diff --git a/.github/helper-scripts/replace_placeholders.sh b/.github/helper-scripts/replace_placeholders.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1a738e8..0000000
--- a/.github/helper-scripts/replace_placeholders.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Usage: ./replace_placeholders.sh source_file destination_file
-
-SOURCE_FILE="$1"
-DEST_FILE="$2"
-
-# Check if source file exists
-if [[ ! -f "$SOURCE_FILE" ]]; then
-    echo "Source file '$SOURCE_FILE' does not exist!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Read the entire source file into a variable
-content=$(<"$SOURCE_FILE")
-
-# Extract unique placeholders: match { { file.xxx } } with arbitrary spaces
-placeholders=$(grep -oP '\{\s*{\s*file\.(.*)\s*}\s*}' "$SOURCE_FILE" | sed -E 's/\{\s*\{\s*file\.//;s/\s*\}\s*\}//' | sort -u)
-
-for placeholder in $placeholders; do
-    if [[ -f "$placeholder" ]]; then
-        file_content=$(<"$placeholder")
-        
-        # Escape special characters
-        escaped_content=$(printf '%s' "$file_content" | perl -pe 's/([\\\/])/\\$1/g; s/\n/\\n/g;')
-        escaped_placeholder=$(printf '%s' "$placeholder" | perl -pe 's/([\\\/])/\\$1/g; s/\n/\\n/g;')
-        
-        content=$(printf '%s' "$content" | perl -pe "s/{\s*{\s*file\.${escaped_placeholder}\s*}\s*}/$escaped_content/g")
-    else
-        echo "Warning: File '$placeholder' not found, skipping."
-    fi
-done
-
-# Write to destination file
-printf '%b\n' "$content" > "$DEST_FILE"
-
-echo "Replacements complete. Output written to '$DEST_FILE'."
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 02494d2..c6047f0 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ def proxy(path):
     headers = {k: v for k, v in request.headers if k.lower() != 'host'}
 
     if incomingJSON:
+        if not incomingJSON.get("recipients", None):
+            incomingJSON["recipients"] = "${RECIPIENTS}"
+
         jsonData = fillInVars(incomingJSON)
 
     if "${NUMBER}" in path:
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ def proxy(path):
         json=jsonData
     )
 
-    infoLog(f"Forwarded {resp.text} to {targetURL} [{method}]")
+    infoLog(f"Forwarded {jsonData} to {targetURL} [{method}]")
 
     # return Response(resp.content, status=resp.status_code, headers=dict(resp.headers))