diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/actions/create-tweet.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/actions/create-tweet.ts
index 76a1560d..92dbc019 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/actions/create-tweet.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/actions/create-tweet.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default class CreateTweet {
 
   async run() {
     const response = await this.client.createTweet.run(
-      this.client.parameters.tweet as string
+      this.client.step.parameters.tweet as string
     );
 
     return response.data.data;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/authentication.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/authentication.ts
index 5beb7fb4..54551e85 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/authentication.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/authentication.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { IAuthentication, IField } from '@automatisch/types';
+import type { IAuthentication, IField, IApp } from '@automatisch/types';
 import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 import TwitterClient from './client';
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default class Authentication implements IAuthentication {
   }
 
   async createAuthData() {
-    const appFields = this.client.appData.fields.find(
+    const appFields = this.client.connection.appData.fields.find(
       (field: IField) => field.key == 'oAuthRedirectUrl'
     );
     const callbackUrl = appFields.value;
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ export default class Authentication implements IAuthentication {
     const responseData = Object.fromEntries(new URLSearchParams(response.data));
 
     return {
-      consumerKey: this.client.connectionData.consumerKey,
-      consumerSecret: this.client.connectionData.consumerSecret,
+      consumerKey: this.client.connection.formattedData.consumerKey as string,
+      consumerSecret: this.client.connection.formattedData
+        .consumerSecret as string,
       accessToken: responseData.oauth_token,
       accessSecret: responseData.oauth_token_secret,
       userId: responseData.user_id,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/create-tweet.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/create-tweet.ts
index 130732ee..d8980159 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/create-tweet.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/create-tweet.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export default class CreateTweet {
   async run(text: string) {
     try {
       const token = {
-        key: this.client.connectionData.accessToken as string,
-        secret: this.client.connectionData.accessSecret as string,
+        key: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessToken as string,
+        secret: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessSecret as string,
       };
 
       const requestData = {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-current-user.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-current-user.ts
index 893a8fa5..f8cc3531 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-current-user.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-current-user.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export default class GetCurrentUser {
 
   async run() {
     const token = {
-      key: this.client.connectionData.accessToken as string,
-      secret: this.client.connectionData.accessSecret as string,
+      key: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessToken as string,
+      secret: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessSecret as string,
     };
 
     const requestPath = '/2/users/me';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-by-username.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-by-username.ts
index 173699c1..e21e2fda 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-by-username.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-by-username.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export default class GetUserByUsername {
 
   async run(username: string) {
     const token = {
-      key: this.client.connectionData.accessToken as string,
-      secret: this.client.connectionData.accessSecret as string,
+      key: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessToken as string,
+      secret: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessSecret as string,
     };
 
     const requestPath = `/2/users/by/username/${username}`;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-tweets.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-tweets.ts
index da2bf3cc..7bde7466 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-tweets.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/get-user-tweets.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export default class GetUserTweets {
 
   async run(userId: string) {
     const token = {
-      key: this.client.connectionData.accessToken as string,
-      secret: this.client.connectionData.accessSecret as string,
+      key: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessToken as string,
+      secret: this.client.connection.formattedData.accessSecret as string,
     };
 
     const requestPath = `/2/users/${userId}/tweets`;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/verify-access-token.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/verify-access-token.ts
index 2bd7e470..7c51a52f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/verify-access-token.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/endpoints/verify-access-token.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default class VerifyAccessToken {
   async run() {
     try {
       return await this.client.httpClient.post(
-        `/oauth/access_token?oauth_verifier=${this.client.connectionData.oauthVerifier}&oauth_token=${this.client.connectionData.accessToken}`,
+        `/oauth/access_token?oauth_verifier=${this.client.connection.formattedData.oauthVerifier}&oauth_token=${this.client.connection.formattedData.accessToken}`,
         null
       );
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts
index 2a384d7a..c3544d9f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/client/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IJSONObject, IApp } from '@automatisch/types';
+import { IFlow, IStep, IConnection } from '@automatisch/types';
 import OAuth from 'oauth-1.0a';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import HttpClient from '../../../helpers/http-client';
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import GetUserTweets from './endpoints/get-user-tweets';
 import CreateTweet from './endpoints/create-tweet';
 
 export default class TwitterClient {
-  appData: IApp;
-  connectionData: IJSONObject;
-  parameters: IJSONObject;
+  flow: IFlow;
+  step: IStep;
+  connection: IConnection;
   oauthClient: OAuth;
   httpClient: HttpClient;
 
@@ -25,20 +25,16 @@ export default class TwitterClient {
 
   static baseUrl = 'https://api.twitter.com';
 
-  constructor(
-    appData: IApp,
-    connectionData: IJSONObject,
-    parameters: IJSONObject
-  ) {
-    this.connectionData = connectionData;
-    this.appData = appData;
-    this.parameters = parameters;
+  constructor(connection: IConnection, flow?: IFlow, step?: IStep) {
+    this.connection = connection;
+    this.flow = flow;
+    this.step = step;
 
     this.httpClient = new HttpClient({ baseURL: TwitterClient.baseUrl });
 
     const consumerData = {
-      key: this.connectionData.consumerKey as string,
-      secret: this.connectionData.consumerSecret as string,
+      key: this.connection.formattedData.consumerKey as string,
+      secret: this.connection.formattedData.consumerSecret as string,
     };
 
     this.oauthClient = new OAuth({
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts
index e2f1d5c8..ee8e1005 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import {
   IService,
   IAuthentication,
-  IApp,
-  IJSONObject,
+  IFlow,
+  IStep,
+  IConnection,
 } from '@automatisch/types';
 import Authentication from './authentication';
 import Triggers from './triggers';
@@ -16,12 +17,8 @@ export default class Twitter implements IService {
   triggers: Triggers;
   actions: Actions;
 
