diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
index 2d01d9b52c..0b4cd658e9 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ module.exports = HttpController =
 	listDocs: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 		logger.log "listing packing doc history"
 		limit = +req.query?.limit || 100
-		PackManager.listDocs {limit},  (error, doc_ids) ->
+		doc_id = req.query?.doc_id if req.query?.doc_id?.match(/^[0-9a-f]{24}$/)
+		PackManager.listDocs {limit, doc_id},  (error, doc_ids) ->
 			return next(error) if error?
 			ids = (doc.doc_id.toString() for doc in doc_ids)
 			output = _.uniq(ids).join("\n") + "\n"
diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/PackManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/PackManager.coffee
index 2c877f4a0c..7d39c43c8d 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/PackManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/PackManager.coffee
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ module.exports = PackManager =
 		db.docHistory.findAndModify {query, update}, callback
 
 	listDocs: (options, callback) ->
-		db.docHistory.find({"op.p":{$exists:true}}, {doc_id:true}).limit (options.limit||100), (err, docs) ->
+		query = {"op.p":{$exists:true}}
+		query.doc_id = {$gt: ObjectId(options.doc_id)} if options.doc_id?
+		db.docHistory.find(query, {doc_id:true}).sort({doc_id:1}).limit (options.limit||100), (err, docs) ->
 			return callback(err) if err?
 			callback(null, docs)
diff --git a/services/track-changes/pack.sh b/services/track-changes/pack.sh
index f94a58d077..9a927af0ca 100755
--- a/services/track-changes/pack.sh
+++ b/services/track-changes/pack.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ for n in $(seq 5 -1 1) ; do
     sleep 1
 done
 
-while docs=$(curl "$HOST/doc/list?limit=1000"); do
+while docs=$(curl "$HOST/doc/list?limit=1000&doc_id=$last_doc"); do
     if [ -z "$docs" ] ; then break ; fi
     for d in $docs ; do 
 	echo "packing $d"
 	curl -X POST "$HOST/doc/$d/pack"
 	sleep $T
+	last_doc=$d
     done
 done