diff --git a/cmd/logmower.go b/cmd/logmower.go
index d27c342..0e9dfb3 100644
--- a/cmd/logmower.go
+++ b/cmd/logmower.go
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	MACHINEID      = "/etc/machine-id"
-	MONGO_TIMEOUT  = 10 * time.Second
-	SendQueueLimit = 1024
-	MaxBatchTime   = time.Second
+	MACHINEID     = "/etc/machine-id"
+	MONGO_TIMEOUT = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 // wrapper to force copying before use
@@ -117,11 +115,6 @@ var App = &cli.App{
 		}
 
 		state.db = dbClient.Database(dbOpt.Auth.AuthSource).Collection("logs")
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			state.sender()
-			wg.Done()
-		}()
 
 		state.hostInfo, err = getHostInfo(ctx.String("node-name"))
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/sender.go b/cmd/sender.go
index 010c71d..9897bb6 100644
--- a/cmd/sender.go
+++ b/cmd/sender.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package logmower
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jtagcat/util"
@@ -11,61 +12,118 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	promShipperMongoSent = promauto.NewCounter(prom.CounterOpts{
+	promShipperMongoSent = promauto.NewCounterVec(prom.CounterOpts{
 		Subsystem: "shipper",
 		Name:      "sent_count",
-		Help:      "Log items successfully committed to mongo",
-	})
-	promShipperMongoSentError = promauto.NewCounter(prom.CounterOpts{
+		Help:      "Items successfully committed to mongo",
+	}, []string{"filename"})
+	promShipperMongoSentError = promauto.NewCounterVec(prom.CounterOpts{
 		Subsystem: "shipper",
-		Name:      "mongo_errors",
+		Name:      "mongo_errors_count",
 		Help:      "Errors while submitting to mongo", // TODO:
-	})
+	}, []string{"filename"})
 	promShipperDropped = promauto.NewCounterVec(prom.CounterOpts{
 		Subsystem: "shipper",
-		Name:      "queue_dropped",
-		Help:      "Items ready to be sent to mongo, but dropped due to full queue",
+		Name:      "queue_dropped_count",
+		Help:      "Items ready to be batched and sent to mongo, but dropped due to full queue",
 	}, []string{"filename"})
+	promShipperQueueItems = promauto.NewHistogramVec(prom.HistogramOpts{
+		Subsystem: "shipper",
+		Name:      "queue_items",
+		Help:      "Items in queue to be batched and sent to mongo",
+	}, []string{"filename"})
+	promShipperSynced = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prom.GaugeOpts{
+		Subsystem: "shipper",
+		Name:      "batches_synced",
+		Help:      "All batches available have been sent to mongo",
+	}, []string{"filename"})
+)
+
+const (
+	SendQueueLimit = 1024
+	MaxBatchItems  = 100
+	MaxBatchTime   = time.Second
 )
 
 func init() {
 	promauto.NewGaugeFunc(prom.GaugeOpts{
 		Subsystem: "shipper",
 		Name:      "queue_size",
-		Help:      "Submit queue size",
+		Help:      "Submit queue size cap",
 	}, func() float64 {
 		return float64(SendQueueLimit)
 	})
-}
-
-func (s *submitter) sender() {
 	promauto.NewGaugeFunc(prom.GaugeOpts{
 		Subsystem: "shipper",
-		Name:      "queue_items",
-		Help:      "Items in queue to be submitted in batch to mongo",
+		Name:      "batch_size",
+		Help:      "batching size cap",
 	}, func() float64 {
-		return float64(len(s.sendQueue))
+		return float64(MaxBatchItems)
 	})
+	promauto.NewGaugeFunc(prom.GaugeOpts{
+		Subsystem: "shipper",
+		Name:      "batch_time",
+		Help:      "batching delay cap",
+	}, func() float64 {
+		return float64(MaxBatchTime)
+	})
+}
 
+func (s *submitter) sender(name string, sendQueue <-chan mLog) (synced func() bool) {
 	batched := make(chan []mLog)
 
 	go func() {
-		util.Batch(4, MaxBatchTime, s.sendQueue, batched)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		defer cancel()
+
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				promShipperQueueItems.WithLabelValues(name).Observe(float64(
+					len(sendQueue)))
+
+				timer := time.NewTimer(time.Second)
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return
+				case <-timer.C:
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+
+		util.Batch(MaxBatchItems, MaxBatchTime, sendQueue, batched)
 	}()
 
+	var batchSynced bool
+	s.Add(1)
+	go s.senderRoutine(name, batched, &batchSynced)
+
+	return func() bool {
+		return batchSynced && len(sendQueue) == 0
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *submitter) senderRoutine(name string, batched <-chan []mLog, synced *bool) {
+	defer s.Done()
+
 	for {
+		*synced = true
+		promShipperSynced.WithLabelValues(name).Set(1)
+
 		batch, ok := <-batched
 		if !ok {
 			return
 		}
 
+		*synced = false
+		promShipperSynced.WithLabelValues(name).Set(0)
+
 		var batchBson []interface{} // mongo does not like typing
 		for _, b := range batch {
 			batchBson = append(batchBson, b.toBson())
 		}
 
-		result, err := s.db.InsertMany(mongoTimeoutCtx(s.ctx), batchBson, nil)
-		promShipperMongoSent.Add(float64(
+		result, err := s.db.InsertMany(mongoTimeoutCtx(context.Background()), batchBson, nil)
+		promShipperMongoSent.WithLabelValues(name).Add(float64(
 			len(result.InsertedIDs)))
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/submit.go b/cmd/submit.go
index 7396a8c..d96ac67 100644
--- a/cmd/submit.go
+++ b/cmd/submit.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/jtagcat/util"
 	prom "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ type (
 		hostInfo HostInfo
 		db       *mongo.Collection
 
-		sendQueue chan mLog
+		sync.WaitGroup
 	}
 )