--- a/doc/connect_with_mon/bottledash.alert	Fri Aug 14 13:11:34 2015 +0200
+++ b/doc/connect_with_mon/bottledash.alert	Fri Aug 14 15:32:57 2015 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 #
+#    the argument passed to the script should be the service-name in the 
+#    dash.conf from the bottledash-configuration
 
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use LWP::UserAgent;
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
 getopts ("S:s:g:h:t:l:f:u");
 
 $ALERT = $opt_u ? "UPALERT" : "ALERT";
-$SERVICE = $opt_g;
+$SERVICE = @ARGV;
 
 my $server_endpoint = "http://localhost:8000/updown";
 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;