diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 602d9d1..3391174 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func (monitor *CachetMonitor) makeRequest(requestType string, url string, reqBod
 }
 
 // SendMetric sends lag metric point
-func (monitor *CachetMonitor) SendMetric(metricID int, delay int64) error {
-	if metricID <= 0 {
+func (monitor *Monitor) SendMetric(delay int64) error {
+	if monitor.MetricID == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (monitor *CachetMonitor) SendMetric(metricID int, delay int64) error {
 		"value": delay,
 	})
 
-	resp, _, err := monitor.makeRequest("POST", "/metrics/"+strconv.Itoa(metricID)+"/points", jsonBytes)
+	resp, _, err := monitor.config.makeRequest("POST", "/metrics/"+strconv.Itoa(monitor.MetricID)+"/points", jsonBytes)
 	if err != nil || resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Could not log data point!\n%v\n", err)
 	}
diff --git a/monitor.go b/monitor.go
index 93b3de5..b556d0b 100644
--- a/monitor.go
+++ b/monitor.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) Tick() {
 	monitor.AnalyseData()
 
 	if isUp == true && monitor.MetricID > 0 {
-		monitor.config.SendMetric(monitor.MetricID, lag)
+		monitor.SendMetric(lag)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index b2fd71d..aa0a9fb 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -14,34 +14,50 @@ Configuration
 
 ```
 {
+  // URL for the API. Note: Must end with /api/v1
   "api_url": "https://<cachet domain>/api/v1",
+  // Your API token for Cachet
   "api_token": "<cachet api token>",
-  "insecure_api": false, // optional, false default, set if your certificate is self-signed/untrusted
+  // optional, false default, set if your certificate is self-signed/untrusted
+  "insecure_api": false,
   "monitors": [{
-    "name": "Name of your monitor", // required, friendly name for your monitor
-    "url": "Ping URL", // required, url to probe
-    "method": "get", // optional, http method (defaults GET)
-    "strict_tls": true, // self-signed ssl certificate
-    "interval": 10, // seconds between checks
-    "metric_id": <metric id>, // post lag to cachet metric (graph)
-    "component_id": <component id>, // post incidents to this component
-    "threshold": 80, // If % of downtime is over this threshold, open an incident
-    "expected_status_code": 200, // optional, expected status code (either status code or body must be supplied)
-    "expected_body": "P.*NG" // optional, regular expression
+    // required, friendly name for your monitor
+    "name": "Name of your monitor",
+    // required, url to probe
+    "url": "Ping URL",
+    // optional, http method (defaults GET)
+    "method": "get",
+    // self-signed ssl certificate
+    "strict_tls": true,
+    // seconds between checks
+    "interval": 10,
+    // post lag to cachet metric (graph)
+    // note either metric ID or component ID are required
+    "metric_id": <metric id>,
+    // post incidents to this component
+    "component_id": <component id>,
+    // If % of downtime is over this threshold, open an incident
+    "threshold": 80,
+    // optional, expected status code (either status code or body must be supplied)
+    "expected_status_code": 200,
+    // optional, regular expression to match body content
+    "expected_body": "P.*NG"
   }],
-  "system_name": "", // optional, system name to identify bot
-  "log_path": "" // optional, defaults to stdout
+  // optional, system name to identify bot (uses hostname by default)
+  "system_name": "",
+  // optional, defaults to stdout
+  "log_path": ""
 }
 ```
 
 Installation
 ------------
 
-1. Download binary from release page
+1. Download binary from [release page](https://github.com/CastawayLabs/cachet-monitor/releases)
 2. Create your configuration ([example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CastawayLabs/cachet-monitor/master/example.config.json))
 3. `cachet-monitor -c /etc/cachet-monitor.config.json`
 
-tip: run in background using `nohup cachet-monitor 2>&1 > /var/log/cachet-monitor.log &`
+pro tip: run in background using `nohup cachet-monitor 2>&1 > /var/log/cachet-monitor.log &`
 
 ```
 Usage of cachet-monitor: