--- opt/victorops/nagios_plugin/bin/check_victorops_forwarder.orig	2014-04-02 15:36:08.000000000 -0500
+++ opt/victorops/nagios_plugin/bin/check_victorops_forwarder	2014-06-15 16:34:11.635114340 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/local/bin/bash
 
 if [ -x /usr/bin/dirname ]; then
     . $(/usr/bin/dirname $0)/utils
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 verifyEnvironment
 
-QUEUE=/var/nagios
+QUEUE=/var/spool/nagios/victorops/alerts
 LOG=/var/log/victorops/forward_alerts.log
 DEBUG_FILE=/dev/null
 while getopts  "l:q:" flag
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
 FORWARDER=$($DIRNAME $BASH_SOURCE)/forward_alerts
 PID_FILE=/tmp/victorops_forward_alerts.pid
 
-FORWARDER_COUNT=$($PS -eaf | $GREP -v grep | $GREP "$FORWARDER" | $WC -l 2>/dev/null)
+if [ ! -e $PID_FILE ]; then
+    PID=9999999999
+else
+    PID=$($CAT $PID_FILE)
+fi
+
+FORWARDER_COUNT=$($PS -ww -p $PID | $GREP "$FORWARDER" | $WC -l 2>/dev/null)
 if (( $FORWARDER_COUNT == 0 )); then
     echo "$($DATE) Starting $FORWARDER" >> "$LOG"
     $FORWARDER "$QUEUE" >> "$LOG" 2>&1 &