diff --git a/app/switch/resources/scripts/intercept.lua b/app/switch/resources/scripts/intercept.lua
index d4c9f72c0e..a5c59fe244 100644
--- a/app/switch/resources/scripts/intercept.lua
+++ b/app/switch/resources/scripts/intercept.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 	require "resources.functions.explode";
 	require "resources.functions.trim";
 	require "resources.functions.channel_utils";
+	require "resources.functions.is_uuid";
 
 --prepare the api object
 	api = freeswitch.API();
@@ -361,23 +362,23 @@
 	end
 
 --get the call center channel variables and set in the intercepted call
-	if (uuid ~= nil) then
+	if (uuid ~= nil and is_uuid(uuid)) then
 		call_center_queue_uuid = api:executeString("uuid_getvar ".. uuid .." call_center_queue_uuid");
-		if (call_center_queue_uuid ~= nil) then
+		if (call_center_queue_uuid ~= nil and is_uuid(call_center_queue_uuid)) then
 			session:execute("set", "call_center_queue_uuid="..call_center_queue_uuid);
 			session:execute("set", "cc_cause=answered");
 
-			cc_side = api:executeString("uuid_getvar  ".. uuid .." cc_side");
+			cc_side = api:executeString("uuid_getvar ".. uuid .." cc_side");
 			if (cc_side ~= nil) then
 				session:execute("set", "cc_side="..cc_side);
 			end
 
-			cc_queue = api:executeString("uuid_getvar  ".. uuid .." cc_queue");
+			cc_queue = api:executeString("uuid_getvar ".. uuid .." cc_queue");
 			if (cc_queue ~= nil) then
 				session:execute("set", "cc_queue="..cc_queue);
 			end
 
-			cc_queue_joined_epoch = api:executeString("uuid_getvar  ".. uuid .." cc_queue_joined_epoch");
+			cc_queue_joined_epoch = api:executeString("uuid_getvar ".. uuid .." cc_queue_joined_epoch");
 			if (cc_queue_joined_epoch ~= nil) then
 				session:execute("set", "cc_queue_joined_epoch="..cc_queue_joined_epoch);
 			end
@@ -389,3 +390,4 @@
 		--cmd = "originate user/1007@voip.example.com &intercept("..uuid..")";
 		--api = freeswitch.API();
 		--result = api:executeString(cmd);
+