diff --git a/src/include/switch_channel.h b/src/include/switch_channel.h
index 1f3bd8fd2f..176b841147 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_channel.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_channel.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ typedef struct switch_channel_timetable switch_channel_timetable_t;
 */
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_channel_state_t) switch_channel_get_state(switch_channel_t *channel);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_channel_state_t) switch_channel_get_running_state(switch_channel_t *channel);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_check_signal(switch_channel_t *channel, switch_bool_t in_thread_only);
 
 /*!
   \brief Determine if a channel is ready for io
@@ -84,8 +85,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_test_ready(switch_channel_t *channel, switch_
 #define switch_channel_media_ready(_channel) switch_channel_test_ready(_channel, SWITCH_TRUE, SWITCH_TRUE)
 #define switch_channel_media_up(_channel) (switch_channel_test_flag(_channel, CF_ANSWERED) || switch_channel_test_flag(_channel, CF_EARLY_MEDIA))
 
-#define switch_channel_up(_channel) (switch_channel_get_state(_channel) < CS_HANGUP)
-#define switch_channel_down(_channel) (switch_channel_get_state(_channel) >= CS_HANGUP)
+#define switch_channel_up(_channel) (switch_channel_check_signal(_channel, SWITCH_TRUE) || switch_channel_get_state(_channel) < CS_HANGUP)
+#define switch_channel_down(_channel) (switch_channel_check_signal(_channel, SWITCH_TRUE) || switch_channel_get_state(_channel) >= CS_HANGUP)
 #define switch_channel_media_ack(_channel) (!switch_channel_test_cap(_channel, CC_MEDIA_ACK) || switch_channel_test_flag(_channel, CF_MEDIA_ACK))
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_channel_wait_for_state(switch_channel_t *channel, switch_channel_t *other_channel, switch_channel_state_t want_state);
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_soundtouch/Makefile b/src/mod/applications/mod_soundtouch/Makefile
index 44c38329b6..fa393fb0ea 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_soundtouch/Makefile
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_soundtouch/Makefile
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ $(SNDT_SRC):
 
 $(SNDT_BUILD)/Makefile: $(SNDT_SRC)
 	mkdir -p $(SNDT_BUILD)
+	rm -rf $(SNDT_BUILD)/config/m4/*
+	rm -rf $(SNDT_SRC)/config/m4/*
 	cd $(SNDT_SRC) %% libtoolize -fisv
-	cd $(SNDT_SRC) && AUTOMAKE="automake --add-missing --foreign --copy" autoreconf -fisv && rm -f `find . -name "*~"` && rm -f ChangeLog
+	cd $(SNDT_SRC) && AUTOMAKE="automake --add-missing --foreign --copy" autoreconf -fisv 
 	cd ${SNDT_BUILD} && $(DEFAULT_VARS) $(SNDT_SRC)/configure $(DEFAULT_ARGS) --enable-integer-samples --srcdir=$(SNDT_SRC)
 	${TOUCH_TARGET}
 	
diff --git a/src/switch_channel.c b/src/switch_channel.c
index f763fa2f02..b1abb86cd8 100644
--- a/src/switch_channel.c
+++ b/src/switch_channel.c
@@ -1701,12 +1701,23 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_state_change_pending(switch_channel_t *channe
 	return channel->running_state != channel->state;
 }
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_check_signal(switch_channel_t *channel, switch_bool_t in_thread_only)
+{
+	if (!in_thread_only || switch_core_session_in_thread(channel->session)) {
+		switch_ivr_parse_all_signal_data(channel->session);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_test_ready(switch_channel_t *channel, switch_bool_t check_ready, switch_bool_t check_media)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	switch_assert(channel != NULL);
 
+	switch_channel_check_signal(channel, SWITCH_TRUE);
+
 	if (check_media) {
 		ret = ((switch_channel_test_flag(channel, CF_ANSWERED) ||
 				switch_channel_test_flag(channel, CF_EARLY_MEDIA)) && !switch_channel_test_flag(channel, CF_PROXY_MODE) &&
@@ -1728,9 +1739,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_test_ready(switch_channel_t *channel, switch_
 		ret++;
 	}
 
-	if (ret && switch_core_session_in_thread(channel->session)) {
-		switch_ivr_parse_all_signal_data(channel->session);
-	}
+
 
 	return ret;
 }