diff --git a/app/classes/shared/main_controller.py b/app/classes/shared/main_controller.py
index e14bf187..4344b18d 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/main_controller.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/main_controller.py
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class Controller:
         elif data["monitoring_type"] == "steam_cmd":
             monitoring_port = data["steam_cmd_monitoring_data"]["port"]
             monitoring_host = data["steam_cmd_monitoring_data"]["host"]
-            monitoring_type = "raknet"
+            monitoring_type = "steam_cmd"
         elif data["monitoring_type"] == "none":
             # TODO: this needs to be NUKED..
             # There shouldn't be anything set if there is nothing to monitor
diff --git a/app/classes/shared/server.py b/app/classes/shared/server.py
index 8dce5123..45edbdfe 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/server.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/server.py
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class ServerInstance:
         #               STEAM SERVERS
         # ***********************************************
         # ***********************************************
-        elif HelperServers.get_server_type_by_id(self.server_id) == "raknet":
+        elif HelperServers.get_server_type_by_id(self.server_id) == "steam_cmd":
             my_env = os.environ
             env_mod = False
             with open(
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ class ServerInstance:
             return False
 
         # lets download the files
+
         if HelperServers.get_server_type_by_id(self.server_id) != "minecraft-bedrock":
             # boolean returns true for false for success
             downloaded = Helpers.download_file(
@@ -1871,6 +1872,8 @@ class ServerInstance:
             int_mc_ping = ping_raknet(internal_ip, int(server_port))
         else:
             int_mc_ping = ping(internal_ip, int(server_port))
+        # TODO MAKE BETTER identify based on db server type
+        # dont hammer servers with unrelated requests to their type
 
         int_data = False
         ping_data = {}