diff --git a/core/hooks/insert_start.go b/core/hooks/insert_start.go
index cec720f08..0cd33ecf5 100644
--- a/core/hooks/insert_start.go
+++ b/core/hooks/insert_start.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (h *insertStartHook) Apply(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime.Runtime, tx *sq
 			}
 
 			// create our start
-			start := models.NewFlowStart(oa.OrgID(), models.StartTypeFlowAction, flow.FlowType(), flow.ID()).
+			start := models.NewFlowStart(oa.OrgID(), models.StartTypeFlowAction, flow.ID()).
 				WithGroupIDs(groupIDs).
 				WithContactIDs(contactIDs).
 				WithURNs(event.URNs).
diff --git a/core/models/schedules_test.go b/core/models/schedules_test.go
index 6b227e79d..394971bff 100644
--- a/core/models/schedules_test.go
+++ b/core/models/schedules_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func TestGetExpired(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, s2, schedules[1].ID())
 	assert.Nil(t, schedules[1].Broadcast())
+
 	trigger := schedules[1].Trigger()
 	assert.NotNil(t, trigger)
 	assert.Equal(t, testdata.Favorites.ID, trigger.FlowID())
diff --git a/core/models/starts.go b/core/models/starts.go
index 5f09030ed..f71939f27 100644
--- a/core/models/starts.go
+++ b/core/models/starts.go
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ type FlowStart struct {
 	OrgID       OrgID      `json:"org_id"        db:"org_id"`
 	CreatedByID UserID     `json:"created_by_id" db:"created_by_id"`
 	FlowID      FlowID     `json:"flow_id"       db:"flow_id"`
-	FlowType    FlowType   `json:"flow_type"`
 
 	URNs            []urns.URN  `json:"urns,omitempty"`
 	ContactIDs      []ContactID `json:"contact_ids,omitempty"`
@@ -97,14 +96,8 @@ type FlowStart struct {
 }
 
 // NewFlowStart creates a new flow start objects for the passed in parameters
-func NewFlowStart(orgID OrgID, startType StartType, flowType FlowType, flowID FlowID) *FlowStart {
-	return &FlowStart{
-		UUID:      uuids.New(),
-		OrgID:     orgID,
-		StartType: startType,
-		FlowType:  flowType,
-		FlowID:    flowID,
-	}
+func NewFlowStart(orgID OrgID, startType StartType, flowID FlowID) *FlowStart {
+	return &FlowStart{UUID: uuids.New(), OrgID: orgID, StartType: startType, FlowID: flowID}
 }
 
 func (s *FlowStart) WithGroupIDs(groupIDs []GroupID) *FlowStart {
@@ -254,13 +247,13 @@ const sqlInsertStartGroup = `
 INSERT INTO flows_flowstart_groups(flowstart_id, contactgroup_id) VALUES(:flowstart_id, :contactgroup_id)`
 
 // CreateBatch creates a batch for this start using the passed in contact ids
-func (s *FlowStart) CreateBatch(contactIDs []ContactID, last bool, totalContacts int) *FlowStartBatch {
+func (s *FlowStart) CreateBatch(contactIDs []ContactID, flowType FlowType, last bool, totalContacts int) *FlowStartBatch {
 	return &FlowStartBatch{
 		StartID:        s.ID,
 		StartType:      s.StartType,
 		OrgID:          s.OrgID,
 		FlowID:         s.FlowID,
-		FlowType:       s.FlowType,
+		FlowType:       flowType,
 		ContactIDs:     contactIDs,
 		ParentSummary:  s.ParentSummary,
 		SessionHistory: s.SessionHistory,
diff --git a/core/models/starts_test.go b/core/models/starts_test.go
index fef073086..3202cd8f7 100644
--- a/core/models/starts_test.go
+++ b/core/models/starts_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ func TestStarts(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, testdata.Org1.ID, start.OrgID)
 	assert.Equal(t, testdata.Admin.ID, start.CreatedByID)
 	assert.Equal(t, testdata.SingleMessage.ID, start.FlowID)
-	assert.Equal(t, models.FlowTypeMessaging, start.FlowType)
 	assert.Equal(t, null.NullString, start.Query)
 	assert.False(t, start.Exclusions.StartedPreviously)
 	assert.False(t, start.Exclusions.InAFlow)
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ func TestStarts(t *testing.T) {
 	assertdb.Query(t, rt.DB, `SELECT count(*) FROM flows_flowstart WHERE id = $1 AND status = 'S' AND contact_count = 2`, startID).Returns(1)
 	assertdb.Query(t, rt.DB, `SELECT count(*) FROM flows_flowstart_contacts WHERE flowstart_id = $1`, startID).Returns(2)
 
-	batch := start.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID}, false, 3)
+	batch := start.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID}, models.FlowTypeMessaging, false, 3)
 	assert.Equal(t, startID, batch.StartID)
 	assert.Equal(t, models.StartTypeManual, batch.StartType)
 	assert.Equal(t, testdata.SingleMessage.ID, batch.FlowID)
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ func TestStartsBuilding(t *testing.T) {
 	uuids.SetGenerator(uuids.NewSeededGenerator(12345))
 	defer uuids.SetGenerator(uuids.DefaultGenerator)
 
