diff --git a/config/default.json.example b/config/default.json.example
index a4ef6929..f6a3f6d0 100644
--- a/config/default.json.example
+++ b/config/default.json.example
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
     "port": 3010,
     "secret": "cymru"
   },
-  "freeswitch: [
-    {
-      "address": "127.0.0.1",
-      "port": 8021,
-      "secret": "ClueCon"
-    }
-  ],
+  "freeswitch: {
+    "address": "127.0.0.1",
+    "port": 8021,
+    "secret": "ClueCon"
+  },
   "logging": {
     "level": "info"
   },
diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
index 6c535639..22795eaa 100644
--- a/lib/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ module.exports = function(srf, logger) {
         baseUrl: `${u.protocol}://${u.resource}${myPort}`,
         auth
       };
-      logger.debug({originalRequest: app.originalRequest}, 'invokeWebCallback');
-      const obj = req.locals.callInfo;
+      logger.debug({url: call_hook.url, method}, 'invokeWebCallback');
+      const obj = Object.assign({}, req.locals.callInfo);
 
       // if the call hook is a POST add the entire SIP message to the payload
-      if (method === 'POST') Object.assign(obj, {sip: req.msg});
-      app.tasks = await retrieveApp(logger, app.call_hook, method, auth, obj);
+      if (method === 'POST') obj.sip = req.msg;
+      app.tasks = await retrieveApp(logger, call_hook.url, method, auth, obj);
       next();
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error(err, 'Error retrieving or parsing application');
diff --git a/lib/session/call-info.js b/lib/session/call-info.js
index 0eb045d4..5b1ac3d8 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-info.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-info.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class CallInfo {
       this.originatingSipIP = req.get('X-Forwarded-For');
       this.originatingSipTrunkName = req.get('X-Originating-Carrier');
     }
-    else if (opts.parentCallInfo instanceof CallInfo) {
+    else if (opts.parentCallInfo) {
+      console.log(`is opts.parentCallInfo a CallInfo ${opts.parentCallInfo instanceof CallInfo}`);
       const {req, parentCallInfo} = opts;
       this.callSid = uuidv4();
       this.parentCallSid = parentCallInfo.callSid;
diff --git a/lib/session/call-session.js b/lib/session/call-session.js
index 011b1c0e..b57cd5b8 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-session.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-session.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
   }
   _notifyCallStatusChange({callStatus, sipStatus}) {
     this.logger.debug(`CallSession:_notifyCallStatusChange: ${callStatus} ${sipStatus}`);
-    this.callInfo.updateStatus(callStatus, sipStatus);
+    this.callInfo.updateCallStatus(callStatus, sipStatus);
     try {
       this.notifyHook(this.application.call_status_hook);
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/lib/tasks/dial.js b/lib/tasks/dial.js
index 88f80304..4815c339 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/dial.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/dial.js
@@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ class TaskDial extends Task {
       callingNumber: this.callerId || req.callingNumber
     };
 
-    // construct bare-bones callInfo for the new outbound call attempt
-    const callInfo = Object.assign({}, cs.callInfo);
-    callInfo.parentCallSid = cs.callSid;
-    callInfo.direction = CallDirection.Outbound;
-    ['callSid', 'callID', 'from', 'to', 'callerId', 'sipStatus', 'callStatus'].forEach((k) => delete callInfo[k]);
-
     const ms = await cs.getMS();
     const timerRing = setTimeout(() => {
       this.logger.info(`Dial:_attemptCall: ring no answer timer ${this.timeout}s exceeded`);
@@ -154,7 +148,7 @@ class TaskDial extends Task {
           sbcAddress,
           target: t,
           opts,
-          callInfo
+          callInfo: cs.callInfo
         });
         this.dials.set(sd.callSid, sd);
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/notifiers.js b/lib/utils/notifiers.js
index 01135484..cf3b2c11 100644
--- a/lib/utils/notifiers.js
+++ b/lib/utils/notifiers.js
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ require('request-debug')(request);
 const retrieveApp = require('./retrieve-app');
 
 function hooks(logger, callInfo) {
-  function actionHook(hook, obj, expectResponse = true) {
+  logger.debug({callInfo}, 'creating action hook');
+  function actionHook(hook, obj = {}, expectResponse = true) {
     const method = hook.method.toUpperCase();
     const auth = (hook.username && hook.password) ?
       {username: hook.username, password: hook.password} :
       null;
 
     const data = Object.assign({}, obj, callInfo);
+    logger.debug({data}, `actionhook sending to ${hook.url}`);
     if ('GET' === method) {
       // remove customer data - only for POSTs since it might be quite complex
       delete data.customerData;
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ function hooks(logger, callInfo) {
       json: 'POST' === method || expectResponse
     };
     if (auth) obj.auth = auth;
-    if ('POST' === method) obj.body = data;
-    else obj.qs = data;
+    if ('POST' === method) opts.body = data;
+    else opts.qs = data;
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       request(opts, (err, response, body) => {
diff --git a/lib/utils/place-outdial.js b/lib/utils/place-outdial.js
index de89782b..ec3e9af5 100644
--- a/lib/utils/place-outdial.js
+++ b/lib/utils/place-outdial.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class SingleDialer extends Emitter {
            *  (a) create a logger for this call
            *  (b) augment this.callInfo with additional call info
            */
+          this.logger.debug(`call sent, creating CallInfo parentCallInfo is CallInfo? ${this.parentCallInfo instanceof CallInfo}`);
           this.callInfo = new CallInfo({
             direction: CallDirection.Outbound,
             parentCallInfo: this.parentCallInfo,
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class SingleDialer extends Emitter {
 
   _notifyCallStatusChange({callStatus, sipStatus}) {
     this.logger.debug(`SingleDialer:_notifyCallStatusChange: ${callStatus} ${sipStatus}`);
-    this.callInfo.updateStatus(callStatus, sipStatus);
+    this.callInfo.updateCallStatus(callStatus, sipStatus);
     try {
       this.notifyHook(this.application.call_status_hook);
     } catch (err) {