diff --git a/www-api/app/Controllers/Promo.php b/www-api/app/Controllers/Promo.php
index 53fdfb5b..7a052ea5 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Controllers/Promo.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Controllers/Promo.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Promo extends BaseController
 
         log_message('critical', "Promo::user_server_name **** user_server_name  ". $out["user_server_name"] );
         log_message('critical', "Promo::promoStart ********* OUT  ".serialize($out) );
-
+        $in['action'] = -1; // we dont need reformating on this data
         return $this->respond( $this->summaryReturnData($in,$out), 200);
     }