diff --git a/lib/http-routes/api/create-call.js b/lib/http-routes/api/create-call.js
index b16e4f22..a9352c92 100644
--- a/lib/http-routes/api/create-call.js
+++ b/lib/http-routes/api/create-call.js
@@ -208,10 +208,13 @@ router.post('/',
 
       /**
      * create our application object -
-     * not from the database as per an inbound call,
-     * but from the provided params in the request
+     * we merge the inbound call application,
+     * with the provided app params from the request body
      */
-      const app = req.body;
+      const app = {
+        ...application,
+        ...req.body
+      };
 
       /**
      * attach our requestor and notifier objects
diff --git a/lib/tasks/rest_dial.js b/lib/tasks/rest_dial.js
index ee347078..fc76ecea 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/rest_dial.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/rest_dial.js
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ class TaskRestDial extends Task {
           synthesizer: {
             vendor: cs.speechSynthesisVendor,
             language: cs.speechSynthesisLanguage,
-            voice: cs.speechSynthesisVoice
+            voice: cs.speechSynthesisVoice,
+            label: cs.speechSynthesisLabel,
           },
           recognizer: {
             vendor:  cs.speechRecognizerVendor,
-            language: cs.speechRecognizerLanguage
+            language: cs.speechRecognizerLanguage,
+            label: cs.speechRecognizerLabel,
           }
         }
       };