diff --git a/bin/snapshot.pl b/bin/snapshot.pl
index 2fa1d30..3b97419 100644
--- a/bin/snapshot.pl
+++ b/bin/snapshot.pl
@@ -8,27 +8,42 @@
 use HTTP::Tiny                ();
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Sys::Hostname qw< hostname >;
+use Try::Tiny;
 
 use MetaCPAN::Logger qw< :log :dlog >;
 
 use MetaCPAN::ES;
-use MetaCPAN::Ingest qw< are_you_sure >;
+use MetaCPAN::Ingest qw<
+    are_you_sure
+    config
+    is_dev
+>;
 
 # setup
-my $hostname        = hostname();
-my $mode            = $hostname =~ /dev/ ? 'testing' : 'production';
+my $config          = config();
+my $mode            = is_dev() ? 'testing' : 'production';
 my $bucket          = "mc-${mode}-backups";    # So we don't break production
 my $repository_name = 'our_backups';
 
-#my $es   = MetaCPAN::ES->new( type => "distribution" );
-#my $bulk = $es->bulk();
+my $aws_key = $config->{es_aws_s3_access_key};
+die "es_aws_s3_access_key not in config" unless $aws_key;
+
+my $aws_secret = $config->{es_aws_s3_secret};
+die "es_aws_s3_secret not in config" unless $aws_secret;
+
+my $http_client = HTTP::Tiny->new(
+    default_headers => { 'Accept' => 'application/json' },
+    timeout         => 120,                                 # list can be slow
+);
 
 # args
 my (
     $date_format, $indices, $list,      $purge_old, $restore,
     $setup,       $snap,    $snap_name, $snap_stub
 );
-my $host = MetaCPAN::Server::Config::config()->{elasticsearch_servers};
+
+my $host = $config->{es_node};
+
 GetOptions(
     "list"          => \$list,
     "date_format=s" => \$date_format,
@@ -45,20 +60,7 @@
 # Note: can take wild cards https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/multi-index.html
 $indices //= '*';
 
-my $config = {};    ## TODO ( use MetaCPAN::Server::Config (); ??? )
-
-my $aws_key    = $config->{es_aws_s3_access_key};
-my $aws_secret = $config->{es_aws_s3_secret};
-
-my $http_client = HTTP::Tiny->new(
-    default_headers => { 'Accept' => 'application/json' },
-    timeout         => 120,                                 # list can be slow
-);
-
 # run
-die "es_aws_s3_access_key not in config" unless $aws_key;
-die "es_aws_s3_secret not in config"     unless $aws_secret;
-
 run_list_snaps() if $list;
 run_setup()      if $setup;
 run_snapshot()   if $snap;
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ ( $method, $path, $data )
             Dlog_error {"Error response: $_"} $resp_json;
         }
         catch {
-            log_error { 'Error msg: ' . $response->{content} }
+            log_error { 'Error msg: ' . $response->{content} };
         }
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 0497c40..1e77067 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ requires 'CPAN::DistnameInfo', '0.12';
 requires 'Cpanel::JSON::XS';
 requires 'Data::Printer';
 requires 'DateTime';
+requires 'DateTime::Format::ISO8601';
 requires 'Data::Printer';
 requires 'DBI';
 requires 'Digest::SHA';
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ requires 'XML::Simple';
 
 requires 'MetaCPAN::Common',
     git => 'https://github.com/metacpan/MetaCPAN-Common',
-    ref => '48274b9cb890d7f76a8ba6e2fce78348ca1165ca';
+    ref => '0e5c2852178a47e98db291f613da2b96aca85f64';
 
 on test => sub {
     requires 'Code::TidyAll',                     '>= 0.74';
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm
index 2c605d9..50b6fb4 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use Sub::Exporter -setup => {
         fix_version
         handle_error
         home
+        is_dev
         minion
         numify_version
         read_00whois
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ my $config //= do {
 };
 $config->init_logger;
 
-sub config () {$config}
+sub config () { $config->config(); }
 
 sub are_you_sure ( $msg, $force=0 ) {
     return 1 if $force;
@@ -187,6 +188,11 @@ sub home () {
     return $stdout;
 }
 
+# TODO: there must be a better way
+sub is_dev () {
+    return $ENV{PLACK_ENV} =~ /dev/;
+}
+
 sub minion () {
     require 'Mojo::Server';
     return Mojo::Server->new->build_app('MetaCPAN::API')->minion;