diff --git a/app/extract_command.py b/app/extract_command.py
index b08235194d96939a6b16acbbbf54a4ba5aaf2493..c54317fead4e6c70a53c35330abc9f47c8b4d64f 100644
--- a/app/extract_command.py
+++ b/app/extract_command.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def extract_command_fun(command):
             error_output = 'invalid qos name' + command[2]
             return error_output
         intent_dict['value'] = float(command[4])
-        intent_dict['host'] = command[5:]
+        intent_dict['unit'] = command[5]
+        intent_dict['host'] = command[6:]
         #print('intent dict b4 send: ', intent_dict)
         requests.put(qos_intents_url, json=intent_dict)
         intent_dict['service_type'] = intent_dict['intent_type']