-	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeManual, models.FlowTypeMessaging, testdata.Favorites.ID).
+	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeManual, testdata.Favorites.ID).
 		WithGroupIDs([]models.GroupID{testdata.DoctorsGroup.ID}).
 		WithExcludeGroupIDs([]models.GroupID{testdata.TestersGroup.ID}).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID}).
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ func TestStartsBuilding(t *testing.T) {
         	"started_previously": false
 		},
 		"flow_id": %d,
-		"flow_type": "M",
 		"group_ids": [%d],
 		"org_id": 1,
 		"params": {
diff --git a/core/models/triggers.go b/core/models/triggers.go
index b2167cdae..2a5898286 100644
--- a/core/models/triggers.go
+++ b/core/models/triggers.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 	"github.com/nyaruka/gocommon/dbutil"
-	"github.com/nyaruka/gocommon/uuids"
 	"github.com/nyaruka/goflow/envs"
 	"github.com/nyaruka/goflow/flows"
 	"github.com/nyaruka/goflow/flows/triggers"
@@ -89,13 +88,10 @@ func (t *Trigger) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error { return json.Unmarshal(b, &t.t)
 
 // Start generates an insertable flow start for scheduled trigger
 func (t *Trigger) FlowStart() *FlowStart {
-	// TODO remove flow type from start task payload so we don't have to know it here
-	s := NewFlowStart(t.t.OrgID, StartTypeTrigger, FlowTypeMessaging, t.t.FlowID).
+	return NewFlowStart(t.t.OrgID, StartTypeTrigger, t.t.FlowID).
 		WithContactIDs(t.t.ContactIDs).
 		WithGroupIDs(t.t.IncludeGroupIDs).
 		WithExcludeGroupIDs(t.t.ExcludeGroupIDs)
-	s.UUID = uuids.New()
-	return s
 }
 
 // loadTriggers loads all non-schedule triggers for the passed in org
diff --git a/core/runner/runner_test.go b/core/runner/runner_test.go
index 0ede8d8cd..05c8ccddc 100644
--- a/core/runner/runner_test.go
+++ b/core/runner/runner_test.go
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ func TestStartFlowBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	defer testsuite.Reset(testsuite.ResetAll)
 
 	// create a start object
-	start1 := models.NewFlowStart(models.OrgID(1), models.StartTypeManual, models.FlowTypeMessaging, testdata.SingleMessage.ID).
+	start1 := models.NewFlowStart(models.OrgID(1), models.StartTypeManual, testdata.SingleMessage.ID).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID, testdata.George.ID, testdata.Alexandria.ID})
 	err := models.InsertFlowStarts(ctx, rt.DB, []*models.FlowStart{start1})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	batch1 := start1.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID}, false, 4)
-	batch2 := start1.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.George.ID, testdata.Alexandria.ID}, true, 4)
+	batch1 := start1.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID}, models.FlowTypeBackground, false, 4)
+	batch2 := start1.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.George.ID, testdata.Alexandria.ID}, models.FlowTypeBackground, true, 4)
 
 	// start the first batch...
 	sessions, err := runner.StartFlowBatch(ctx, rt, batch1)
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ func TestStartFlowBatch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// create a start object with params
 	testdata.InsertFlowStart(rt, testdata.Org1, testdata.IncomingExtraFlow, nil)
-	start2 := models.NewFlowStart(models.OrgID(1), models.StartTypeManual, models.FlowTypeMessaging, testdata.IncomingExtraFlow.ID).
+	start2 := models.NewFlowStart(models.OrgID(1), models.StartTypeManual, testdata.IncomingExtraFlow.ID).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID}).
 		WithParams([]byte(`{"name":"Fred", "age":33}`))
-	batch3 := start2.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID}, true, 1)
+	batch3 := start2.CreateBatch([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID}, models.FlowTypeMessaging, true, 1)
 
 	sessions, err = runner.StartFlowBatch(ctx, rt, batch3)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/core/tasks/handler/contact_tasks.go b/core/tasks/handler/contact_tasks.go
index b1f1d5942..475194457 100644
--- a/core/tasks/handler/contact_tasks.go
+++ b/core/tasks/handler/contact_tasks.go
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ func TriggerIVRFlow(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime.Runtime, orgID models.OrgID
 	tx, _ := rt.DB.BeginTxx(ctx, nil)
 
 	// create and insert our flow start
-	start := models.NewFlowStart(orgID, models.StartTypeTrigger, models.FlowTypeVoice, flowID).WithContactIDs(contactIDs)
+	start := models.NewFlowStart(orgID, models.StartTypeTrigger, flowID).WithContactIDs(contactIDs)
 	err := models.InsertFlowStarts(ctx, tx, []*models.FlowStart{start})
 	if err != nil {
 		tx.Rollback()
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ func TriggerIVRFlow(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime.Runtime, orgID models.OrgID
 	}
 
