diff --git a/include/EntityManager.hpp b/include/EntityManager.hpp
index 781d3a1..f443874 100644
--- a/include/EntityManager.hpp
+++ b/include/EntityManager.hpp
@@ -89,17 +89,15 @@
 // this class finds the needed dbus fields and on destruction runs the probe
 struct PerformProbe : std::enable_shared_from_this<PerformProbe>
 {
-    PerformProbe(
-        const std::vector<std::string>& probeCommand,
-        std::shared_ptr<PerformScan>& scanPtr,
-        std::function<void(FoundDevices&, const MapperGetSubTreeResponse&)>&&
-            callback);
+    PerformProbe(nlohmann::json& recordRef,
+                 const std::vector<std::string>& probeCommand,
+                 std::string probeName, std::shared_ptr<PerformScan>& scanPtr);
     virtual ~PerformProbe();
 
+    nlohmann::json& recordRef;
     std::vector<std::string> _probeCommand;
+    std::string probeName;
     std::shared_ptr<PerformScan> scan;
-    std::function<void(FoundDevices&, const MapperGetSubTreeResponse&)>
-        _callback;
 };
 
 inline void logDeviceAdded(const nlohmann::json& record)
diff --git a/src/PerformProbe.cpp b/src/PerformProbe.cpp
index d120b3c..7c5a2b2 100644
--- a/src/PerformProbe.cpp
+++ b/src/PerformProbe.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
 
 #include <regex>
+#include <utility>
 
 constexpr const bool debug = false;
 
@@ -218,19 +219,19 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-PerformProbe::PerformProbe(
-    const std::vector<std::string>& probeCommand,
-    std::shared_ptr<PerformScan>& scanPtr,
-    std::function<void(FoundDevices&, const MapperGetSubTreeResponse&)>&&
-        callback) :
-    _probeCommand(probeCommand),
-    scan(scanPtr), _callback(std::move(callback))
+PerformProbe::PerformProbe(nlohmann::json& recordRef,
+                           const std::vector<std::string>& probeCommand,
+                           std::string probeName,
+                           std::shared_ptr<PerformScan>& scanPtr) :
+    recordRef(recordRef),
+    _probeCommand(probeCommand), probeName(std::move(probeName)), scan(scanPtr)
 {}
 PerformProbe::~PerformProbe()
 {
     FoundDevices foundDevs;
     if (probe(_probeCommand, scan, foundDevs))
     {
-        _callback(foundDevs, scan->dbusProbeObjects);
+        scan->updateSystemConfiguration(recordRef, probeName, foundDevs,
+                                        scan->dbusProbeObjects);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PerformScan.cpp b/src/PerformScan.cpp
index 47b96f8..c81557f 100644
--- a/src/PerformScan.cpp
+++ b/src/PerformScan.cpp
@@ -625,13 +625,7 @@
         // destroyed too early
         auto thisRef = shared_from_this();
         auto probePointer = std::make_shared<PerformProbe>(
-            probeCommand, thisRef,
-            [thisRef, recordRef,
-             probeName](FoundDevices& foundDevices,
-                        const MapperGetSubTreeResponse& dbusSubtree) {
-                thisRef->updateSystemConfiguration(recordRef, probeName,
-                                                   foundDevices, dbusSubtree);
-            });
+            recordRef, probeCommand, probeName, thisRef);
 
         // parse out dbus probes by discarding other probe types, store in a
         // map