diff --git a/html5/verto/video_demo/verto.js b/html5/verto/video_demo/verto.js
index 997d63a119..aba518952b 100644
--- a/html5/verto/video_demo/verto.js
+++ b/html5/verto/video_demo/verto.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var master = null;
 var canvas_id = null;
 var second_screen = null;
 var save_settings = true;
-
+var vertoHandle = null;
 var video_screen = "webcam"
 
 $( ".selector" ).pagecontainer({ "theme": "a" });
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
index 03361aaffa..8ce0020475 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
@@ -3819,7 +3819,7 @@ static switch_bool_t verto__broadcast_func(const char *method, cJSON *params, js
 	}
 
 	jevent = cJSON_Duplicate(params, 1);
-	verto_broadcast(event_channel, jevent, modname, globals.event_channel_id);
+	write_event(event_channel, NULL, jevent);
 	switch_event_channel_broadcast(event_channel, &jevent, modname, globals.event_channel_id);