diff --git a/oyster/client.py b/oyster/client.py
index a09bc79..b7cfc27 100644
--- a/oyster/client.py
+++ b/oyster/client.py
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ class Client(object):
         self.db.drop_collection('%s.files' % self._collection_name)
         self.db.drop_collection('logs')
 
-    def log(self, action, error=False, **kwargs):
+
+    def log(self, action, url, error=False, **kwargs):
         kwargs['action'] = action
+        kwargs['url'] = url
         kwargs['error'] = error
         kwargs['timestamp'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         self.db.logs.insert(kwargs)
 
+
     def track_url(self, url, versioning='md5', update_mins=60*24,
                   **kwargs):
         """
@@ -107,14 +110,14 @@ class Client(object):
             self.fs.put(data, filename=doc['url'], mimetype=content_type,
                         **doc['metadata'])
 
-        # _last_update/_next_update are separate from question of versioning
-        doc['_last_update'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
-        doc['_next_update'] = (doc['_last_update'] +
-                               datetime.timedelta(minutes=doc['update_mins']))
+        # last_update/next_update are separate from question of versioning
+        doc['last_update'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        doc['next_update'] = (doc['last_update'] +
+                              datetime.timedelta(minutes=doc['update_mins']))
         if error:
-            doc['_consecutive_errors'] = doc.get('_consecutive_errors', 0) + 1
+            doc['consecutive_errors'] = doc.get('consecutive_errors', 0) + 1
         else:
-            doc['_consecutive_errors'] = 0
+            doc['consecutive_errors'] = 0
 
         self.log('update', url=url, new_doc=do_put, error=error)
 
@@ -141,15 +144,15 @@ class Client(object):
         # results are always sorted by random to avoid piling on single server
 
         # first we try to update anything that we've never retrieved
-        new = self.db.tracked.find({'_next_update':
+        new = self.db.tracked.find({'next_update':
                                     {'$exists': False}}).sort('_random')
         if max:
             new = new.limit(max)
 
         queue = list(new)
 
-        # pull the rest from those for which _next_update is in the past
-        next = self.db.tracked.find({'_next_update':
+        # pull the rest from those for which next_update is in the past
+        next = self.db.tracked.find({'next_update':
              {'$lt': datetime.datetime.utcnow()}}).sort('_random')
         if max:
             max -= len(queue)
diff --git a/oyster/web.py b/oyster/web.py
index 9db54e2..ee89838 100644
--- a/oyster/web.py
+++ b/oyster/web.py
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
+import json
+import datetime
+
 import flask
+import pymongo.objectid
+
 from oyster.client import Client
 
+
+class JSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, obj):
+        if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
+            return obj.isoformat()
+        elif isinstance(obj, pymongo.objectid.ObjectId):
+            return str(obj)
+        else:
+            return super(JSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
+
+
 app = flask.Flask('oyster')
 client = Client()
 
@@ -11,7 +27,8 @@ def doc_list():
         'tracking': client.db.tracked.count(),
         'need_update': client.get_update_queue_size(),
     }
-    return flask.jsonify(**status)
+    return json.dumps(status)
+
 
 @app.route('/log/')
 def log_view():
@@ -19,6 +36,12 @@ def log_view():
     return flask.render_template('logs.html', logs=logs)
 
 
+@app.route('/tracked/<path:url>')
+def tracked_view(url):
+    doc = client.db.tracked.find_one({'url': url})
+    return json.dumps(doc, cls=JSONEncoder)
+
+
 @app.route('/doc/<path:url>/<version>')
 def show_doc(url, version):
     if version == 'latest':
@@ -28,5 +51,6 @@ def show_doc(url, version):
     resp.headers['content-type'] = doc.mimetype
     return resp
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(debug=True)