diff --git a/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/ledger.clj b/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/ledger.clj
index 26b66791..3cd590fb 100644
--- a/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/ledger.clj
+++ b/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/ledger.clj
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
                                                    :journal-entry/client [:client/code (:client_code entry)]
                                                    :journal-entry/date (coerce/to-date (parse/parse-value :clj-time "MM/dd/yyyy" (:date entry)))
                                                    :journal-entry/external-id (:external_id entry)
-                                                   :journal-entry/vendor (all-vendors (:vendor_name entry))
+                                                   :journal-entry/vendor (:db/id (all-vendors (:vendor_name entry)))
                                                    :journal-entry/amount (:amount entry)
                                                    :journal-entry/note (:note entry)
                                                    :journal-entry/cleared-against (:cleared_against entry)
@@ -287,10 +287,10 @@
                            success)]
       (log/info "manual ledger import has " (count success) " new rows")
       (run! (fn [batch]
-              (log/info "transacting retraction batch")
+              (log/info "transacting retraction batch" (first batch))
               @(d/transact (d/connect uri) batch)) (partition-all 100 retraction))
       (run! (fn [batch]
-              (log/info "transacting success batch")
+              (log/info "transacting success batch" (first batch))
               @(d/transact (d/connect uri) batch)) (partition-all 100 success))
       {:successful (map (fn [x] {:external_id (:journal-entry/external-id x)}) success)
        :existing []