diff --git a/amplitude.py b/amplitude.py
index 3a3e16b..b9c60d0 100644
--- a/amplitude.py
+++ b/amplitude.py
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ def handle (message, context):
 
 def process_compressed (data):
     events = ""
-    batch = []
+    batches = None
 
     for chunk in decompress(data):
         events += chunk
         partitioned_events = partition_available_events(events)
         if is_partitioned(partitioned_events):
             events = partitioned_events[2]
-            batch = process(partitioned_events[0], batch, False)
+            batches = process(partitioned_events[0], is_last_call = False)
 
-    process(events, batch)
+    process(events, batches)
 
 def decompress (data):
     decompressor = zlib.decompressobj(ZLIB_WBITS)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def partition_available_events (events):
 def is_partitioned (partition):
     return partition[1] != ""
 
-def process (events, batch = [], is_last_call = True):
+def process (events, batches = {"identify": [], "event": []}, is_last_call = True):
     for event_string in events.splitlines():
         event = json.loads(event_string)
 
@@ -129,18 +129,22 @@ def process (events, batch = [], is_last_call = True):
         event["insert_id"] = insert_id_hmac.hexdigest()
 
         if contains_identify_verbs(event["user_properties"]):
-            event["user_properties"] = process_identify_verbs(event["user_properties"], user_id, device_id)
+            result = process_identify_verbs(event["user_properties"])
+            batches["identify"].append({"user_id": user_id, "device_id": device_id,
+                                        "user_properties": result["identify"]})
+            event["user_properties"] = result["pruned"]
 
-        batch.append(event)
-        if len(batch) == MAX_EVENTS_PER_BATCH:
-            send(batch)
-            batch = []
+        batches["event"].append(event)
+        if len(batches["event"]) == MAX_EVENTS_PER_BATCH:
+            send(batches)
+            batches["identify"] = []
+            batches["event"] = []
 
     if not is_last_call:
-        return batch
+        return batches
 
-    if len(batch) > 0:
-        send(batch)
+    if len(batches["event"]) > 0:
+        send(batches)
 
 def is_event_ok (event):
     # https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204771828#keys-for-the-event-argument
@@ -149,32 +153,27 @@ def is_event_ok (event):
 def contains_identify_verbs (user_properties):
     return reduce(lambda contains, verb: contains or verb in user_properties, IDENTIFY_VERBS, False)
 
-def process_identify_verbs (user_properties, user_id, device_id):
+def process_identify_verbs (user_properties):
     def split (payloads, key):
         payloads["identify" if key in IDENTIFY_VERBS else "pruned"][key] = user_properties[key]
         return payloads
 
-    payloads = reduce(split, user_properties.keys(), {"pruned": {}, "identify": {}})
+    return reduce(split, user_properties.keys(), {"identify": {}, "pruned": {}})
 
-    # https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205406617-Identify-API-Modify-User-Properties#request-format
-    requests.post("https://api.amplitude.com/identify",
-                  data={"api_key": AMPLITUDE_API_KEY,
-                        "identification": json.dumps({"user_id": user_id,
-                                                      "device_id": device_id,
-                                                      "user_properties": payloads["identify"]})})
-
-    return payloads["pruned"]
-
-def send (batch):
+def send (batches):
     batch_interval = time.time() - send.batch_time
     if batch_interval < MIN_BATCH_INTERVAL:
-        print "sleeping", MIN_BATCH_INTERVAL - batch_interval
         time.sleep(MIN_BATCH_INTERVAL - batch_interval)
 
-    print "sending", len(batch)
+    print "sending, identify: {}, event: {}".format(len(batches["identify"]), len(batches["event"]))
+
+    # https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205406617-Identify-API-Modify-User-Properties#request-format
+    requests.post("https://api.amplitude.com/identify",
+                  data={"api_key": AMPLITUDE_API_KEY, "identification": json.dumps(batches["identify"])})
+
     # https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204771828#request-format
     response = requests.post("https://api.amplitude.com/httpapi",
-                             data={"api_key": AMPLITUDE_API_KEY, "event": json.dumps(batch)})
+                             data={"api_key": AMPLITUDE_API_KEY, "event": json.dumps(batches["event"])})
 
     # For want of a better error-handling mechanism,
     # one failed request fails an entire dump from S3.