diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/create_and_run_process_instance.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/create_and_run_process_instance.py
index d048d330a..74ab32779 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/create_and_run_process_instance.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/create_and_run_process_instance.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 def main() -> None:
     app = create_app()
-    process_model_identifier = sys.argv[1]
+    process_model_identifier = sys.argv[1].replace(":", "/")
 
     with app.app_context():
         user = UserModel.query.first()
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_worker.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_worker.py
index 49f1ed0d4..7bb6a4f7d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_worker.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/background_processing/celery_worker.py
@@ -26,6 +26,3 @@ def setup_loggers(logger: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
     stdout_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
     logger.addHandler(stdout_handler)
     setup_logger_for_app(the_flask_app, logger, force_run_with_celery=True)
-    # this handler is getting added somewhere but not sure where so set its
-    # level really high since we do not need it
-    logging.getLogger("spiff").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)