPE
 while read input;do
 	if [ ! -z "${input}" ];then
-		echo "\`\`\`${input}\`\`\`" | /usr/local/bin/keybase chat send --nonblock --channel "$1" mempool.devops
+		echo "\`\`\`${input}\`\`\`" | /usr/local/bin/keybase chat send --nonblock --channel "$1" "$2"
 	fi
 done
diff --git a/production/mempool-restart-all b/production/mempool-restart-all
index e68564ca3b..e1867a77aa 100755
--- a/production/mempool-restart-all
+++ b/production/mempool-restart-all
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
+HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
 
-echo restarting all mempool backends | wall
-echo restarting all mempool backends | logger -t mempool -p local7.notice
+echo restarting mempool backends | wall
+echo "${HOSTNAME} restarted mempool backends" | /usr/local/bin/keybase chat send --nonblock --channel general mempool.devops
 ps uaxw|grep 'dist/index'|grep -v grep|grep -v services|awk '{print $2}'|xargs -n 1 kill
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/production/syslog.conf b/production/syslog.conf
index 1f33ce3436..025ace3594 100644
--- a/production/syslog.conf
+++ b/production/syslog.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local7.>=notice |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger ops
-local7.info |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger node100
+local7.>=notice |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger mempool.devops general
+local7.info |/usr/local/bin/sudo -u mempool /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger mempool.devops node100
 local7.info /var/log/mempool
 local7.* /var/log/mempool.debug