diff --git a/docker-compose.jsonnet b/docker-compose.jsonnet
index 8b63601..c156c8b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.jsonnet
+++ b/docker-compose.jsonnet
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@
   // Set to true to enable reverse-sync mode into Sheets, instead of syncing from it.
   sheet_reverse_sync:: false,
 
-  // The StreamLog server and event to use, or null to disable sync from StreamLog.
+  // The StreamLog server and event id to use, or null to disable sync from StreamLog.
   streamlog_url:: "https://streamlog.example.com",
-  streamlog_event:: "myevent",
+  streamlog_event:: "id_goes_here",
 
   // A map from youtube playlist IDs to a list of tags.
   // Playlist manager will populate each playlist with all videos which have all those tags.
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
           type: "streamlog",
           creds: "/etc/streamlog-token.txt",
           url: $.streamlog_url,
-          event_name: $.streamlog_event,
+          event_id: $.streamlog_event,
       },
       local config = std.prune([
           if $.sheet_id != null then sync_sheet,
diff --git a/sheetsync/sheetsync/main.py b/sheetsync/sheetsync/main.py
index 76bd00f..5dabe5f 100644
--- a/sheetsync/sheetsync/main.py
+++ b/sheetsync/sheetsync/main.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class PlaylistSync:
 		'  type: streamlog',
 		'  creds: path to a file containing the auth key',
 		'  url: The URL of the streamlog server',
-		'  event_name: The name of the streamlog event to sync',
+		'  event_id: The id of the streamlog event to sync',
 	]),
 )
 def main(dbconnect, sync_configs, metrics_port=8005, backdoor_port=0):
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def main(dbconnect, sync_configs, metrics_port=8005, backdoor_port=0):
 			auth_token = open(config["creds"]).read().strip()
 			client = StreamLogClient(
 				config["url"],
-				config["event_name"],
+				config["event_id"],
 				auth_token,
 			)
 			middleware = StreamLogMiddleware(client)
diff --git a/sheetsync/sheetsync/streamlog.py b/sheetsync/sheetsync/streamlog.py
index 45e6152..0b84695 100644
--- a/sheetsync/sheetsync/streamlog.py
+++ b/sheetsync/sheetsync/streamlog.py
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ from common.dateutil import parse_utc_only
 class StreamLogClient():
 	"""Client for Stream Log server"""
 
-	def __init__(self, url, event_name, auth_token):
+	def __init__(self, url, event_id, auth_token):
 		self.url = url
 		self.auth_token = auth_token
+		self.event_id = event_id
 		self.session = requests.Session()
 
-		self.event_id = self.request("GET", "event_by_name", event_name)["id"]
-
 	def get_rows(self):
 		"""Return a list of rows, where each row is a dict"""
 		return self.request("GET", "event", self.event_id, "log")