diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index ef6c64de67..e11ee26581 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -2347,6 +2347,14 @@ static void ast_remotecontrol(char * data)
 			if (ebuf[strlen(ebuf)-1] == '\n')
 				ebuf[strlen(ebuf)-1] = '\0';
 			if (!remoteconsolehandler(ebuf)) {
+				/* Strip preamble from output */
+				char *tmp;
+				for (tmp = ebuf; *tmp; tmp++) {
+					if (*tmp == 127) {
+						memmove(tmp, tmp + 1, strlen(tmp));
+						tmp--;
+					}
+				}
 				res = write(ast_consock, ebuf, strlen(ebuf) + 1);
 				if (res < 1) {
 					ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to write: %s\n", strerror(errno));
diff --git a/pbx/pbx_spool.c b/pbx/pbx_spool.c
index 8cf38a1165..9316971421 100644
--- a/pbx/pbx_spool.c
+++ b/pbx/pbx_spool.c
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ static int apply_outgoing(struct outgoing *o, char *fn, FILE *f)
 	char buf[256];
 	char *c, *c2;
 	int lineno = 0;
-	struct ast_variable *var;
+	struct ast_variable *var, *last = o->vars;
+
+	while (last && last->next) {
+		last = last->next;
+	}
 
 	while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
 		lineno++;
@@ -222,8 +226,13 @@ static int apply_outgoing(struct outgoing *o, char *fn, FILE *f)
 					if (c2) {
 						var = ast_variable_new(c, c2);
 						if (var) {
-							var->next = o->vars;
-							o->vars = var;
+							/* Always insert at the end, because some people want to treat the spool file as a script */
+							if (last) {
+								last->next = var;
+							} else {
+								o->vars = var;
+							}
+							last = var;
 						}
 					} else
 						ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Malformed \"%s\" argument.  Should be \"%s: variable=value\"\n", buf, buf);