diff --git a/.env-example b/.env-example
index a5b8ec4..bc0c35a 100644
--- a/.env-example
+++ b/.env-example
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 VONAGE_API_KEY=
 VONAGE_API_SECRET=
+VONAGE_API_SIGNATURE_SECRET=
 VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID=12a3b4cd-a1b2-1ab2-a1b2-a1234bc5d678
 VONAGE_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=
 FROM=
 VONAGE_TO_NUMBER=
 RECIPIENT_NUMBER=
+FROM_NUMBER=
 TO_NUMBER=
 VONAGE_SECRET_ID=
 INSIGHT_NUMBER=
diff --git a/numbers/search-available.php b/numbers/search-available.php
index 3098479..7b87a06 100644
--- a/numbers/search-available.php
+++ b/numbers/search-available.php
@@ -9,8 +9,17 @@
 $client = new \Vonage\Client($basic);
 
 /** @var IterableAPICollection $response */
+/** Note: be careful when specifying "NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA" environment variable: 
+  * surround it with quotes if it has a leading zero, otherwise the (string) conversion
+  * will assume it is an Octal number and convert it.  e.g., (string)0123 results in "83".
+  * NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN will be one of 0 (search for numbers that start with pattern);
+  * 1 (search for numbers that contain pattern), or 2 (search for numbers that end with pattern).
+  * VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE must be one of: landline, mobile-lvn or landline-toll-free
+  * VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES Must be one of: SMS, VOICE, SMS,VOICE, MMS, SMS,MMS, VOICE,MMS 
+  *  or SMS,MMS,VOICE
+  */
 $filter = new AvailableNumbers([
-    "pattern" => (int) NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
+    "pattern" => (string)NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
     "search_pattern" => (int) NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN,
     "type" => VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE,
     "features" => VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES,