diff --git a/bin/dockerized-observe.sh b/bin/dockerized-observe.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2b45e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/dockerized-observe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+./bin/dockerized-run.sh observe --username root --level $1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/control/api_server/lib/actuation_utils.ex b/control/api_server/lib/actuation_utils.ex
index 4e6cc16..20cc3df 100644
--- a/control/api_server/lib/actuation_utils.ex
+++ b/control/api_server/lib/actuation_utils.ex
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ defmodule ApiServer.Actuation do
 
     actuation_url = "https://#{sensor.address}:#{sensor.port}#{path}"
     IO.puts("  = actuation uri(#{actuation_url})")
-    case HTTPoison.put(actuation_url, Poison.encode!(payload), [], [ssl: [cacertfile: Application.get_env(:api_server, :ca_cert_file)], timeout: 5000, recv_timeout: 5000, connect_timeout: 5000]) do
+
+    case HTTPoison.put(actuation_url, Poison.encode!(payload), [], [ssl: [{:cacertfile, Application.get_env(:api_server, :ca_cert_file)}, {:verify_fun, {&ApiServer.AuthenticationUtils.pin_verify/3, {:pin, sensor.public_key}}}, {:verify, :verify_peer}], timeout: 5000, recv_timeout: 5000, connect_timeout: 5000]) do
 
       {:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 200, body: _}} ->
         IO.puts("  - sensor actuated")
diff --git a/control/api_server/web/controllers/registration_controller.ex b/control/api_server/web/controllers/registration_controller.ex
index 5cfce1d..40060cf 100644
--- a/control/api_server/web/controllers/registration_controller.ex
+++ b/control/api_server/web/controllers/registration_controller.ex
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ defmodule ApiServer.RegistrationController do
     # let's send out our verification ping
     verification_url = "https://#{hostname}:#{port}/sensor/#{sensor}/registered"
     IO.puts("  = remote verifcation uri(#{verification_url})")
-    case HTTPoison.get(verification_url, [], [ssl: [{:cacertfile, Application.get_env(:api_server, :ca_cert_file)}, {:verify_fun, {&ApiServer.AuthenticationUtils.pin_verify/3, {:pin, pinned_key}}}, {:verify, :verify_none}], timeout: 5000, recv_timeout: 5000, connect_timeout: 5000]) do
+    case HTTPoison.get(verification_url, [], [ssl: [{:cacertfile, Application.get_env(:api_server, :ca_cert_file)}, {:verify_fun, {&ApiServer.AuthenticationUtils.pin_verify/3, {:pin, pinned_key}}}, {:verify, :verify_peer}], timeout: 5000, recv_timeout: 5000, connect_timeout: 5000]) do
 
       {:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{status_code: 200, body: _}} ->
         IO.puts("  + sensor(id=#{sensor}) verified with direct ping")
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index b8091db..3ad03f7 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
 # In Progress
 
-0. [x] Use config db ( #115 )
-1. [x] migrate sensor db to postgres ( #111 )
- - [x] create schema and migrations
- - [x] create schema methods (changeset, etc)
- - [x] migrate sensor authentication
- - [x] migrate sensor registration
-  - [x] ApiServer.ControlUtils.announce_new_sensor/1
-  - [x] deregistration
-   - [x] ApiServer.ControlUtils.announce_deregistered_sensor/2
-  - [x] sync
-  - [x] auto-sync check
-2. add configuration JSON for all existing sensors ( #112 )
-3. [x] add config load command/script ( #113 )
-4. add actuation callback to sensor wrapper ( #91 )
-5. add actuation routing in API ( #90 )
- 1. push new config via observe targeting in API
-6. API needs to pin certificates for call to sensor ( #114 )
-7. Set observe level via `virtue-security` ( #92 )
-
-8. we need a way to check that any actions in registration match the pubkey used in auth
-
- - [ ] start planning dom0 sensors
+ - [ ] PR for pinned actuation after verifying that everything works
+ - [ ] documentation update for API
+  - [ ] How to start everything
+   - what are normal errors
+   - what should you see if things work?
+   - what if things don't work?
+  - [ ] installing sensor configurations
+  - [ ] interacting with sensors
+   - [ ] dockerized-inspect
+   - [ ] dockerized-stream
+   - [ ] dockerized-run
+   - [ ] dockerized-observe ( ./bin/dockerized-run.sh observe --username root --level adversarial)
+  - [ ] toggling sensors
+  - [ ] installing sensors
+  - [ ] defining a target virtue
+  - [ ] adding targets with ./bin/add-target.sh
+  - [ ] creating a new target
+  - [ ] defining a sensor
+  - [ ] defining sensor configurations
+  - [ ] listing sensor configurations
+  - [ ] adding a sensor
+  - [ ] developing sensors
+   - [ ] update_tools.sh
+  - [ ] readme for ./bin/*
+ - [ ] Next documentation update
+  - [ ] configuring the various services
+   - [ ] sensor pruning
+   - [ ] kafka
+   - [ ] postgres
 
 # Sensing Architecture