diff --git a/dax/controller/client/client.go b/dax/controller/client/client.go
index 146a88bfa..e88fe3943 100644
--- a/dax/controller/client/client.go
+++ b/dax/controller/client/client.go
@@ -702,12 +702,10 @@ func (c *Client) SnapshotTable(ctx context.Context, qtid dax.QualifiedTableID) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers() (int, error) {
-	//url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers", c.address.WithScheme(defaultScheme))
-	//url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers", "localhost:8080/controller")
-
-	// url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers", c.address.WithScheme(defaultScheme))
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers", "http://localhost:8080/controller")
+func (c *Client) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx context.Context, orgID string, databaseID string) (int, error) {
+	// baseEndpoint := c.address.WithScheme(defaultScheme)
+	baseEndpoint := "http://localhost:8080/controller"
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers/%s/%s", baseEndpoint, orgID, databaseID)
 
 	// print something
 	//fmt.Println("GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers url: %s", url)
diff --git a/dax/controller/http/handler.go b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
index 15fb2ccfb..6953de786 100644
--- a/dax/controller/http/handler.go
+++ b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func Handler(c *controller.Controller) http.Handler {
 	router.HandleFunc("/database-by-name", server.postDatabaseByName).Methods("POST").Name("PostDatabaseByName")
 	router.HandleFunc("/databases", server.postDatabases).Methods("POST").Name("PostDatabases")
 	router.HandleFunc("/database/options", server.patchDatabaseOptions).Methods("PATCH").Name("PatchDatabaseOptions")
-	router.HandleFunc("/database-number-of-workers", server.getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers).Methods("GET").Name("DatabaseWorkers")
+	router.HandleFunc("/database-number-of-workers/{organization-id}/{database-id}", server.getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers).Methods("GET").Name("DatabaseWorkers")
 
 	router.HandleFunc("/create-table", server.postCreateTable).Methods("POST").Name("PostCreateTable")
 	router.HandleFunc("/drop-table", server.postDropTable).Methods("POST").Name("PostDropTable")
@@ -229,13 +229,10 @@ func (s *server) getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	// get the context
 	ctx := r.Context()
 
-	// create a variable to hold the id
-	var id dax.QualifiedDatabaseID
-
-	// for now, fill the id with a hard-coded value
-	id = dax.QualifiedDatabaseID{
-		OrganizationID: dax.OrganizationID("3ff24bf5-2dff-4c33-993a-8459d53c92c2"),
-		DatabaseID:     dax.DatabaseID("b75114bf-75d4-4581-8899-7ba758548f56"),
+	// get the id from the request
+	id := dax.QualifiedDatabaseID{
+		OrganizationID: dax.OrganizationID(mux.Vars(r)["organization-id"]),
+		DatabaseID:     dax.DatabaseID(mux.Vars(r)["database-id"]),
 	}
 
 	//send the id into the controller, get the number of workers back
diff --git a/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go b/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go
index 22e00b12c..774f8dac7 100644
--- a/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go
+++ b/dax/controller/sqldb/workerjob.go
@@ -87,22 +87,17 @@ func (w *workerJobService) WorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, roleType dax.RoleType
 
 	if roleType != "" {
 		// print the role type
-		query = query.Where("role = ?", roleType)
+		query = query.Where(fmt.Sprintf("role_%s = true", roleType))
 	}
-	fmt.Println("query before: ", query)
 
 	if qdbid.DatabaseID != "" {
 		// print the database id
 		fmt.Println("database id: [", qdbid.DatabaseID, "]")
 		query = query.Where("database_id = ?", qdbid.DatabaseID)
 	}
-	//	sql := fmt.Sprintf("role_%s = true and database_id = ?", roleType)
-	//	cnt, err := dt.C.Where(sql, qdbid.DatabaseID).Count(worker)
-
-	// print the query
-	fmt.Println("query after: ", query)
 
 	count, err := query.Count(worker)
+
 	return count, errors.Wrap(err, "getting count")
 }