diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/JsonFile.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/JsonFile.cs
index 4c318c21c3..b7e5da7d3a 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/JsonFile.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/JsonFile.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Tgstation.Server.Api.Models;
 using Tgstation.Server.Api.Models.Internal;
 
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Interop
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Interop
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="RevisionInformation"/> of the launch
 		/// </summary>
-		public RevisionInformation Revision { get; set; }
+		public Api.Models.Internal.RevisionInformation Revision { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The <see cref="DreamDaemonSecurity"/> level of the launch
+		/// </summary>
+		public DreamDaemonSecurity SecurityLevel { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="TestMerge"/>s in the launch
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionControllerFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionControllerFactory.cs
index dae993db92..9e4601e314 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionControllerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionControllerFactory.cs
@@ -131,6 +131,22 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 			//i changed this back from guids, hopefully i don't regret that
 			string JsonFile(string name) => String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0}.{1}", name, JsonPostfix);
 
+			var securityLevelToUse = launchParameters.SecurityLevel.Value;
+			switch (dmbProvider.CompileJob.MinimumSecurityLevel)
+			{
+				case DreamDaemonSecurity.Ultrasafe:
+					break;
+				case DreamDaemonSecurity.Safe:
+					if (securityLevelToUse == DreamDaemonSecurity.Ultrasafe)
+						securityLevelToUse = DreamDaemonSecurity.Safe;
+					break;
+				case DreamDaemonSecurity.Trusted:
+					securityLevelToUse = DreamDaemonSecurity.Trusted;
+					break;
+				default:
+					throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "Invalid DreamDaemonSecurity value: {0}", dmbProvider.CompileJob.MinimumSecurityLevel));
+			}
+
 			//setup interop files
 			var interopInfo = new JsonFile
 			{
@@ -140,6 +156,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 				ChatCommandsJson = JsonFile("chat_commands"),
 				ServerCommandsJson = JsonFile("server_commands"),
 				InstanceName = instance.Name,
+				SecurityLevel = securityLevelToUse,
 				Revision = new Api.Models.Internal.RevisionInformation
 				{
 					CommitSha = dmbProvider.CompileJob.RevisionInformation.CommitSha,
@@ -177,22 +194,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 						//more sanitization here cause it uses the same scheme
 						var parameters = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{2}={0}&{3}={1}", byondTopicSender.SanitizeString(application.Version.ToString()), byondTopicSender.SanitizeString(interopJsonFile), byondTopicSender.SanitizeString(Constants.DMParamHostVersion), byondTopicSender.SanitizeString(Constants.DMParamInfoJson));
 
-						var securityLevelToUse = launchParameters.SecurityLevel.Value;
-						switch (dmbProvider.CompileJob.MinimumSecurityLevel)
-						{
-							case DreamDaemonSecurity.Ultrasafe:
-								break;
-							case DreamDaemonSecurity.Safe:
-								if (securityLevelToUse == DreamDaemonSecurity.Ultrasafe)
-									securityLevelToUse = DreamDaemonSecurity.Safe;
-								break;
-							case DreamDaemonSecurity.Trusted:
-								securityLevelToUse = DreamDaemonSecurity.Trusted;
-								break;
-							default:
-								throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "Invalid DreamDaemonSecurity value: {0}", dmbProvider.CompileJob.MinimumSecurityLevel));
-						}
-
 						//important to run on all ports to allow port changing
 						var arguments = String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0} -port {1} -ports 1-65535 {2}-close -{3} -verbose -public -params \"{4}\"",
 							dmbProvider.DmbName,