diff --git a/ingestion/monitoring/Dockerfile b/ingestion/monitoring/Dockerfile
index 0ad95442d..812b1f437 100644
--- a/ingestion/monitoring/Dockerfile
+++ b/ingestion/monitoring/Dockerfile
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ COPY errorLogsToSlack.py poetry.lock pyproject.toml ./
 # quicker install as runtime deps are already installed
 RUN poetry install
 
-# notice I haven't set the environment variables here, these
-# should be configured at invocation time
+# notice I haven't set the environment variables or args here.
+# the slack webhook should be configured in the job definition,
+# and the args should be configured at submission time
 CMD ["poetry", "run", "python3", "./errorLogsToSlack.py"]
diff --git a/ingestion/monitoring/errorLogsToSlack.py b/ingestion/monitoring/errorLogsToSlack.py
index 4ffb4f7a0..c7cdf066a 100644
--- a/ingestion/monitoring/errorLogsToSlack.py
+++ b/ingestion/monitoring/errorLogsToSlack.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import argparse
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -60,8 +61,12 @@ def log_messages(cloudwatch_response, logger):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logger = setup_logger()
-    logGroup = os.getenv('INGESTION_LOG_GROUP')
-    logStream = os.getenv('INGESTION_LOG_STREAM')
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("group", help="AWS log group name for the failed parser")
+    parser.add_argument("stream", help="AWS log stream name for the failed parser")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    logGroup = args.group
+    logStream = args.stream
     if logGroup is None or logStream is None:
         logger.critical(f"Cannot get messages from log group {logGroup} and stream {logStream}")
         sys.exit(1)