diff --git a/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc b/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc
index 3ae7eea2d03a07793b43935e4dda8b0ec11199b0..f03f84f23410992da9b8e31d8bce24b4b026eb46 100644
--- a/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc
+++ b/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.cc
@@ -76,14 +76,16 @@ void QGCUASFileManager::nothingMessage()
 
 void QGCUASFileManager::receiveMessage(LinkInterface* link, mavlink_message_t message)
 {
-    emit statusMessage("msg");
+    Q_UNUSED(link);
 
     if (message.msgid != MAVLINK_MSG_ID_ENCAPSULATED_DATA) {
-        emit statusMessage("not encap data");
         // wtf, not for us
         return;
     }
 
+    emit statusMessage("msg");
+    qDebug() << "FTP GOT MESSAGE";
+
     mavlink_encapsulated_data_t data;
     mavlink_msg_encapsulated_data_decode(&message, &data);
     const RequestHeader *hdr = (const RequestHeader *)&data.data[0];
diff --git a/src/uas/UAS.cc b/src/uas/UAS.cc
index 585781b74d943533a965b2167f38f44eddfae7ce..64f133c8f730f7c685a44f96d5f1af6fe9bd7880 100644
--- a/src/uas/UAS.cc
+++ b/src/uas/UAS.cc
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ UAS::UAS(MAVLinkProtocol* protocol, QThread* thread, int id) : UASInterface(),
         componentMulti[i] = false;
     }
 
+    connect(mavlink, SIGNAL(messageReceived(LinkInterface*,mavlink_message_t)), &fileManager, SLOT(receiveMessage(LinkInterface*,mavlink_message_t)));
+
     // Store a list of available actions for this UAS.
     // Basically everything exposed as a SLOT with no return value or arguments.