diff --git a/spec/ParseAPI.spec.js b/spec/ParseAPI.spec.js
index 73ab223bfb..b3c26b028d 100644
--- a/spec/ParseAPI.spec.js
+++ b/spec/ParseAPI.spec.js
@@ -1340,7 +1340,6 @@ describe('miscellaneous', function() {
        expect(res.key).toBe(1);
        return runIncrement(-1);
      }).then((res) => {
-       console.log(res);
        expect(res.key).toBe(0);
        done();
      })
diff --git a/spec/PushController.spec.js b/spec/PushController.spec.js
index fbb4124491..7e2ed3a231 100644
--- a/spec/PushController.spec.js
+++ b/spec/PushController.spec.js
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ describe('PushController', () => {
      expect(results.length).toBe(1);
      let result = results[0];
      expect(result.createdAt instanceof Date).toBe(true);
+     expect(result.updatedAt instanceof Date).toBe(true);
      expect(result.id.length).toBe(10);
      expect(result.get('source')).toEqual('rest');
      expect(result.get('query')).toEqual(JSON.stringify({}));
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
index 10ad188463..9cac0659b5 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ const parseObjectKeyValueToMongoObjectKeyValue = (
   let coercedToDate;
   switch(restKey) {
   case 'objectId': return {key: '_id', value: restValue};
-  case '_created_at'://TODO: for some reason, _PushStatus is already transformed when it gets here. For now,
-  // just pass the _created_at through. Later, we should make sure the push status doesn't get transformed inside Parse Server.
   case 'createdAt':
     transformedValue = transformAtom(restValue, false);
     coercedToDate = typeof transformedValue === 'string' ? new Date(transformedValue) : transformedValue
@@ -228,8 +226,6 @@ const parseObjectKeyValueToMongoObjectKeyValue = (
     transformedValue = transformAtom(restValue, false);
     coercedToDate = typeof transformedValue === 'string' ? new Date(transformedValue) : transformedValue
     return {key: 'expiresAt', value: coercedToDate};
-  case '_id': //TODO: for some reason, _PushStatus is already transformed when it gets here. For now,
-  // just pass the ID through. Later, we should make sure the push status doesn't get transformed inside Parse Server.
   case '_rperm':
   case '_wperm':
   case '_email_verify_token':
diff --git a/src/pushStatusHandler.js b/src/pushStatusHandler.js
index 7b60ff7187..dfe887f3ea 100644
--- a/src/pushStatusHandler.js
+++ b/src/pushStatusHandler.js
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ export default function pushStatusHandler(config) {
     let data =  body.data || {};
     let payloadString = JSON.stringify(data);
     let object = {
-      _id: objectId,
+      objectId,
+      createdAt: now,
       pushTime: now.toISOString(),
-      _created_at: now,
       query: JSON.stringify(where),
       payload: payloadString,
       source: options.source,
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ export default function pushStatusHandler(config) {
       numSent: 0,
       pushHash: md5Hash(payloadString),
       // lockdown!
-      _wperm: [],
-      _rperm: []
+      ACL: {}
     }
 
     return database.create(PUSH_STATUS_COLLECTION, object).then(() => {
@@ -54,12 +53,13 @@ export default function pushStatusHandler(config) {
     logger.verbose('sending push to %d installations', installations.length);
     return database.update(PUSH_STATUS_COLLECTION,
       {status:"pending", objectId: objectId},
-      {status: "running"});
+      {status: "running", updatedAt: new Date() });
   }
 
   let complete = function(results) {
     let update = {
       status: 'succeeded',
+      updatedAt: new Date(),
       numSent: 0,
       numFailed: 0,
     };
@@ -87,16 +87,17 @@ export default function pushStatusHandler(config) {
       }, update);
     }
     logger.verbose('sent push! %d success, %d failures', update.numSent, update.numFailed);
-    return database.update('_PushStatus', {status:"running", objectId }, update);
+    return database.update(PUSH_STATUS_COLLECTION, {status:"running", objectId }, update);
   }
 
   let fail = function(err) {
     let update = {
       errorMessage: JSON.stringify(err),
-      status: 'failed'
+      status: 'failed',
+      updatedAt: new Date()
     }
     logger.error('error while sending push', err);
-    return database.update('_PushStatus', { objectId }, update);
+    return database.update(PUSH_STATUS_COLLECTION, { objectId }, update);
   }
 
   return Object.freeze({