diff --git a/brian_polling_manager/gws_direct.py b/brian_polling_manager/gws_direct.py
index 259d792b381abc7c2fe3af6b7135516679c86130..dcc6a3635e8e0fd0a1c5ef76c1ece0719d1f62cc 100644
--- a/brian_polling_manager/gws_direct.py
+++ b/brian_polling_manager/gws_direct.py
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ class GwSDirectInterfaceCheck(sensu.AbstractCheck):
 
     @sensu.AbstractCheck.name.getter
     def name(self):
-        ifc_str = json.dumps(self.interface, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-        m = hashlib.sha256()
-        m.update(ifc_str.encode('utf-8'))
-        check_id = binascii.b2a_hex(m.digest()).decode('utf-8')
         isp = self.interface['isp']
         isp = isp.replace(' ', '_')
-        return f'gwsd-{self.interface["nren"]}-{isp}-{check_id.upper()[-8:]}'
+        tag = self.interface['tag']
+        tag = tag.replace(' ', '_')
+        return f'gwsd-{self.interface["nren"]}-{isp}-{tag}'
 
     @sensu.AbstractCheck.command.getter
     def command(self):
diff --git a/brian_polling_manager/sensu.py b/brian_polling_manager/sensu.py
index 63be687b84bd64989ee790c229c2e790ebef79c4..ff307b3668f0fec88d5a079d7c3b3c2ad26957c3 100644
--- a/brian_polling_manager/sensu.py
+++ b/brian_polling_manager/sensu.py
@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@ def refresh(sensu_params, required_checks, current_checks):
         'input': len(required_checks),
         'created': 0,
         'updated': 0,
-        'deleted': None
+        'deleted': 0
     }
 
+
     for expected_check in required_checks:
 
         if expected_check.name not in current_checks: