diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/sms/SmsServiceDriverBase.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/sms/SmsServiceDriverBase.java
index 1470132f..68a4556d 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/sms/SmsServiceDriverBase.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/sms/SmsServiceDriverBase.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import bubble.model.cloud.CloudService;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.string.LocaleUtil;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.die;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.json.JsonUtil.json;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.reflect.ReflectionUtil.getFirstTypeParam;
 
+@Slf4j
 public abstract class SmsServiceDriverBase<T extends SmsConfig> implements SmsServiceDriver {
 
     protected T config;
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/AccountPolicy.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/AccountPolicy.java
index 0b76c4d0..ad4d3c7b 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/AccountPolicy.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/AccountPolicy.java
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ public class AccountPolicy extends IdentifiableBase implements HasAccount {
     public AccountContact findContact(AccountContact contact) {
         return findContact(contact, getAccountContacts());
     }
+    public AccountContact findContactByUuid(String uuid) {
+        return findContact(new AccountContact().setUuid(uuid), getAccountContacts());
+    }
 
     protected static AccountContact findContact(AccountContact contact, AccountContact[] accountContacts) {
         if (accountContacts == null || accountContacts.length == 0) return null;
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/AccountMessage.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/AccountMessage.java
index 1065efc2..76483c85 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/AccountMessage.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/AccountMessage.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package bubble.model.account.message;
 
 import bubble.model.account.Account;
+import bubble.model.account.AccountContact;
 import bubble.model.account.AccountPolicy;
 import bubble.model.account.HasAccount;
 import lombok.Getter;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public class AccountMessage extends IdentifiableBase implements HasAccount {
     @Getter @Setter private String data;
 
     @Transient @Getter @Setter private transient AccountMessage request;
+    @Transient @Getter @Setter private transient AccountContact requestContact;
 
     public String templateName(String basename) { return getMessageType()+"/"+ getAction()+"/"+getTarget()+"/"+basename+".hbs"; }
 
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/handlers/AccountVerifyHandler.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/handlers/AccountVerifyHandler.java
index b9b4512d..f4da4022 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/handlers/AccountVerifyHandler.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/account/message/handlers/AccountVerifyHandler.java
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ public class AccountVerifyHandler implements AccountMessageCompletionHandler {
 
     @Override public void confirm(AccountMessage message, NameAndValue[] data) {
         final AccountPolicy policy = policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(message.getAccount());
-        log.info("confirm: verifying contact "+message.getContact()+" from account "+message.getAccount());
-        policyDAO.update(policy.verifyContact(message.getContact()));
+        final String contact = message.getRequest().getContact();
+        log.info("confirm: verifying contact "+ contact +" from account "+message.getAccount());
+        policyDAO.update(policy.verifyContact(contact));
     }
 
     @Override public void deny(AccountMessage message) {
         final AccountPolicy policy = policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(message.getAccount());
-        log.info("deny: removing contact "+message.getContact()+" from account "+message.getAccount());
-        policy.removeContact(new AccountContact().setUuid(message.getContact()));
+        final String contact = message.getRequest().getContact();
+        log.info("deny: removing contact "+ contact +" from account "+message.getAccount());
+        policy.removeContact(new AccountContact().setUuid(contact));
         policyDAO.update(policy);
     }
 
