diff --git a/agent/main.py b/agent/main.py
index 32387dd..e28a66f 100755
--- a/agent/main.py
+++ b/agent/main.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ def setupEnvironment(config):
     api.setup(config)
     from cybertools.agent.system import rpcapi
     rpcapi.setup(config)
+    from cybertools.agent.system import sftpapi
+    sftpapi.setup(config)
     from cybertools.agent.crawl import base, filesystem, outlook
 
 
diff --git a/agent/testing/sftp.py b/agent/testing/sftp.py
index 831c9b8..5264f24 100644
--- a/agent/testing/sftp.py
+++ b/agent/testing/sftp.py
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ from twisted.internet.defer import succeed
 
 
 class FileTransfer(object):
-    
-    
+
+
     def __init__(self,  host, port, username, password):
         pass
-    
+
     def upload(self, localPath, remotePath):
         deferred = succeed('Upload completed')
         return deferred
-        pass
 
diff --git a/agent/transport/remote.py b/agent/transport/remote.py
index 63a9bb7..03e4ae1 100644
--- a/agent/transport/remote.py
+++ b/agent/transport/remote.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Transporter(QueueableAgent):
 
     serverURL = ''
     server = ''
+    host = port = None
     method = ''
     machineName = ''
     userName = ''
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ class Transporter(QueueableAgent):
         config = master.config
         self.serverURL = config.transport.remote.url
         self.server = rpcapi.xmlrpc.Proxy(self.serverURL)
-        self.ftpServer = sftpapi.FileTransfer(host, port, username, password)
+        self.ftpServer = sftpapi.FileTransfer(self.host, self.port,
+                                self.userName, self.password)
         #self.method = params[method]
         #self.machineName = params[machineName]
         #self.userName = params[userName]
@@ -74,9 +76,11 @@ class Transporter(QueueableAgent):
         self.deferred = defer.Deferred()
         remoteFile = os.path.basename(resource.path)
         d = self.ftpServer.upload(resource.path, remoteFile)
-        d = self.server.callRemote('getMetadata', resource.metadata)
-        d.addCallback(self.transferDone)
+        #d = self.server.callRemote('getMetadata', resource.metadata)
         d.addErrback(self.errorHandler)
+        d.addCallback(lambda result:
+                self.server.callRemote('getMetadata', dict(resource.metadata)))
+        d.addCallback(self.transferDone)
         return self.deferred
 
     def errorHandler(self, errorInfo):
diff --git a/agent/transport/transporter.txt b/agent/transport/transporter.txt
index 5420dfa..f16ac86 100644
--- a/agent/transport/transporter.txt
+++ b/agent/transport/transporter.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Agents for Job Execution and Communication Tasks
   ... scheduler(name='core')
   ... logger(name='default', standard=30)
   ... transport.remote.server = 'testing'
+  ... transport.remote.sftp = 'testing'
   ... transport.remote.url = 'http://localhost:8123'
   ... '''
   >>> from cybertools.agent.main import setup
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ In the next step we request the start of a job, again via the controller.
   >>> md01 = Metadata(dict(filename='dummy.txt'))
   >>> r01 = Resource()
   >>> r01.metadata = md01
+  >>> r01.path = 'resource.txt'
   >>> controller.enterJob('sample', 'sample03', params=dict(resource=r01))
 
 The job is not executed immediately - we have to hand over control to