diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 43f0f12f3..bf736ca89 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     {
         $request = $this->getRequest();
 
-        $msg = $request->getParam('msg');
+        $msg = $request->getParam('msg_post');
         $stream_id = $request->getParam('stream_id');
         $boot_time = $request->getParam('boot_time');
 
diff --git a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
index 835cc9379..13b2e6589 100644
--- a/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
+++ b/python_apps/api_clients/api_client.py
@@ -364,8 +364,12 @@ class AirtimeApiClient(object):
     def notify_liquidsoap_status(self, msg, stream_id, time):
         logger = self.logger
         try:
-            post_data = {"msg": msg}
+            post_data = {"msg_post": msg}
+
+            #encoded_msg is no longer used server_side!!
+            encoded_msg = urllib.quote('dummy')
             self.services.update_liquidsoap_status.req(post_data,
+                                            msg=encoded_msg,
                                             stream_id=stream_id,
                                             boot_time=time).retry(5)
         except Exception, e: