diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7fb48bd2e..f4c81506b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ a.out
 docs/_*
 bin
 .idea
-.gitignore
diff --git a/fsock/fsock.go b/fsock/fsock.go
index 986f65d3b..61c8b0771 100644
--- a/fsock/fsock.go
+++ b/fsock/fsock.go
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ type fSock struct {
 }
 
 // Connects to FS and starts buffering input
-func New(fsaddr, fspaswd string, reconnects int, eventHandlers map[string]func(string)) error {
-	eventFilters := make(map[string]string)
+func New(fsaddr, fspaswd string, reconnects int, eventHandlers map[string]func(string), eventFilters map[string]string) error {
 	fs = &fSock{fsaddress: fsaddr, fspaswd: fspaswd, eventHandlers: eventHandlers, eventFilters: eventFilters}
 	fs.apiChan = make(chan string) // Init apichan so we can use it to pass api replies
 	fs.reconnects = reconnects
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ func EventsPlain(events []string) error {
 }
 
 // Enable filters
-func FilterEvents(filters map[string]string) error {
+func filterEvents(filters map[string]string) error {
 	if len(filters) == 0 { //Nothing to filter
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ func Connect(reconnects int) error {
 			}
 			if subscribeErr := EventsPlain(handledEvs); subscribeErr != nil {
 				return subscribeErr
-			} else if filterErr := FilterEvents(fs.eventFilters); filterErr != nil {
+			} else if filterErr := filterEvents(fs.eventFilters); filterErr != nil {
 				return filterErr
 			}
 			return nil
diff --git a/sessionmanager/fssessionmanager.go b/sessionmanager/fssessionmanager.go
index 5bf7a7b87..6c5f2a17b 100644
--- a/sessionmanager/fssessionmanager.go
+++ b/sessionmanager/fssessionmanager.go
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ func NewFSSessionManager(storage rater.DataStorage, connector rater.Connector, d
 // Connects to the freeswitch mod_event_socket server and starts
 // listening for events in json format.
 func (sm *FSSessionManager) Connect(address, pass string) (err error) {
-	if err = fsock.New(address, pass, 3, sm.createHandlers()); err != nil {
+	eventFilters := map[string]string{"Call-Direction": "inbound"}
+	if err = fsock.New(address, pass, 10, sm.createHandlers(), eventFilters); err != nil {
 		rater.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("FreeSWITCH error:", err))
 		return
-	} else if fsock.Connected() {
-		fsock.FilterEvents(map[string]string{"Call-Direction": "inbound"})
+	} else if fsock.Connected() {		
 		rater.Logger.Info("Successfully connected to FreeSWITCH")
 	}
 	fsock.ReadEvents()