try {
currentRecordingDoc = connector.get(ObjectNode.class, t.getRecordingID());
} catch(Exception e) {
// if we are here, then we have come from an internal request, we need to create the doc
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
currentRecordingDoc = mapper.createObjectNode();
currentRecordingDoc.put("_id", t.getRecordingID());
ObjectNode recordingState = currentRecordingDoc.putObject("recordingState");
long dt = System.currentTimeMillis();
recordingState.put("recorderAsked", dt);
recordingState.put("recorderAvailable", getRecorderUUID());