diff --git a/apps/app_milliwatt.c b/apps/app_milliwatt.c
index 89063096cd..e7312cd90d 100644
--- a/apps/app_milliwatt.c
+++ b/apps/app_milliwatt.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #include "asterisk/module.h"
 #include "asterisk/channel.h"
 #include "asterisk/pbx.h"
+#include "asterisk/indications.h"
 
 static char *app = "Milliwatt";
 
@@ -133,19 +134,13 @@ static int old_milliwatt_exec(struct ast_channel *chan)
 static int milliwatt_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 {
 	const char *options = data;
-	struct ast_app *playtones_app;
 	int res = -1;
 
 	if (!ast_strlen_zero(options) && strchr(options, 'o')) {
 		return old_milliwatt_exec(chan);
 	}
 
-	if (!(playtones_app = pbx_findapp("Playtones"))) {
-		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "The Playtones application is required to run Milliwatt()\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	res = pbx_exec(chan, playtones_app, "1004/1000");
+	res = ast_playtones_start(chan, 23255, "1004/1000", 0);
 
 	while (!res) {
 		res = ast_safe_sleep(chan, 10000);