diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1972a79..da0083c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ mcchunkie
 deploy.sh
 *.core
 .direnv
+result
diff --git a/got.go b/got.go
index 529cd09..44e1cfd 100644
--- a/got.go
+++ b/got.go
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ type Notification struct {
 	Short        bool      `json:"short"`
 	Repo         string    `json:"repo"`
 	ID           string    `json:"id"`
-	Author       Author    `json:"author"`
+	Author       Author    `json:"author,omitempty"`
 	Committer    Committer `json:"committer"`
 	Date         string    `json:"date"`
 	ShortMessage string    `json:"short_message"`
 	Message      string    `json:"message"`
-	Diffstat     Diffstat  `json:"diffstat"`
+	Diffstat     Diffstat  `json:"diffstat,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (n *Notification) String() string {
 	// op committed got.git f9e653700..f9e653700^1 (main): fix gotd_parse_url() (https://git.gameoftrees.org/gitweb/?p=got.git;a=commitdiff;h=f9e653700)
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s committed %s %s: %s (%s)",
-		n.Author.User,
+		n.Committer.User,
 		n.Repo,
 		n.ID,
 		n.ShortMessage,
diff --git a/got_test.sh b/got_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eb96432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/got_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "line one is here" > /tmp/test
+echo "line two is here" >> /tmp/test
+echo "line <two> is here" >> /tmp/test
+
+curl --basic --user got:butters  --data-urlencode file@/tmp/test -o - "http://localhost:8043/_got"
+curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @test_body.json --basic --user got:butters -o - "http://localhost:8043/_got/v2"
diff --git a/live_got_test.sh b/live_got_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e226a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live_got_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PW="$(op item get got-test --field password)"
+
+echo "test one two three" > /tmp/test
+
+curl --basic --user got:${PW}  --data-urlencode file@/tmp/test -o - "https://suah.dev/_got"
+curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @test_body.json --basic --user got:${PW} -o - "https://suah.dev/_got/v2"
+
diff --git a/test_body.json b/test_body.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1937a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_body.json
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  "notifications": [
+    {
+      "type": "commit",
+      "short": false,
+      "repo": "test-repo",
+      "id": "34d7c970d4bd3a5832ecded86f2c28e83dbba2ba",
+      "author": {
+        "full": "Flan Hacker <flan@openbsd.org>",
+        "name": "Flan Hacker",
+        "mail": "flan@openbsd.org",
+        "user": "flan"
+      },
+      "committer": {
+        "full": "Flan Hacker <flan@openbsd.org>",
+        "name": "Flan Hacker",
+        "mail": "flan@openbsd.org",
+        "user": "flan"
+      },
+      "date": "Thu Apr 18 16:47:40 2024 UTC",
+      "short_message": "make changes",
+      "message": "make changes\n",
+      "diffstat": {
+        "files": [
+          {
+            "action": "modified",
+            "file": "alpha",
+            "added": 1,
+            "removed": 1
+          }
+        ],
+        "total": {
+          "added": 1,
+          "removed": 1
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "commit",
+      "short": false,
+      "repo": "repo-test",
+      "id": "a4d7c970d4bd3a5832ecded86f2c28e83dbba2ba",
+      "author": {
+        "full": "Flan Slacker <flans@openbsd.org>",
+        "name": "Flan Slacker",
+        "mail": "flans@openbsd.org",
+        "user": "flans"
+      },
+      "committer": {
+        "full": "Flan Slacker <flan@openbsd.org>",
+        "name": "Flan Slacker",
+        "mail": "flans@openbsd.org",
+        "user": "flans"
+      },
+      "date": "Thu Apr 18 16:48:40 2024 UTC",
+      "short_message": "make more changes",
+      "message": "make more changes\n",
+      "diffstat": {
+        "files": [
+          {
+            "action": "modified",
+            "file": "alpha",
+            "added": 3,
+            "removed": 8
+          }
+        ],
+        "total": {
+          "added": 1,
+          "removed": 9
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "commit",
+      "short": false,
+      "repo": "repo-test",
+      "id": "f4d7c970d4bd3a5832ecded86f2c28e83dbba2ba",
+      "committer": {
+        "full": "Flan Slacker <flan@openbsd.org>",
+        "name": "Flan Slacker",
+        "mail": "flans@openbsd.org",
+        "user": "flans"
+      },
+      "date": "Thu Apr 19 16:48:40 2024 UTC",
+      "short_message": "revert changes",
+      "message": "revert all the previous changes\n"
+    }
+  ]
+}