diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
index 74fed50..f2a7e27 100644
--- a/api.php
+++ b/api.php
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ switch($request[0]) {
 				return(fields array)
 			*/
 			case 'fields':
-				$reqroles=$_POST['roles'];
+				$reqroles=json_decode($_POST['roles'],true);
 				if(is_array($reqroles)) {
 					for($x=0;$x<count($reqroles);$x++) {
 						if(is_numeric($reqroles[$x]))
diff --git a/db/db.code.version.txt b/db/db.code.version.txt
index 5f277ae..188ccfe 100644
--- a/db/db.code.version.txt
+++ b/db/db.code.version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-223
+225
diff --git a/db/db.update.224.sql b/db/db.update.224.sql
index d10b5b1..8f5a38e 100644
--- a/db/db.update.224.sql
+++ b/db/db.update.224.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-INSERT INTO `rolestasks` (`id`, `pid`, `roles_id`, `level`, `task`, `ord`, `link`, `navident`, `conferencetype`) VALUES
-(128, 89, 10, 2, 'School Information', 1, '/schoolinfo.php', '', 'scienceolympics'),
-(129, 90, 10, 2, 'School Feedback', 1, '/schoolfeedback.php', '', 'scienceolympics');
-
 ALTER TABLE `pagetext` DROP INDEX `textname` , ADD UNIQUE `textname` ( `textname` , `conferences_id` , `lang` );
 UPDATE roles SET `type` = 'participant', `name` = 'Participant' WHERE type = 'student';
diff --git a/db/db.update.225.sql b/db/db.update.225.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f489b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/db.update.225.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ALTER TABLE `conferences` 
+	ADD `copyoriginal` INT NOT NULL AFTER `status` ,
+	ADD `copyparent` INT NOT NULL AFTER `copyoriginal` ,
+	ADD `notes` TEXT NOT NULL AFTER `copyparent`; 
+
+UPDATE `conferences` SET copyoriginal=id, copyparent=id;
diff --git a/super/conferences.php b/super/conferences.php
index 14871e7..593e033 100644
--- a/super/conferences.php
+++ b/super/conferences.php
@@ -629,6 +629,11 @@ function create_conference($params){
 	$cname = mysql_real_escape_string($params['name']);
 	$ctype = $params['type'];
 	mysql_query("INSERT INTO conferences (oid, name, type, status) VALUES (1, '" . mysql_real_escape_string($cname) . "', '$ctype', 'pending')");
+
+	//if its created brand spanking new, we set the copyoriginal and copyparent to be the same as the id
+	$id=mysql_insert_id();
+	mysql_query("UPDATE conferences SET copyoriginal='$id', copyparent='$id' WHERE id='$id'");
+
 	$errorMessage = mysql_error();
 	if($errorMessage){
 		return "SQL Error:<br/>$errorMessage";
@@ -726,7 +731,7 @@ function copy_conference($params){
 	$oldConfId = $params['mastercopy'];
 	$oldConf = mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM conferences WHERE id = {$oldConfId}"));
 
-	mysql_query("INSERT INTO conferences (oid, name, type, status) VALUES (1, '" . mysql_real_escape_string($params['name']) . "', '{$oldConf['type']}', 'pending')");
+	mysql_query("INSERT INTO conferences (oid, name, type, status, copyoriginal, copyparent) VALUES (1, '" . mysql_real_escape_string($params['name']) . "', '{$oldConf['type']}', 'pending','{$oldConf['copyoriginal']}','{$oldConf['id']}')");
 	if(mysql_error() != ''){ wizard_draw_step('error', 'SQL error on line #' . (__LINE__ - 1) . ': <br/>' . mysql_error()); return false; }
 	$newConfId = mysql_insert_id();