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/account/StandardAccountMessageService.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/account/StandardAccountMessageService.java
index 366d5194..28b6eea4 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/account/StandardAccountMessageService.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/account/StandardAccountMessageService.java
@@ -71,11 +71,15 @@ public class StandardAccountMessageService implements AccountMessageService {
             log.error(prefix+"no clouds of type " + contact.getType() + " found");
             return false;
         }
+        final AccountPolicy policy = policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(account.getUuid());
         for (CloudService cloud : priorityDesc(clouds)) {
             final AuthenticationDriver driver = cloud.getAuthenticationDriver(configuration);
             if (shouldSend(message, contact)) {
                 if (message.getMessageType().hasRequest()) {
                     message.setRequest(messageDAO.findOperationRequest(message));
+                    message.setRequestContact(policy.findContactByUuid(message.getRequest().getContact()));
+                } else {
+                    message.setRequestContact(policy.findContactByUuid(message.getContact()));
                 }
                 if (driver.send(account, message, contact)) {
                     log.info(prefix + "send succeeded with cloud: " + cloud.getName());
@@ -125,7 +129,10 @@ public class StandardAccountMessageService implements AccountMessageService {
         }
         final AccountMessageApprovalStatus approvalStatus = messageDAO.requestApproved(account, approval);
         if (approvalStatus == AccountMessageApprovalStatus.ok_confirmed) {
+            final AccountPolicy policy = policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(account.getUuid());
             final AccountMessage confirm = messageDAO.create(new AccountMessage(approval).setMessageType(AccountMessageType.confirmation));
+            approval.setRequest(messageDAO.findOperationRequest(approval));
+            approval.setRequestContact(policy.findContactByUuid(approval.getRequest().getContact()));
             getCompletionHandler(approval).confirm(approval, data);
             return confirm;
         } else if (approvalStatus.ok()) {
@@ -173,7 +180,10 @@ public class StandardAccountMessageService implements AccountMessageService {
         // has it already been denied?
         final List<AccountMessage> denials = messageDAO.findOperationDenials(denial);
         if (!denials.isEmpty()) {
+            final AccountPolicy policy = policyDAO.findSingleByAccount(account.getUuid());
             if (denials.size() == 1 && denials.get(0).getUuid().equals(denial.getUuid())) {
+                denial.setRequest(messageDAO.findOperationRequest(denial));
+                denial.setRequestContact(policy.findContactByUuid(denial.getRequest().getContact()));
                 getCompletionHandler(denial).deny(denial);
             }
             return denials.get(0);
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs
index f110e879..1ae4bc75 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ The login request was made on {{format_epoch message.ctime 'MMM dd, YYYY' networ
 
 If you did not make this request or would like to cancel this request, please click this link:
 
-  {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/me/deny?t={{confirmationToken}}
+  {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/deny?t={{confirmationToken}}
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 If you DID make this request and are ready to approve this login, click the link below.
 
-  {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/me/approve?t={{confirmationToken}}
+  {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/approve?t={{confirmationToken}}
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs
index 1f294e24..aaded74c 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/email/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Hello {{account.name}},
 
 Contact information has been added to your account named '{{account.name}}' on {{network.networkDomain}}
 
-{{contact.type}} - {{contact.info}} {{#if contact.nick}}({{contact.nick}}){{/if}}
+{{#string_compare contact.uuid '==' message.contact}}{{contact.type}} - {{contact.info}}{{else}}{{message.requestContact.type}}{{#if message.requestContact.isSms}}{{message.requestContact.info}}{{/if}}{{/string_compare}} {{#if message.requestContact.nick}}({{message.requestContact.nick}}){{/if}}
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ If you did not make this request or would like to cancel this request, please cl
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-{{#if contact.isEmail}}
+{{#string_compare contact.uuid '==' message.contact}}
 If you DID make this request and are ready to verify this contact information, click the link below.
 
 {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/me/action?approve={{confirmationToken}}
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-{{/if}}
+{{/string_compare}}
 
 Thank you for using Bubble!
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs
index 045f32f4..0deba047 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/login/account/message.hbs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-{{network.networkDomain}}: Account login requested by {{contact.type}}/{{contact.info}} {{#if contact.nick}}({{contact.nick}}){{/if}}
-Use login code {{confirmationToken}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{network.networkDomain}}: Login requested by {{contact.type}}/{{contact.info}} {{#if contact.nick}}({{contact.nick}}){{/if}}
+Approve: {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/action?approve={{confirmationToken}}
+Deny: {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/action?deny={{confirmationToken}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs
index 5db27d1b..0c570300 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/message_templates/sms/en_US/request/verify/account/message.hbs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-{{network.networkDomain}}: {{#if contact.isSms}}Verification code: {{confirmationToken}}{{else}}{{#if contact.isEmail}}Email added: {{contact.info}}.{{else}}Auth added: {{contact.type}}{{/if}}
-Deny with code: {{confirmationToken}}{{/if}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{network.networkDomain}}: {{#string_compare contact.uuid '==' message.contact}}SMS Phone added: {{contact.info}} - Approve: {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/me/action?approve={{confirmationToken}} - Deny: {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/me/action?deny={{confirmationToken}}{{else}}{{#if message.requestContact.isEmail}}Email added: {{message.requestContact.info}}{{else}}Auth added: {{message.requestContact.type}}{{/if}} - Deny: {{configuration.publicUriBase}}/me/action?deny={{confirmationToken}}{{/string_compare}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bubble-web b/bubble-web
index cef8b32a..47b55a7d 160000
--- a/bubble-web
+++ b/bubble-web
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cef8b32a48f3b7a94e5f6a2c34bc0f66f1733cdb
+Subproject commit 47b55a7dc73c3018cf7fbda9e03efc3ab3110b71