diff --git a/monitoring.py b/monitoring.py
index 70220101..2d6e280c 100644
--- a/monitoring.py
+++ b/monitoring.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def log_postfix_metrics():
 
     proc_counts = get_num_procs(["smtp", "smtpd", "bounce", "cleanup"])
     for proc_name in proc_counts:
+        LOG.d(f"Process count {proc_counts}")
         newrelic.agent.record_custom_metric(
             f"Custom/process_{proc_name}_count", proc_counts[proc_name]
         )
@@ -50,16 +51,20 @@ def get_num_procs(proc_names: List[str]) -> Dict[str, int]:
         .communicate()[0]
         .decode("utf-8")
     )
+    return _process_ps_output(proc_names, data)
+
+
+def _process_ps_output(proc_names: List[str], data: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
     proc_counts = {proc_name: 0 for proc_name in proc_names}
     lines = data.split("\n")
     for line in lines:
-        entry = [field for field in line.split() if field.strip()]
+        entry = [field for field in line.strip().split() if field.strip()]
         if len(entry) < 5:
             continue
         if entry[4][0] == "[":
             continue
         for proc_name in proc_names:
-            if entry[4].find(proc_name) == 0:
+            if entry[4] == proc_name:
                 proc_counts[proc_name] += 1
     return proc_counts
 
diff --git a/tests/test_monitoring.py b/tests/test_monitoring.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87475fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_monitoring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from monitoring import _process_ps_output
+
+
+def test_monitoring_proc_count():
+    data = """
+    PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
+   1432 ?        S<     0:00 [loop44]
+   3438 ?        Ssl    0:00 /bin/sh arg
+   3440 ?        Sl     0:00 /bin/cron args
+   3440 ?        Sl     0:00 smtp arg
+   3448 ?        Sl     0:00 smtpd arg
+   3441 ?        Sl     0:00 other smtpd arg
+    """
+    result = _process_ps_output(["smtp", "smtpd", "cron"], data)
+    assert 1 == result["smtp"]
+    assert 1 == result["smtpd"]
+    assert 0 == result["cron"]