 	// create our batch of all our contacts
-	task := &ivr.StartIVRFlowBatchTask{FlowStartBatch: start.CreateBatch(contactIDs, true, len(contactIDs))}
+	task := &ivr.StartIVRFlowBatchTask{FlowStartBatch: start.CreateBatch(contactIDs, models.FlowTypeVoice, true, len(contactIDs))}
 
 	// queue this to our ivr starter, it will take care of creating the calls then calling back in
 	rc := rt.RP.Get()
diff --git a/core/tasks/ivr/cron_test.go b/core/tasks/ivr/cron_test.go
index 50d3be89c..4d3e879e3 100644
--- a/core/tasks/ivr/cron_test.go
+++ b/core/tasks/ivr/cron_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	rt.DB.MustExec(`UPDATE channels_channel SET channel_type = 'ZZ', config = '{"max_concurrent_events": 1}' WHERE id = $1`, testdata.TwilioChannel.ID)
 
 	// create a flow start for cathy
-	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, models.FlowTypeVoice, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
+	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID})
 
 	err := tasks.Queue(rc, queue.BatchQueue, testdata.Org1.ID, &starts.StartFlowTask{FlowStart: start}, queue.DefaultPriority)
diff --git a/core/tasks/ivr/start_ivr_flow_batch_test.go b/core/tasks/ivr/start_ivr_flow_batch_test.go
index d3a68331e..3a43e0384 100644
--- a/core/tasks/ivr/start_ivr_flow_batch_test.go
+++ b/core/tasks/ivr/start_ivr_flow_batch_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestIVR(t *testing.T) {
 	rt.DB.MustExec(`UPDATE channels_channel SET channel_type = 'ZZ', config = '{"max_concurrent_events": 1}' WHERE id = $1`, testdata.TwilioChannel.ID)
 
 	// create a flow start for cathy
-	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, models.FlowTypeVoice, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
+	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID})
 
 	service.callError = errors.Errorf("unable to create call")
diff --git a/core/tasks/starts/start_flow.go b/core/tasks/starts/start_flow.go
index 2a27ceb33..283590807 100644
--- a/core/tasks/starts/start_flow.go
+++ b/core/tasks/starts/start_flow.go
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ func createFlowStartBatches(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime.Runtime, start *mod
 	for i, idBatch := range idBatches {
 		isLast := (i == len(idBatches)-1)
 
-		batch := start.CreateBatch(idBatch, isLast, len(contactIDs))
+		batch := start.CreateBatch(idBatch, flow.FlowType(), isLast, len(contactIDs))
 
 		// task is different if we are an IVR flow
 		var batchTask tasks.Task
-		if start.FlowType == models.FlowTypeVoice {
+		if flow.FlowType() == models.FlowTypeVoice {
 			batchTask = &ivr.StartIVRFlowBatchTask{FlowStartBatch: batch}
 		} else {
 			batchTask = &StartFlowBatchTask{FlowStartBatch: batch}
diff --git a/core/tasks/starts/start_flow_test.go b/core/tasks/starts/start_flow_test.go
index dcd066dba..fdd17e6e0 100644
--- a/core/tasks/starts/start_flow_test.go
+++ b/core/tasks/starts/start_flow_test.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func TestStartFlowTask(t *testing.T) {
 		testsuite.ReindexElastic(ctx)
 
 		// handle our start task
-		start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeManual, models.FlowTypeMessaging, tc.flowID).
+		start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeManual, tc.flowID).
 			WithGroupIDs(tc.groupIDs).
 			WithExcludeGroupIDs(tc.excludeGroupIDs).
 			WithContactIDs(tc.contactIDs).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fc0332554..0653a4f63 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/nyaruka/ezconf v0.2.1
 	github.com/nyaruka/gocommon v1.42.2
 	github.com/nyaruka/goflow v0.197.2
-	github.com/nyaruka/logrus_sentry v0.8.2-0.20190129182604-c2962b80ba7d
 	github.com/nyaruka/null/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/nyaruka/redisx v0.5.0
 	github.com/nyaruka/rp-indexer/v8 v8.3.0
diff --git a/web/ivr/ivr_test.go b/web/ivr/ivr_test.go
index dd55db684..01c47b5b7 100644
--- a/web/ivr/ivr_test.go
+++ b/web/ivr/ivr_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestTwilioIVR(t *testing.T) {
 		}, 
 		"results": {}
 	}`)
-	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, models.FlowTypeVoice, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
+	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.Bob.ID, testdata.George.ID}).
 		WithParentSummary(parentSummary)
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func TestVonageIVR(t *testing.T) {
 	vonage.IgnoreSignatures = true
 
 	// create a flow start for cathy and george
-	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, models.FlowTypeVoice, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
+	start := models.NewFlowStart(testdata.Org1.ID, models.StartTypeTrigger, testdata.IVRFlow.ID).
 		WithContactIDs([]models.ContactID{testdata.Cathy.ID, testdata.George.ID}).
 		WithParams(json.RawMessage(`{"ref_id":"123"}`))