diff --git a/app/lib/resources/preprocessor.rb b/app/lib/resources/preprocessor.rb
index b1e259d61..427996771 100644
--- a/app/lib/resources/preprocessor.rb
+++ b/app/lib/resources/preprocessor.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Resources
       #
       # ["bot", "device_3", "resources_v0", "destroy", "Sequence", "2", "xyz"]
       segments = delivery_info.routing_key.split(".")
-      _, device_name, _, action, resource, resource_id, uuid = segments
+      _, device_name, _, action, resource, uuid, resource_id = segments
       run!(device_name: device_name,
            action:      action,
            resource:    resource,
diff --git a/app/lib/resources/service.rb b/app/lib/resources/service.rb
index e66d88733..fa5054ae6 100644
--- a/app/lib/resources/service.rb
+++ b/app/lib/resources/service.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 module Resources
+  MQTT_CHAN         = "from_api"
+  CHANNEL_TPL       =
+    "bot.device_%{device_id}.resources_v0.%{action}.%{klass}.%{uuid}.%{id}"
+  INDEX_OF_USERNAME = 1
+  INDEX_OF_OP       = 3
+  INDEX_OF_KIND     = 4
+  INDEX_OF_UUID     = 5
+  INDEX_OF_ID       = 6
+
   class Service
-    MQTT_CHAN = "from_api"
+
     def self.ok(uuid)
       { kind: "rpc_ok", args: { label: uuid } }.to_json
     end
@@ -21,8 +30,8 @@ module Resources
     rescue Mutations::ValidationException => q
       Rollbar.error(q)
       raw_chan = delivery_info&.routing_key&.split(".") || []
-      id       = raw_chan[1]&.gsub("device_", "")&.to_i
-      uuid     = (raw_chan.last || "NONE")
+      id       = raw_chan[INDEX_OF_USERNAME]&.gsub("device_", "")&.to_i
+      uuid     = raw_chan[INDEX_OF_UUID] || "NONE"
       Transport.current.amqp_send(rpc_err(uuid, q), id, MQTT_CHAN) if id
       nil
     end
diff --git a/batch_updates.md b/batch_updates.md
index f5844e76d..aa9c92943 100644
--- a/batch_updates.md
+++ b/batch_updates.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Not all resources support the experimental resource API.
 Send an MQTT message in the format of:
 
 ```
-bot/device_<id>/resources_v0/<action>/<resource type>/<resource_id or 0>/<Transaction UUID>
+bot/device_<id>/resources_v0/<action>/<resource type>/<Transaction UUID>/<resource_id or 0>
 ```
 
 Example 1-1:
diff --git a/spec/lib/resources/resources_preprocessor_spec.rb b/spec/lib/resources/resources_preprocessor_spec.rb
index c26ac0f68..76ad43a19 100644
--- a/spec/lib/resources/resources_preprocessor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/resources/resources_preprocessor_spec.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ require "spec_helper"
 
 describe Resources::PreProcessor do
   DeliveryInfoShim = Struct.new(:routing_key)
-  CHANNEL_TPL =
-    "bot.device_%{device_id}.resources_v0.%{action}.%{klass}.%{id}.%{uuid}"
 
   let(:pb) { FactoryBot.create(:pin_binding) }
 
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ describe Resources::PreProcessor do
 
   let(:preprocessed) do
     body   = {}.to_json
-    chan   = CHANNEL_TPL % props
+    chan   = Resources::CHANNEL_TPL % props
     Resources::PreProcessor.from_amqp(DeliveryInfoShim.new(chan), body)
   end
 
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ describe Resources::PreProcessor do
 
   it "handles bad JSON" do
     body   = "}{"
-    chan   = CHANNEL_TPL % props
+    chan   = Resources::CHANNEL_TPL % props
     expect do
       Resources::PreProcessor.from_amqp(DeliveryInfoShim.new(chan), body)
     end.to raise_error(Mutations::ValidationException, "body must be a JSON object")
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ describe Resources::PreProcessor do
   describe Resources::Service do
     it "handles syntax errors using step1" do
       body   = "[]"
-      chan   = CHANNEL_TPL % props
+      chan   = Resources::CHANNEL_TPL % props
       shim   = DeliveryInfoShim.new(chan)
       Resources::Service.process(shim, body)
       result = Transport.current.connection
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ describe Resources::PreProcessor do
 
     it "processes resources" do
       body   = {}.to_json
-      chan   = CHANNEL_TPL % props
+      chan   = Resources::CHANNEL_TPL % props
       before = PinBinding.count
       result = Resources::Service.process(DeliveryInfoShim.new(chan), body)
       expect(PinBinding.count).to be < before