diff --git a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchTransactions.php b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchTransactions.php
index e52675a9..9fe8f95b 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchTransactions.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchTransactions.php
@@ -86,7 +86,22 @@ class WrenchTransactions extends BaseController
                 break;
         }
 
-        $response = [];
+        $in["loc"] = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
+        log_message('critical', "wrenchboard_api-CALL PREPARE DATA".serialize($in) );
+
+
+        if ( $call_backend ==  true  && $in["action"] !='' ){
+            $wrenchboard = new  \App\Models\BackendModel();
+            $ret = $wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
+            $out['internal_return'] = $ret;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            $out =  $local_out;
+        }
+
+        $this->doCacheStep($in, $out);
+        return json_encode( ( new \App\Models\ResultFormatter() )->processOutJson($in, $out));
 
      return $this->response->setJson($response);
     }