diff --git a/requirements.conda.txt b/requirements.conda.txt
index c371fe235..91f49d501 100644
--- a/requirements.conda.txt
+++ b/requirements.conda.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 drmaa
 hdf5plugin
-ispyb>=11.1.0
+ispyb>=11.1.2
 junit-xml>=1.9
 marshmallow-sqlalchemy
 minio>=7.1.0
diff --git a/src/dlstbx/crud.py b/src/dlstbx/crud.py
index d350e85c6..84340d81f 100644
--- a/src/dlstbx/crud.py
+++ b/src/dlstbx/crud.py
@@ -368,6 +368,22 @@ def get_ssx_events_for_dcid(
     return query.all()
 
 
+def get_app_id_for_scaling_id(
+    session: sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session,
+    scaling_id: int,
+) -> int:
+    query = (
+        session.query(models.AutoProc.autoProcProgramId)
+        .join(
+            models.AutoProcScaling,
+            models.AutoProcScaling.autoProcId == models.AutoProc.autoProcId,
+        )
+        .filter(models.AutoProcScaling.autoProcScalingId == scaling_id)
+    )
+    result = query.first()
+    return result.autoProcProgramId
+
+
 def insert_xray_centring(
     xrc: schemas.XrayCentring,
     session: sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session,
diff --git a/src/dlstbx/services/ispybsvc.py b/src/dlstbx/services/ispybsvc.py
index 7f23a4a97..9a03e99b3 100644
--- a/src/dlstbx/services/ispybsvc.py
+++ b/src/dlstbx/services/ispybsvc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os.path
 import pathlib
 import time
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List
 
 import ispyb.sqlalchemy
@@ -323,11 +324,21 @@ def do_store_dimple_failure(self, parameters, **kwargs):
             )
             return False
 
-    def do_register_processing(self, parameters, **kwargs):
+    def do_register_processing(
+        self, parameters, session: sqlalchemy.orm.Session, **kwargs
+    ):
         program = parameters("program")
         cmdline = parameters("cmdline")
-        environment = parameters("environment") or ""
+        environment = parameters("environment") or {}
         upstream_source = parameters("upstream_source") or ""
+        scaling_id = parameters("scaling_id") or environment.get("scaling_id")
+        if isinstance(scaling_id, list):
+            scaling_id = scaling_id[0]
+        parent_appid = (
+            crud.get_app_id_for_scaling_id(session, int(scaling_id))
+            if scaling_id
+            else None
+        )
         processingpipelineid = self.get_pipeline_id(program, upstream_source)
         if isinstance(environment, dict):
             environment = ", ".join(
@@ -339,21 +350,20 @@ def do_register_processing(self, parameters, **kwargs):
             self.log.error("Invalid processing id '%s'", rpid)
             return False
         try:
-            result = self.ispyb.mx_processing.upsert_program_ex(
-                job_id=rpid,
-                name=program,
-                command=cmdline,
-                environment=environment,
-                pipeline_id=processingpipelineid,
+            new_app = ispyb.sqlalchemy.AutoProcProgram(
+                processingJobId=rpid,
+                processingPrograms=program,
+                processingCommandLine=cmdline,
+                processingEnvironment=environment,
+                processingPipelineId=processingpipelineid,
+                parentAutoProcProgramId=parent_appid,
+                recordTimeStamp=datetime.now(),
             )
+            session.add(new_app)
+            session.commit()
+            result = new_app.autoProcProgramId
             self.log.info(
-                "Registered new program '%s' for processing id '%s' with command line '%s' and environment '%s' and pipeline id '%s' with result '%s'.",
-                program,
-                rpid,
-                cmdline,
-                environment,
-                processingpipelineid,
-                result,
+                f"Registered new program '{program}' for processing id '{rpid}' with command line '{cmdline}' and environment '{environment}', pipeline id '{processingpipelineid}' and parent program id '{parent_appid}' with result '{result}'.",
             )
             return {"success": True, "return_value": result}
         except ispyb.ISPyBException as e: