diff --git a/api/salience-editor-api.nomad.hcl b/api/salience-editor-api.nomad.hcl
index b4de70e..e83ca2b 100644
--- a/api/salience-editor-api.nomad.hcl
+++ b/api/salience-editor-api.nomad.hcl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ curl -s "$host/models"
 echo
 
 echo "=== /salience ==="
-curl -s -X POST -d "The cat sat on the mat. The dog chased the cat." "$host/salience?model=all-mpnet-base-v2"
+curl -s --data-binary -H "Content-Type: text/plain" "The cat sat on the mat. The dog chased the cat." "$host/salience?model=all-mpnet-base-v2"
 echo
 EOH
         destination = "local/smoke-test.sh"
diff --git a/api/salience/timed_import.py b/api/salience/timed_import.py
index dc6ad48..23241bc 100644
--- a/api/salience/timed_import.py
+++ b/api/salience/timed_import.py
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ class timed_import:
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):
         elapsed = time.time() - self.start
-        print(f"in {elapsed:.1f}s")
+        sys.stdout.write(f"in {elapsed:.1f}s\n")
+        sys.stdout.flush()