diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4b24fad..2e866b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ jobs:
       id: hello
       uses: stevengill/slack-github-action@v1.1.0
       with:
-        who-to-greet: 'Steve'
         channel-id: 'CTAAHRA79'
         slack-message: 'posting from a github action!'
       env:
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index d01c362..a7e38a4 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 name: 'Hello World'
 description: 'Greet someone and record the time'
 inputs:
-  who-to-greet:  # id of input
-    description: 'Who to greet'
-    required: true
-    default: 'World'
   channel-id: # channel id to post message when using bot token
     description: 'Slack channel ID where message will be posted. Needed if using bot token'
     required: false
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a599459..9875a28 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ const { WebClient } = require('@slack/web-api');
 const flatten = require('flat');
 const axios = require('axios');
 
-
-
 try {
-    // `who-to-greet` input defined in action metadata file
-    const nameToGreet = core.getInput('who-to-greet');
-
     const botToken = process.env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN;
     const webhookUrl = process.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL;
 
@@ -20,6 +15,10 @@ try {
     const payload = github.context.payload;
     // console.log(`The event payload: ${JSON.stringify(payload, undefined, 2)}`);
 
+    if (botToken === undefined && webhookUrl === undefined) {
+        throw 'Need to provide at least one botToken or webhookUrl'
+    }
+
     if (botToken) {
         const message = core.getInput('slack-message');
         const channelId = core.getInput('channel-id');
@@ -28,14 +27,15 @@ try {
 
         const web = new WebClient(botToken);
 
-        if(channelId === undefined) {
-            console.log('no channel ID error')
-            throw 'no channel Id supplied';
+        if(channelId !== undefined && message !== undefined) {
+            // post message
+            web.chat.postMessage({text: message, channel: channelId});
+        } else {
+            console.log('missing either channel-id or slack-message! Did not send a message via chat.postMessage with botToken');
         }
-
-        // post message
-        web.chat.postMessage({text: message, channel: channelId})
-    } else if (webhookUrl) {
+    } 
+    
+    if (webhookUrl) {
         // send flat payload to webhookUrl
         const flatPayload = flatten(payload);
 
@@ -45,18 +45,11 @@ try {
             flatPayload[key] = '' + flatPayload[key];
         })
 
-        // console.log(flatPayload);
-        // console.log(req.path);
+        console.log(flatPayload);
 
         axios.post(webhookUrl, flatPayload)
-    } else {
-        console.log('should throw error');
-        throw 'could not post';
     }
 
-    
-
-    console.log(`Hello ${nameToGreet}!`);
     const time = (new Date()).toTimeString();
     core.setOutput("time", time);