diff --git a/db/Object_Types.sql b/db/Object_Types.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b2334e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/Object_Types.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE TABLE Object_Types (
+	Id	int(10) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+	Name	varchar(32) UNIQUE,
+	Human	TEXT,
+	PRIMARY KEY (Id)
+);
diff --git a/db/zm_create.sql.in b/db/zm_create.sql.in
index bfdd6236a..ea8257b75 100644
--- a/db/zm_create.sql.in
+++ b/db/zm_create.sql.in
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `Events_Tags` (
   CONSTRAINT `Events_Tags_ibfk_2` FOREIGN KEY (`EventId`) REFERENCES `Events` (`Id`) ON DELETE CASCADE
 ) ENGINE=@ZM_MYSQL_ENGINE@;
 
+source @PKGDATADIR@/db/Object_Types.sql
 -- We generally don't alter triggers, we drop and re-create them, so let's keep them in a separate file that we can just source in update scripts.
 source @PKGDATADIR@/db/triggers.sql
 
diff --git a/distros/redhat/zoneminder.spec b/distros/redhat/zoneminder.spec
index af8eae1b1..bf5e7988e 100644
--- a/distros/redhat/zoneminder.spec
+++ b/distros/redhat/zoneminder.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 %global zmtargetdistro %{?rhel:el%{rhel}}%{!?rhel:fc%{fedora}}
 
 Name: zoneminder
-Version: 1.37.56
+Version: 1.37.57
 Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: A camera monitoring and analysis tool
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object.pm
index 7aaae4d53..da5b6a873 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object.pm
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 # This module contains the common definitions and functions used by the rest
 # of the ZoneMinder scripts
 #
-
 package ZoneMinder::Object;
 
 use 5.006;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ use Time::HiRes qw{ gettimeofday tv_interval };
 use Carp qw( cluck );
 
 require ZoneMinder::Base;
+require ZoneMinder::Object_Type;
 
 our @ISA = qw(ZoneMinder::Base);
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ sub set {
 
   if ( $params ) {
     foreach my $field ( keys %{$params} ) {
-      $log->debug("field: $field, ".def_or_undef($$self{$field}).' =? param: '.def_or_undef($$params{$field})) if $debug;
+      $log->debug("field: $field, ".def_or_undef($$self{$field}).' =? param: '.def_or_undef($$params{$field})) if $debug or DEBUG_ALL;
       if ( ( ! defined $$self{$field} ) or ($$self{$field} ne $params->{$field}) ) {
         # Only make changes to fields that have changed
         if ( defined $fields{$field} ) {
@@ -886,6 +886,62 @@ sub clone {
   return $new;
 } # end sub clone
 
+sub Object_Type {
+  if ( $_[0]{object_type_id} ) {
+    $_[0]{Object_Type} = new ZoneMinder::Object_Type( $_[0]{object_type_id} );
+  } else {
+    $_[0]{Object_Type} = ZoneMinder::Object_Type->find_one( name=>ref $_[0] );
+    $_[0]{Object_Type} = new ZoneMinder::Object_Type() if ! $_[0]{Object_Type};
+  } # end if
+  return $_[0]{Object_Type};
+} # end sub Object_Type
+
+sub object_type {
+  if ( @_ > 1 ) {
+    my $Type = ZoneMinder::Object_Type->find_one( name => $_[1] );
+    if ( ! $Type ) {
+      $Type = new ZoneMinder::Object_Type();
+      $Type->save({ Name=>$_[1], Human=>$_[1] });
+    } # end if
+    $_[0]{object_type} = $Type->Name();
+    $_[0]{object_type_id} = $Type->Id();
+  } # end if
+  if ( ! $_[0]{object_type} ) {
+    $_[0]{object_type} = new ZoneMinder::Object_Type( $_[0]{object_type_id} )->Name();
+  } # end if
+  return $_[0]{object_type};
+} # end sub object_type
+
+sub Object {
+  my $self = shift;
+  if ( @_ ) {
+    $self->object_type( ref $_[0] );
+    $$self{object_id} = $_[0]{id};
+    $$self{Object} = $_[0];
+  } # end if
+  my $type =  $self->object_type();
+  if ( !$type ) {
+    Error('No type in Object::Object'. $self->to_string()) if ref $self ne 'ZoneMinder::Log';
+    return undef;
+  } # end if
+  my ( $module ) = $type =~ /ZoneMinder::(.*)/;
+  if ( $module ) {
+    eval {
+      require "ZoneMinder/$module.pm";
+    };
+    if ( ! $$self{Object} ) {
+      $_ = $type->new($$self{object_id});
+      Debug( 'Returning object of type ' . ref $_ ) if $debug;
+      $$self{Object} = $_;
+    }
+    return $$self{Object};
+  } else {
+    Error("Unvalid object $type");
+    return new ZoneMinder::Object();
+  }
+} # end sub Object
+
+
 sub AUTOLOAD {
   my $type = ref($_[0]);
   Carp::cluck("No type in autoload") if ! $type;
diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object_Type.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object_Type.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33eda22dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Object_Type.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use strict;
+package ZoneMinder::Object_Type;
+our @ISA = qw( ZoneMinder::Object );
+
+use vars qw( $debug $table %fields %transforms %defaults $primary_key );
+
+$debug = 0;
+$table = 'Object_Types';
+$primary_key = 'id';
+%fields = (
+	Id		=>	'Id',
+	Name	=>	'Name',
+	Human	=>	'Human',
+);
+%defaults = (
+);
+%transforms = (
+  Name  => [ 's/^\s+//', 's/\s+$//', 's/\s\s+/ /g' ],
+  Human => [ 's/^\s+//', 's/\s+$//', 's/\s\s+/ /g', 's/^ZoneMinder:://' ],
+);
+
+sub Object {
+	if ( $_[0]{Name} ) {
+    my $name = $_[0]{Name};
+    $name =~ s/::/\//g;
+    eval {
+      require $name.'.pm';
+    };
+		$ZoneMinder::log->error("failed requiring $name $@") if $@;
+  	return $_[0]{Name}->new($_[1]);
+	}
+	my ($caller, undef, $line) = caller;
+	$ZoneMinder::log->error("Unknown object from $caller:$line");
+	return new ZoneMinder::Object();
+} # end sub Object
+
+sub Human {
+	if ( @_ > 1 ) {
+		$_[0]{Human} = $_[1];
+	}
+	if ( ! $_[0]{Human} ) {
+		$_[0]{Human} = $_[0]{Name};
+		$_[0]{Human} =~ s/^ZoneMinder:://;
+	}
+	return $_[0]{Human};
+}
+
+1;
+__END__
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index dd59fb63b..9459b808d 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.37.56
+1.37.57