diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb
index 8c37072..42ba28a 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/abs.rb
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class ABS
 
     (1..retries).each do |i|
       queue_place, res_body = check_queue(conn, saved_job_id, req_obj, verbose)
-      return translated(res_body) if res_body
+      return translated(res_body, saved_job_id) if res_body
 
       sleep_seconds = 10 if i >= 10
       sleep_seconds = i if i < 10
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ class ABS
   #
   # We should fix the ABS API to be more like the vmpooler or nspooler api, but for now
   #
-  def self.translated(res_body)
-    vmpooler_formatted_body = {}
+  def self.translated(res_body, job_id)
+    vmpooler_formatted_body = {'job_id' => job_id}
 
     res_body.each do |host|
       if vmpooler_formatted_body[host['type']] && vmpooler_formatted_body[host['type']]['hostname'].class == Array
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
index 2a4cbce..f262d9e 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/utils.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class Utils
 
     result = {}
 
+    # ABS has a job_id associated with hosts so pass that along
+    abs_job_id = response_body.delete('job_id')
+    result['job_id'] = abs_job_id unless abs_job_id.nil?
+
     filtered_response_body = response_body.reject { |key, _| key == 'request_id' || key == 'ready' }
     filtered_response_body.each do |os, value|
       hostnames = Array(value['hostname'])
@@ -57,7 +61,8 @@ class Utils
 
   def self.format_host_output(hosts)
     hosts.flat_map do |os, names|
-      names.map { |name| "- #{name} (#{os})" }
+      # Assume hosts are stored in Arrays and ignore everything else
+      names.map { |name| "- #{name} (#{os})" } if names.is_a? Array
     end.join("\n")
   end