diff --git a/pkg/gordio/server/calls.go b/pkg/gordio/server/calls.go
index 51fe9fc..62bf01c 100644
--- a/pkg/gordio/server/calls.go
+++ b/pkg/gordio/server/calls.go
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/go-chi/render"
 )
 
+//const timeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999Z07:00"
+
 type callUploadRequest struct {
 	Audio          []byte    `form:"audio"`
 	AudioName      string    `form:"audioName"`
-	AudioType      time.Time `form:"audioType"`
-	DateTime       string    `form:"dateTime"`
+	AudioType      string    `form:"audioType"`
+	DateTime       time.Time `form:"dateTime"`
 	Frequencies    []int     `form:"frequencies"`
 	Frequency      int       `form:"frequency"`
 	Key            string    `form:"key"`
@@ -32,13 +34,50 @@ func (car *callUploadRequest) Bind(r *http.Request) error {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) routeCallUpload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	callUpload := new(callUploadRequest)
-	err := render.Bind(r, callUpload)
+	call := new(callUploadRequest)
+	err := fillFields(r, call)
 	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, "cannot bind upload", 500)
+		http.Error(w, "cannot bind upload "+r.Header.Get("Content-Type")+err.Error(), 500)
 		return
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", callUpload)
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", call)
 	w.Write([]byte("yay"))
 }
+
+func fillFields(r *http.Request, v *callUploadRequest) error {
+	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v).Elem()
+	rt := rv.Type()
+
+	for i := 0; i < rv.NumField(); i++ {
+		f := rv.Field(i)
+		ff := rt.Field(i).Tag.Get("form")
+		switch ff {
+		case "audio":
+			file, _, err := r.FormFile(ff)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			audioBytes, err := io.ReadAll(file)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			f.SetBytes(audioBytes)
+		case "dateTime":
+			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, r.Form.Get(ff))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			f.Set(reflect.ValueOf(t))
+		case "frequencies":
+		case "frequency", "talkgroup":
+		case "patches", "sources":
+		default:
+			f.SetString(r.Form.Get(ff))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go b/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go
index 1148652..17fc847 100644
--- a/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/gordio/server/routes.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	r := s.r
+	r.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
 	r.Use(middleware.WithValue(database.DBCTXKeyValue, s.db))
 
 	r.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	r.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
 		r.Use(rateLimiter())
 		r.Use(render.SetContentType(render.ContentTypeJSON))
+		//	r.Use(teeRequest())
 		// public routes
 		r.Post("/auth", s.routeAuth)
 		r.Post("/api/call-upload", s.routeCallUpload)
@@ -40,6 +44,13 @@ func (s *Server) setupRoutes() {
 	})
 }
 
+func teeRequest() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return middleware.New(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		by, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		fmt.Println(string(by), err)
+	}))
+}
+
 func rateLimiter() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return httprate.LimitByRealIP(100, 1*time.Minute)
 }