Long-Term Debt - Summary of long term debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	$ 10,349	$ 6,019
Less current portion	(849)	(849)
Long-term debt, Noncurrent	9,500	5,170
Paycheck Protection Program Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	4,000	0
Line of credit payable to a financial institution; Interest rate option of bank prime or Libor plus 1.65% (1.579% as of June 30, 2020) (B) (C )
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	3,750	3,000
Term loan payable to a financial institution; Interest rate option of bank prime or Libor plus 1.4% (1.573% as of June 30, 2020), monthly principal payments of $21,833 through 2021 with a balloon payment of $786,000 due December 1, 2021 (C)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	1,179	1,310
Term loan payable to a financial institution; Interest rate option of bank prime or Libor plus 1.4% (2.981130% as of June 30, 2020), monthly principal payments of $23,810 through December 1, 2021 (C)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	430	571
Equipment note obligations; Interest rate fixed for term of each funding based upon the Lender's lease pricing at time of funding. (Interest rate/factor 1.8259% - 1.835015% as of June 30, 2020) (D)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	602	670
Equipment financing lease obligations; Interest rate fixed for term of each funding based upon the Lender's lease pricing at time of funding. (Interest rate/factor 1.822758% - 1.869304% at time of funding) (E)
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	$ 388	$ 468

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