diff --git a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php
index 4d2db859..a13c0ca1 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class WrenchApi extends BaseController
 
         if ( $call_backend ==  true){
             $wrenchboard = new  \App\Models\BackendModel();
-            $ret = $this->wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
+            $ret = $wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
             $out['internal_return'] = $ret;
             /*    $this->load->model('BackendModel');
               $out = array();
diff --git a/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php b/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php
index d05eb69f..f7739a47 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ class BackendModel extends Model
     }
 
 
-    public function wrenchboard_api($in, &$out = array()) {
+    public function wrenchboard_api($in, $out = array()) {
         log_message('critical', "wrenchboard_api-STARTING" );
-$out =  $in;
-$ret =1;
-   /*     $this->wrenchboard_load();
+//$out =  $in;
+//$ret =1;
+        $this->wrenchboard_load();
         if (!is_array($in)) {
             $in = array();
         }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ $ret =1;
             error_log(json_encode($in));
         }
         $ret = $this->wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
-   */
+
         return $ret;
     }