diff --git a/hugvey/central_command.py b/hugvey/central_command.py
index a21ebb7..8fab0ef 100644
--- a/hugvey/central_command.py
+++ b/hugvey/central_command.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import asyncio
 from hugvey.communication import getTopic, zmqSend, zmqReceive
 from hugvey.panopticon import Panopticon
 from hugvey.story import Story
-from hugvey.voice.google import GoogleVoiceClient
-from hugvey.voice.player import Player
-from hugvey.voice.streamer import AudioStreamer
+from hugvey.speech.google import GoogleVoiceClient
+from hugvey.speech.player import Player
+from hugvey.speech.streamer import AudioStreamer
 import json
 import logging
 import queue
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("command")
 class CentralCommand(object):
     """docstring for CentralCommand."""
 
-    def __init__(self, debug_mode=False):
+    def __init__(self, args = {}, debug_mode=False):
         self.debug = debug_mode
         self.eventQueue = asyncio.Queue()
         self.commandQueue = asyncio.Queue()
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class CentralCommand(object):
         self.hugveyLock = asyncio.Lock()
         self.start_time = time.time()
         self.languageFiles = {}
+        self.args = args # cli args
 
     def loadConfig(self, filename):
         if hasattr(self, 'config'):
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ class CentralCommand(object):
         with open(filename, 'r') as fp:
             logger.debug('Load config from {}'.format(filename))
             self.config = yaml.safe_load(fp)
+            for arg in vars(self.args):
+                if arg in self.config:
+                    logger.debug("Override argument {}".format(arg))
+                self.config[arg] = getattr(self.args,arg)
 
         self.hugvey_ids = [i + 1 for i in range(self.config['hugveys'])]
 
@@ -127,12 +132,6 @@ class CentralCommand(object):
 
     def _queueCommand(self, hv_id, msg):
         self.commandQueue.put_nowait((hv_id, msg))
-#         if msg['action'] == 'play':
-#             self.commandQueue.put_nowait((hv_id, {
-#             'action': 'play',
-#             'msg': "This is an interrption",
-#             'id': 'test',
-#         }))
 
     def commandAllHugveys(self, msg):
         for hv_id in self.hugvey_ids:
@@ -354,19 +353,27 @@ class HugveyState(object):
             if event['event'] == 'change_language':
                 self.setLanguage(event['lang_code'])
             if event['event'] == 'play_msg':
-                self.logger.info("DO PLAY :-)")
+                self.logger.info(f"Play given message {event['msg_id']}")
                 if not self.story:
                     self.logger.critical("No story to play message in")
                 else:
                     #restart first so that story loads the new json
-                    self.restart() 
+#                     self.restart()
+                    if self.story is None:
+                        return
+                    
+#                     self.story.stop()
+                    self.pause()
                     # wait a tat for the restart loops to complete
                     await asyncio.sleep(.1)
+                    self.logger.debug('restarted')
                     msg = self.story.get(event['msg_id'])
                     if not msg:
                         self.logger.critical("Invalid ID to play: {}".format(event['msg_id']))
                     else:    
                         self.story.setCurrentMessage(msg)
+                        
+                    self.resume()
 
         self.eventQueue = None
 
@@ -438,7 +445,7 @@ class HugveyState(object):
                 self.ip,
                 int(self.command.config['voice']['port']))
     
-            if self.command.debug:
+            if self.command.config['voyeur']:
                 self.logger.warn("Debug on: Connecting Audio player")
                 self.player = Player(
                     self.command.config['voice']['src_rate'], self.command.config['voice']['out_rate'])
diff --git a/hugvey/voice/google.py b/hugvey/speech/google.py
similarity index 99%
rename from hugvey/voice/google.py
rename to hugvey/speech/google.py
index c925e5e..7af35e2 100644
--- a/hugvey/voice/google.py
+++ b/hugvey/speech/google.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import queue
 import uuid
 
 
-logger = logging.getLogger("voice")
+logger = logging.getLogger("speech")
 
 class RequireRestart(Exception):
     pass
diff --git a/hugvey/voice/player.py b/hugvey/speech/player.py
similarity index 100%
rename from hugvey/voice/player.py
rename to hugvey/speech/player.py
diff --git a/hugvey/voice/streamer.py b/hugvey/speech/streamer.py
similarity index 100%
rename from hugvey/voice/streamer.py
rename to hugvey/speech/streamer.py
diff --git a/hugvey/story.py b/hugvey/story.py
index 2098ba9..86f523f 100644
--- a/hugvey/story.py
+++ b/hugvey/story.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Message(object):
         self.interruptCount = 0
         self.afterrunTime = 0. # the time after this message to allow for interrupts
         self.finishTime = None # message can be finished without finished utterance (with instant replycontains)
+        self.parseForVariables()
 
     @classmethod
     def initFromJson(message, data, story):
@@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ class Message(object):
             msg.audioFile = data['audio']['file']
         return msg
     
+    def parseForVariables(self):
+        """
+        Find variables in text
+        """
+        self.variables = re.findall('\$(\w+)', self.text)
+    
     def setReply(self, reply):
         self.reply = reply
 
@@ -188,7 +195,7 @@ class Condition(object):
             logger.debug('Got match on {}'.format(self.vars['regex']))
             results = result.groupdict()
             for captureGroup in results:
-                story.variables[captureGroup] = results[captureGroup]
+                story.variableValues[captureGroup] = results[captureGroup]
                 
             # TODO: implement 'instant match' -> don't wait for isFinished()
         
@@ -353,6 +360,7 @@ class Story(object):
         self.currentReply = None
         self.timer = Stopwatch()
         self.isRunning = False
+        self.variables = {}
     
     def pause(self):
         logger.debug('pause hugvey')
@@ -371,6 +379,12 @@ class Story(object):
         }
 #         print(self.log)
         return summary
+    
+    def registerVariable(self, variableName, message):
+        if variableName not in self.variables:
+            self.variables[variableName] = [message]
+        else:
+            self.variables[variableName].append(message)
 
     def setStoryData(self, story_data):
         """
@@ -385,6 +399,7 @@ class Story(object):
         self.diversions = []
         self.directionsPerMsg = {}
         self.startMessage = None  # The entrypoint to the graph
+        self.variables = {}
         self.reset()
 
         for el in self.data:
@@ -412,7 +427,7 @@ class Story(object):
         self.lastMsgTime = None
         self.lastSpeechStartTime = None
         self.lastSpeechEndTime = None
-        self.variables = {}  # captured variables from replies
+        self.variableValues = {}  # captured variables from replies
         self.finish_time = False
         
         self.events = []  # queue of received events
diff --git a/hugvey_server.py b/hugvey_server.py
index c866679..d190c64 100644
--- a/hugvey_server.py
+++ b/hugvey_server.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         '-v',
         action='count', default=0
     )
+    argParser.add_argument(
+        '--voyeur',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Listen in on what is being said'."
+    )
 
     args = argParser.parse_args()
 #     print(coloredlogs.DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT)
@@ -33,6 +38,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         fmt="%(asctime)s %(hostname)s %(name)s[%(process)d,%(threadName)s] %(levelname)s %(message)s"
     )
 
-    command = CentralCommand(debug_mode=args.verbose > 0)
+    command = CentralCommand(args=args, debug_mode=args.verbose > 0)
     command.loadConfig(args.config)
     command.start()
diff --git a/requirements.server.txt b/requirements.server.txt
index 931fba4..c654d26 100644
--- a/requirements.server.txt
+++ b/requirements.server.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pyaudio
 coloredlogs
 pyyaml
 google-cloud-speech
+requests-threads