diff --git a/lib/tasks/conference.js b/lib/tasks/conference.js
index 55afc864..4a7a6200 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/conference.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/conference.js
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Conference extends Task {
     }
 
     if (typeof this.maxParticipants === 'number' && this.maxParticipants > 1) {
-      this.endpoint.api('conference', `${this.confName} set max_members ${this.maxParticipants}`)
+      this.ep.api('conference', `${this.confName} set max_members ${this.maxParticipants}`)
         .catch((err) => this.logger.error(err, `Error setting max participants to ${this.maxParticipants}`));
     }
   }
@@ -448,16 +448,16 @@ class Conference extends Task {
   async _playHook(cs, dlg, hook, allowed = [TaskName.Play, TaskName.Say, TaskName.Pause]) {
     assert(!this._playSession);
     const json = await cs.application.requestor.request(hook, cs.callInfo);
+    const tasks = normalizeJambones(this.logger, json).map((tdata) => makeTask(this.logger, tdata));
 
-    const allowedTasks = json.filter((task) => allowed.includes(task.verb));
-    if (json.length !== allowedTasks.length) {
-      this.logger.debug({json, allowedTasks}, 'unsupported task');
-      throw new Error(`unsupported verb in dial conference wait/enterHook: only ${JSON.stringify(allowed)}`);
+    const allowedTasks = tasks.filter((t) => allowed.includes(t.name));
+    if (tasks.length !== allowedTasks.length) {
+      this.logger.debug({tasks, allowedTasks}, 'unsupported task');
+      throw new Error(`unsupported verb in conference waitHook: only ${JSON.stringify(allowed)}`);
     }
-    this.logger.debug(`Conference:_playHook: executing ${json.length} tasks`);
+    this.logger.debug(`Conference:_playHook: executing ${tasks.length} tasks`);
 
-    if (json.length > 0) {
-      const tasks = normalizeJambones(this.logger, json).map((tdata) => makeTask(this.logger, tdata));
+    if (tasks.length > 0) {
       this._playSession = new ConfirmCallSession({
         logger: this.logger,
         application: cs.application,
@@ -514,9 +514,6 @@ class Conference extends Task {
       const functionName = `_on${capitalize(camelize(action))}`;
       (Conference.prototype[functionName] || unhandled).bind(this, this.logger, cs, evt)() ;
     }
-    else {
-      this.logger.debug(`Conference#__onConferenceEvent: got unhandled custom event: ${eventName}`) ;
-    }
   }
 
   // conference event handlers