3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/arabesque.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/arabesque.py
index 7017c56c..acfc2b87 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/arabesque.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/arabesque.py
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ class ArabesqueMatchImporter(EntityImporter):
 
     def __init__(self, api, extid_type, require_grobid=True, **kwargs):
 
-        eg_desc = kwargs.get('editgroup_description',
-            "Match web crawl files to releases based on identifier/URL seedlist")
+        eg_desc = kwargs.get('editgroup_description', None) or "Match web crawl files to releases based on identifier/URL seedlist"
         eg_extra = kwargs.get('editgroup_extra', dict())
         eg_extra['agent'] = eg_extra.get('agent', 'fatcat_tools.ArabesqueMatchImporter')
         if kwargs.get('crawl_id'):
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py
index 4a3cd648..13b1e5b8 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import json
 import ftfy
 import base64
 import sqlite3
+import datetime
 import subprocess
 import unicodedata
 from collections import Counter
@@ -756,10 +757,11 @@ class KafkaJsonPusher(RecordPusher):
             print("... got {} kafka messages ({}sec poll interval)".format(
                 len(batch), self.poll_interval))
             if not batch:
-                if datetime.datetime.now() - last_push > datetime.timedelta(minutes=5):
+                if datetime.datetime.now() - last_push > datetime.timedelta(seconds=30): #XXX minutes=5
                     # it has been some time, so flush any current editgroup
                     self.importer.finish()
                     last_push = datetime.datetime.now()
+                    #print("Flushed any partial import batch: {}".format(self.importer.counts))
                 continue
             # first check errors on entire batch...
             for msg in batch:
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py
index dbb78ec9..180d7ba3 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ class MatchedImporter(EntityImporter):
 
     def __init__(self, api, **kwargs):
 
-        eg_desc = kwargs.pop('editgroup_description',
-            "Import of large-scale file-to-release match results. Source of metadata varies.")
+        eg_desc = kwargs.pop('editgroup_description', None) or "Import of large-scale file-to-release match results. Source of metadata varies."
         eg_extra = kwargs.pop('editgroup_extra', dict())
         eg_extra['agent'] = eg_extra.get('agent', 'fatcat_tools.MatchedImporter')
         super().__init__(api,