diff --git a/booking.travel.inc b/booking.travel.inc
index d22b17d..4a989b9 100644
--- a/booking.travel.inc
+++ b/booking.travel.inc
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function booking_travel_page()
       );
       //actual form
       $return_array[] = array(
-        'form' => drupal_get_form('travel_form', true, $tokens)
+        'form' => drupal_get_form('travel_form', $node, true, $tokens)
       );
       //text after form
       /*
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function booking_travel_page()
 }
 
 //function travel_form($node, &$form_state, $inserting = FALSE, $node = NULL, $tokens = NULL)
-function travel_form($node, &$form_state, $inserting = FALSE, $tokens = NULL)
+function travel_form($node, &$form_state, $db_node = NULL, $inserting = FALSE, $tokens = NULL)
 {
   global $event;
   date_default_timezone_set(date_default_timezone(FALSE));
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ function travel_form($node, &$form_state, $inserting = FALSE, $tokens = NULL)
   );
   
   //there's already info in $node so use that
-  if (!empty($node)) {
-    $data = $node;
-    watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Travel form not-empty node:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $node, true)));
+  if (!empty($db_node)) {
+    $data = $db_node;
+    watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Travel form not-empty node:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $data, true)));
   }
   //otherwise rely on the form state from the previous submission
   else {
     $data = $form_state['node'];
-    watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Travel form empty node:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $form_state, true)));
+    watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Travel form empty node:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $data, true)));
   }
   
   //get info about this person from the relevant node id