diff --git a/sftp-into-eye b/sftp-into-eye
index 74dd687..37194e9 100755
--- a/sftp-into-eye
+++ b/sftp-into-eye
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ wait-until-jobs-below() {
 	done
 }
 
-# e.g. ~/stash/YouTube/whitehouse
-root=$1
+# provide as stdin the output of e.g.
+# es x find -t f -- ~/stash/YouTube | take-wanted-ids ~/dead-video-ids | rg '\.(mp4|webm|flv|video)$'
 
-es x find -t f -- "$root" | take-wanted-ids ~/dead-video-ids | rg '\.(mp4|webm|flv|video)$' | while read i; do
+while read i; do
 	echo $i
 	eye_path=$(path-to-eye-path "$i" | sed -r "s,$HOME/stash/,,g")
 	file_id=$(es x info -- "$i" | jq .id)