diff --git a/backplane-dns.lisp b/backplane-dns.lisp
index b9aa6d7..78ddc3f 100644
--- a/backplane-dns.lisp
+++ b/backplane-dns.lisp
@@ -184,13 +184,14 @@
                :mechanism :sasl-plain)
     (funcall f backplane)))
 
-(defun backplane-dns-listen (xmpp-host
-                             xmpp-username
-                             xmpp-password
-                             db-host
-                             db-name
-                             db-username
-                             db-password)
+(defun backplane-dns-listen (&key
+                               xmpp-host
+                               xmpp-username
+                               xmpp-password
+                               db-host
+                               db-name
+                               db-username
+                               db-password)
   (postmodern:with-connection (list db-name db-username db-password db-host :use-ssl :try)
     (with-backplane xmpp-host xmpp-username xmpp-password
       (lambda (backplane)
@@ -202,11 +203,11 @@
 
 (defun start-listener-with-env ()
   (backplane-dns-listen
-   (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_XMPP_HOSTNAME" "backplane.fudo.org")
-   (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_XMPP_USERNAME" "dns")
-   (read-file-line (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_XMPP_PASSWORD_FILE"))
+   :xmpp-host     (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_XMPP_HOSTNAME")
+   :xmpp-username (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_XMPP_USERNAME")
+   :xmpp-password (read-file-line (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_XMPP_PASSWORD_FILE"))
 
-   (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_NAME" "pdns")
-   (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_USERNAME" "dns_backplane")
-   (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_HOSTNAME")
-   (read-file-line (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_PASSWORD_FILE"))))
+   :db-name       (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_NAME")
+   :db-username   (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_USERNAME")
+   :db-host       (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_HOSTNAME")
+   :db-password   (read-file-line (getenv-or-fail "FUDO_DNS_BACKPLANE_DATABASE_PASSWORD_FILE"))))