diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 4d6ae2f9e..5a9c547ae 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             );
         }
         Application_Model_Preference::SetImportTimestamp();
+        Logging::log("--->Mode: $mode and file: {$md['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH']} ");
         if ($mode == "create") {
             $filepath = $md['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH'];
             $filepath = Application_Common_OsPath::normpath($filepath);
@@ -539,6 +540,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             return $return_hash;
         }
         $return_hash['fileid'] = $file->getId();
+        Logging::log("Have we returned jack shit???");
         return $return_hash;
     }
 
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 $this->uploadRecordedActionParam($info_json['showinstanceid'],$info_json['fileid'],$dry_run=$dry);
             }
         }
+        Logging::log("returning response ><<><><><><><><");
         die( json_encode($responses) );
     }
 
diff --git a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
index bb5fbe737..04865b783 100644
--- a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
+++ b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class AirtimeApiClient():
     # file
     @staticmethod
     def create_right_config(log=None,config_path=None):
-        if config_path: default_config = config_path
-        return AirtimeApiClient( logger=None, config_path=default_config )
+        if config_path: AirtimeApiClient.default_config = config_path
+        return AirtimeApiClient( logger=None, config_path=AirtimeApiClient.default_config )
 
     def __init__(self, logger=None,config_path='/etc/airtime/api_client.cfg'):
         if logger is None:
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class AirtimeApiClient():
             # debugging
             for action in action_list:
                 if not 'mode' in action:
-                    self.logger.debug("Warning: Sending a request element without a 'mode'")
+                    self.logger.debug("Warning: Trying to send a request element without a 'mode'")
                     self.logger.debug("Here is the the request: '%s'" % str(action) )
                 else:
                     # We alias the value of is_record to true or false no
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ class AirtimeApiClient():
             response = json.loads(response)
             return response
         except Exception, e:
+            import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
             logger.error('Exception: %s', e)
             logger.error("traceback: %s", traceback.format_exc())
             raise
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/events.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/events.py
index 4e7490c9f..402a10621 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/events.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/events.py
@@ -35,7 +35,24 @@ class BaseEvent(object):
 
 class OrganizeFile(BaseEvent, HasMetaData):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(OrganizeFile, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def pack(self):
+        raise AttributeError("What the hell are you doing? You can't send organize events to airtime!!!")
+
 class NewFile(BaseEvent, HasMetaData):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(NewFile, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def pack(self):
+        """
+        packs turns an event into a media monitor request
+        """
+        req_dict = self.metadata.extract()
+        req_dict['mode'] = 'create'
+        req_dict['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH'] = self.path
+        return req_dict
+
 class DeleteFile(BaseEvent):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(DeleteFile, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def pack(self):
+        req_dict = {}
+        req_dict['mode'] = 'delete'
+        req_dict['MDATA_KEY_FILEPATH'] = self.path
+        return req_dict
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
index 41be0fddb..66caccbd2 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def truncate_to_length(item, length):
         else: return item
 
 class Metadata(Loggable):
+
     @staticmethod
     def write_unsafe(path,md):
         if not os.path.exists(path):
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/watchersyncer.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/watchersyncer.py
index 45bc7f3b1..1095b52c9 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/watchersyncer.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/watchersyncer.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class RequestSync(threading.Thread,Loggable):
         # Not forget to attach the 'is_record' to any requests that are related
         # to recorded shows
         # A simplistic request would like:
-        self.apiclient.send_media_monitor_requests(self.requests)
+        self.apiclient.send_media_monitor_requests([ req.pack() for req in self.requests ])
         self.watcher.flag_done()
 
 class TimeoutWatcher(threading.Thread,Loggable):