diff --git a/src/lib.ts b/src/lib.ts
index e2da5e16..a49eacbc 100644
--- a/src/lib.ts
+++ b/src/lib.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export {AvatarView} from "./platform/web/ui/AvatarView.js";
 export {RoomType} from "./matrix/room/common";
 export {EventEmitter} from "./utils/EventEmitter";
 export {Disposables} from "./utils/Disposables";
+export {LocalMedia} from "./matrix/calls/LocalMedia";
 // these should eventually be moved to another library
 export {
     ObservableArray,
diff --git a/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts b/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts
index 5208b72e..b49ca3c5 100644
--- a/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts
+++ b/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ export class CallHandler {
         });
     }
 
-    async createCall(roomId: string, localMedia: LocalMedia, name: string): Promise<GroupCall> {
+    async createCall(roomId: string, localMedia: LocalMedia, name: string, intent: CallIntent = CallIntent.Ring): Promise<GroupCall> {
         const logItem = this.options.logger.child({l: "call", incoming: false});
         const call = new GroupCall(makeId("conf-"), true, { 
             "m.name": name,
-            "m.intent": CallIntent.Ring
+            "m.intent": intent
         }, roomId, this.groupCallOptions, logItem);
         this._calls.set(call.id, call);