diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 369eb3b..531b417 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                     ->isRequired()
                 ->end()
 
+                ->enumNode('api_method')
+                    ->defaultValue('GET')
+                    ->values(array('GET','POST'))
+                ->end()
+
 	        	->scalarNode('from_name')
                     ->validate()
                         ->ifTrue(function ($s) {
@@ -39,12 +44,16 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                         ->end()
                 ->end()
 
+                ->scalarNode('delivery_phone')
+                    ->defaultNull()
+                ->end()
+
 	        	->booleanNode('disable_delivery')
                     ->defaultFalse()
                 ->end()
         	->end()
         ;
-        
+
         return $treeBuilder;
     }
 }
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/JhgNexmoExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/JhgNexmoExtension.php
index 893447c..afd2b4a 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/JhgNexmoExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/JhgNexmoExtension.php
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class JhgNexmoExtension extends Extension
 
         $container->setParameter('jhg_nexmo.api_key', $config['api_key']);
         $container->setParameter('jhg_nexmo.api_secret', $config['api_secret']);
+        $container->setParameter('jhg_nexmo.api_method', $config['api_method']);
         $container->setParameter('jhg_nexmo.disable_delivery', $config['disable_delivery']);
+        $container->setParameter('jhg_nexmo.delivery_phone', $config['delivery_phone']);
         $container->setParameter('jhg_nexmo.from_name', $config['from_name']);
 
         $loader = new Loader\YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/../Resources/config'));
diff --git a/NexmoClient/NexmoClient.php b/NexmoClient/NexmoClient.php
index a2cd103..8abe503 100644
--- a/NexmoClient/NexmoClient.php
+++ b/NexmoClient/NexmoClient.php
@@ -26,16 +26,23 @@ class NexmoClient {
      */
     protected $api_method;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $delivery_phone;
+
     /**
      * @param $api_key
      * @param $api_secret
      * @param string $api_method GET|POST configured in Nexmo API preferences
+     * @param $delivery_phone
      */
-    public function __construct($api_key,$api_secret,$api_method='GET') {
+    public function __construct($api_key,$api_secret,$api_method='GET',$delivery_phone) {
         $this->rest_url = 'https://rest.nexmo.com';
         $this->api_key = $api_key;
         $this->api_secret = $api_secret;
         $this->api_method = $api_method;
+        $this->delivery_phone = $delivery_phone;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -93,6 +100,11 @@ class NexmoClient {
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function sendTextMessage($fromName,$toNumber,$text,$status_report_req=0) {
+        // delivery phone for development
+        if($this->delivery_phone) {
+            $toNumber = $this->delivery_phone;
+        }
+
         $params = array(
             'from'=>$fromName,
             'to'=>$toNumber,
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.yml b/Resources/config/services.yml
index 6d013a6..408a075 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.yml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
     jhg_nexmo_client:
         class: Jhg\NexmoBundle\NexmoClient\NexmoClient
-        arguments: ["%jhg_nexmo.api_key%","%jhg_nexmo.api_secret%"]
+        arguments: ["%jhg_nexmo.api_key%","%jhg_nexmo.api_secret%","%jhg_nexmo.api_method%","%jhg_nexmo.delivery_phone%"]
 
     jhg_nexmo_account:
         class: Jhg\NexmoBundle\Managers\AccountManager