diff --git a/phpagi-asmanager.php b/phpagi-asmanager.php
index 5f0382b..484c951 100644
--- a/phpagi-asmanager.php
+++ b/phpagi-asmanager.php
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ class AGI_AsteriskManager
      * @var boolean
      */
     private $_logged_in = FALSE;
+   
+    public function setPagi(&$agi)
+    {
+      $this->pagi = $agi;
+    }
 
    /**
     * Constructor
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ class AGI_AsteriskManager
     * @param string $config is the name of the config file to parse or a parent agi from which to read the config
     * @param array $optconfig is an array of configuration vars and vals, stuffed into $this->config['asmanager']
     */
-    function AGI_AsteriskManager($config=NULL, $optconfig=array())
+    function __construct($config=NULL, $optconfig=array())
     {
       // load config
       if(!is_null($config) && file_exists($config))
diff --git a/phpagi.php b/phpagi.php
index 6d09c37..25468df 100644
--- a/phpagi.php
+++ b/phpagi.php
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ function say_punctuation($text, $escape_digits='', $frequency=8000)
     function &new_AsteriskManager()
     {
         $this->asm = new AGI_AsteriskManager(NULL, $this->config['asmanager']);
-        $this->asm->pagi =& $this;
+        $this->asm->setPagi($this);
         $this->config['asmanager'] =& $this->asm->config['asmanager'];
         return $this->asm;
     }