diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index d34954b..0442cd0 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (p process) messageDeliverNats(natsConn *nats.Conn, message Message) {
 		// Create a subscriber for the reply message.
 		subReply, err := natsConn.SubscribeSync(msg.Reply)
 		if err != nil {
-			er := fmt.Errorf("error: nc.SubscribeSync failed: failed to create reply message: %v", err)
+			er := fmt.Errorf("error: nc.SubscribeSync failed: failed to create reply message for subject: %v, error: %v", msg.Reply, err)
 			// sendErrorLogMessage(p.toRingbufferCh, node(p.node), er)
 			log.Printf("%v, waiting %ds before retrying\n", er, subscribeSyncTimer)
 			time.Sleep(time.Second * subscribeSyncTimer)
diff --git a/requests.go b/requests.go
index eb68f03..335d18a 100644
--- a/requests.go
+++ b/requests.go
@@ -270,16 +270,22 @@ func newReplyMessage(proc process, message Message, outData []byte) {
 		message.ReplyMethod = REQToFileAppend
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("\n * DEBUG * newReplyMessage: message.FromNode contains: %v\n", message.FromNode)
+	fmt.Printf("\n * DEBUG * newReplyMessage: message.ToNode contains: %v\n", message.ToNode)
+
 	// Create a new message for the reply, and put it on the
 	// ringbuffer to be published.
 	newMsg := Message{
 		ToNode:        message.FromNode,
+		FromNode:      message.ToNode,
 		Data:          []string{string(outData)},
 		Method:        message.ReplyMethod,
 		MethodArgs:    message.ReplyMethodArgs,
 		MethodTimeout: message.ReplyMethodTimeout,
 		ACKTimeout:    message.ReplyACKTimeout,
 		Retries:       message.ReplyRetries,
+		Directory:     message.Directory,
+		FileName:      message.FileName,
 
 		// Put in a copy of the initial request message, so we can use it's properties if
 		// needed to for example create the file structure naming on the subscriber.
@@ -1068,20 +1074,24 @@ func (m methodREQCliCommand) handler(proc process, message Message, node string)
 	go func() {
 		defer proc.processes.wg.Done()
 
-		// Check if {{data}} is defined in the arguments. If found put the
+		// Check if {{data}} is defined in the method arguments. If found put the
 		// data payload there.
+		var foundEnvData bool
+		var envData string
 		for i, v := range message.MethodArgs {
-			if strings.Contains(v, "{{data}}") {
-				var s string
-				for _, vv := range message.Data {
-					s = s + vv
-				}
-
-				message.MethodArgs[i] = s
+			if strings.Contains(v, "{{STEWARD_DATA}}") {
+				foundEnvData = true
+				// Replace the found env variable placeholder with an actual env variable
+				message.MethodArgs[i] = strings.Replace(message.MethodArgs[i], "{{STEWARD_DATA}}", "$STEWARD_DATA", -1)
 
+				// Put all the data which is a slice of string into a single
+				// string so we can put it in a single env variable.
+				envData = strings.Join(message.Data, "")
 			}
 		}
 
+		fmt.Printf("* DEBUG * handler: received message contains : %#v\n", message)
+
 		c := message.MethodArgs[0]
 		a := message.MethodArgs[1:]
 
@@ -1095,6 +1105,13 @@ func (m methodREQCliCommand) handler(proc process, message Message, node string)
 
 			cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, c, a...)
 
+			// Check for the use of env variable for STEWARD_DATA, and set env if found.
+			if foundEnvData {
+				envData = fmt.Sprintf("STEWARD_DATA=%v", envData)
+				cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, envData)
+				fmt.Printf("\n * DEBUG * cmd.Env contains: %v\n\n", cmd.Env)
+			}
+
 			var out bytes.Buffer
 			var stderr bytes.Buffer
 			cmd.Stdout = &out
@@ -1102,7 +1119,7 @@ func (m methodREQCliCommand) handler(proc process, message Message, node string)
 			err := cmd.Run()
 			if err != nil {
 				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("error: failed to io.ReadAll of stderr: %v\n", err)
+					log.Printf("error: failed cmd.Run: %v\n", err)
 				}
 
 				er := fmt.Errorf("error: methodREQCliCommand: cmd.Output : %v, message: %v, error_output: %v", err, message, stderr.String())