diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 033369802..a0918d60d 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $this->uploadRecordedActionParam($show_instance_id, $file_id);
     }
 
-    // The paramterized version of the uploadRecordedAction controller. We want this controller's action
-    // to be invokable from other controllers instead being of only through http
+    // The paramterized version of the uploadRecordedAction controller.
+    // We want this controller's action to be invokable from other
+    // controllers instead being of only through http
     public function uploadRecordedActionParam($show_instance_id, $file_id)
     {
         $showCanceled = false;
@@ -430,10 +431,10 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             //we've reached here probably because the show was
-            //cancelled, and therefore the show instance does not
-            //exist anymore (ShowInstance constructor threw this error).
-            //We've done all we can do (upload the file and put it in
-            //the library), now lets just return.
+            //cancelled, and therefore the show instance does not exist
+            //anymore (ShowInstance constructor threw this error). We've
+            //done all we can do (upload the file and put it in the
+            //library), now lets just return.
             $showCanceled = true;
         }
 
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
         if (!$showCanceled && Application_Model_Preference::GetAutoUploadRecordedShowToSoundcloud()) {
             $id = $file->getId();
-            $res = exec("/usr/lib/airtime/utils/soundcloud-uploader $id > /dev/null &");
+            Application_Model_Soundcloud::uploadSoundcloud($id);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php
index 327321383..9609a1ef8 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ class DashboardController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $user = new Application_Model_User($userInfo->id);
 
         $show = Application_Model_Show::getCurrentShow();
-
-        $show_id = isset($show['id'])?$show['id']:0;
-
+        $show_id = isset($show[0]['id'])?$show[0]['id']:0;
         $source_connected = Application_Model_Preference::GetSourceStatus($sourcename);
 
         if ($user->canSchedule($show_id) && $source_connected) {
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
index fa6a92e68..2d8f06b71 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     public function uploadFileSoundcloudAction()
     {
         $id = $this->_getParam('id');
-        $res = exec("/usr/lib/airtime/utils/soundcloud-uploader $id > /dev/null &");
+        Application_Model_Soundcloud::uploadSoundcloud($id);
         // we should die with ui info
         die();
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
index f65ce1332..c2fe93dbb 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ class ScheduleController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
         $file = $show_inst->getRecordedFile();
         $id = $file->getId();
-        $res = exec("/usr/lib/airtime/utils/soundcloud-uploader $id > /dev/null &");
+        //$res = exec("/usr/lib/airtime/utils/soundcloud-uploader $id > /dev/null &");
+        Application_Model_Soundcloud::uploadSoundcloud($id);
         // we should die with ui info
         die();
     }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php
index 7e2b74d57..4dd99444a 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Soundcloud.php
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class Application_Model_Soundcloud
 
                 //YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-SS
                 $release = explode("-", $release);
-
                 $track_data['track[release_year]']  = $release[0];
                 $track_data['track[release_month]'] = $release[1];
                 $track_data['track[release_day]']   = $release[2];
@@ -87,6 +86,13 @@ class Application_Model_Soundcloud
             throw new NoSoundCloundToken();
         }
     }
+
+    public static function uploadSoundcloud($id) 
+    {
+        $cmd = "/usr/lib/airtime/utils/soundcloud-uploader $id > /dev/null &";
+        Logging::info("Uploading soundcloud with command: $cmd");
+        exec($cmd);
+    }
 }
 
 class NoSoundCloundToken extends Exception {}
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/User.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/User.php
index d07552472..1d9d94e07 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/User.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/User.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class Application_Model_User
     public function isHostOfShow($showId)
     {
         $userId = $this->_userInstance->getDbId();
-
         return CcShowHostsQuery::create()
             ->filterByDbShow($showId)
             ->filterByDbHost($userId)->count() > 0;
@@ -63,10 +62,9 @@ class Application_Model_User
 
         if ($type === UTYPE_ADMIN ||
             $type === UTYPE_PROGRAM_MANAGER ||
-            CcShowHostsQuery::create()->filterByDbShow($p_showId)->filterByDbHost($this->getId())->count() > 0) {
+            self::isHostOfShow($p_showId)) {
             $result = true;
         }
-
         return $result;
     }
 
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ class Application_Model_User
             $this->_userInstance->delete();
         }
     }
-    public function getOwnedFiles() 
+    public function getOwnedFiles()
     {
         $user = $this->_userInstance;
         // do we need a find call at the end here?
diff --git a/utils/soundcloud-uploader.php b/utils/soundcloud-uploader.php
index ea6826aab..2660d32e2 100644
--- a/utils/soundcloud-uploader.php
+++ b/utils/soundcloud-uploader.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array(
 require_once($CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].'/application/models/StoredFile.php');
 require_once($CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].'/application/models/Preference.php');
 require_once($CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].'/application/models/MusicDir.php');
+require_once($CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].'/application/common/OsPath.php');
 
 set_include_path($CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].'/library' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
 require_once($CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].'/application/models/Soundcloud.php');