-  constructor(
-    appData: IApp,
-    connectionData: IJSONObject,
-    parameters: IJSONObject
-  ) {
-    this.client = new TwitterClient(appData, connectionData, parameters);
+  constructor(connection: IConnection, flow?: IFlow, step?: IStep) {
+    this.client = new TwitterClient(connection, flow, step);
 
     this.authenticationClient = new Authentication(this.client);
     this.triggers = new Triggers(this.client);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/triggers/user-tweet.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/triggers/user-tweet.ts
index a4d42b94..44fcf058 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/triggers/user-tweet.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/twitter/triggers/user-tweet.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default class UserTweet {
 
   async getTweets() {
     const userResponse = await this.client.getUserByUsername.run(
-      this.client.parameters.username as string
+      this.client.step.parameters.username as string
     );
 
     const userId = userResponse.data.data.id;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-data.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-data.ts
index 8721e24f..8a4b8886 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-data.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/create-auth-data.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Context from '../../types/express/context';
-import App from '../../models/app';
 import axios from 'axios';
 
 type Params = {
@@ -21,13 +20,12 @@ const createAuthData = async (
     .throwIfNotFound();
 
   const appClass = (await import(`../../apps/${connection.key}`)).default;
-  const appData = App.findOneByKey(connection.key);
 
   if (!connection.formattedData) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const appInstance = new appClass(appData, connection.formattedData);
+  const appInstance = new appClass(connection);
   const authLink = await appInstance.authenticationClient.createAuthData();
 
   try {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts
index ee117262..b0863aa5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/mutations/verify-connection.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const verifyConnection = async (
   const appClass = (await import(`../../apps/${connection.key}`)).default;
   const app = App.findOneByKey(connection.key);
 
-  const appInstance = new appClass(app, connection.formattedData);
+  const appInstance = new appClass(connection);
   const verifiedCredentials =
     await appInstance.authenticationClient.verifyCredentials();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-data.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-data.ts
index 938fb639..5b8dff1a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-data.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/get-data.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
-import App from '../../models/app';
 import Context from '../../types/express/context';
 
 type Params = {
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ type Params = {
 const getData = async (_parent: unknown, params: Params, context: Context) => {
   const step = await context.currentUser
     .$relatedQuery('steps')
-    .withGraphFetched('connection')
+    .withGraphFetched('connection, flow')
     .findById(params.stepId);
 
   if (!step) return null;
@@ -20,10 +19,9 @@ const getData = async (_parent: unknown, params: Params, context: Context) => {
 
   if (!connection || !step.appKey) return null;
 
-  const appData = App.findOneByKey(step.appKey);
   const AppClass = (await import(`../../apps/${step.appKey}`)).default;
+  const appInstance = new AppClass(connection, step.flow, step);
 
-  const appInstance = new AppClass(appData, connection.formattedData, params.parameters);
   const command = appInstance.data[params.key];
   const fetchedData = await command.run();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/test-connection.ts b/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/test-connection.ts
index efa69792..1b9a01f5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/test-connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/graphql/queries/test-connection.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Context from '../../types/express/context';
-import App from '../../models/app';
 
 type Params = {
   id: string;
@@ -19,9 +18,8 @@ const testConnection = async (
     .throwIfNotFound();
 
   const appClass = (await import(`../../apps/${connection.key}`)).default;
-  const appData = App.findOneByKey(connection.key);
+  const appInstance = new appClass(connection);
 
-  const appInstance = new appClass(appData, connection.formattedData);
   const isStillVerified =
     await appInstance.authenticationClient.isStillVerified();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/connection.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/connection.ts
index 5a1460eb..8d44fd07 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/connection.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { AES, enc } from 'crypto-js';
 import Base from './base';
 import User from './user';
 import Step from './step';
+import App from './app';
 import appConfig from '../config/app';
 import { IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
 import Telemetry from '../helpers/telemetry';
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ class Connection extends Base {
     },
   });
 
+  get appData() {
+    return App.findOneByKey(this.key);
+  }
+
   encryptData(): void {
     if (!this.eligibleForEncryption()) return;
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/step.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/step.ts
index a231066e..61579f40 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/step.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/step.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ class Step extends Base {
     return `${appConfig.baseUrl}/apps/${this.appKey}/assets/favicon.svg`;
   }
 
+  get appData() {
+    return App.findOneByKey(this.appKey);
+  }
+
   async $afterInsert(queryContext: QueryContext) {
     await super.$afterInsert(queryContext);
     Telemetry.stepCreated(this);
@@ -95,17 +99,13 @@ class Step extends Base {
   async getTrigger() {
     if (!this.isTrigger) return null;
 
-    const { appKey, key, parameters = {} } = this;
+    const { appKey, key } = this;
 
     const connection = await this.$relatedQuery('connection');
+    const flow = await this.$relatedQuery('flow');
 
-    const appData = App.findOneByKey(appKey);
     const AppClass = (await import(`../apps/${appKey}`)).default;
-    const appInstance = new AppClass(
-      appData,
-      connection?.formattedData,
-      parameters
-    );
+    const appInstance = new AppClass(connection, flow, this);
     const command = appInstance.triggers[key];
 
     return command;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/processor.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/processor.ts
index 570a3cf6..f5c85554 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/processor.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/processor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import get from 'lodash.get';
-import App from '../models/app';
 import Flow from '../models/flow';
 import Step from '../models/step';
 import Execution from '../models/execution';
@@ -56,16 +55,7 @@ class Processor {
       for await (const step of steps) {
         if (!step.appKey) continue;
 
-        const appData = App.findOneByKey(step.appKey);
-
-        const {
-          appKey,
-          connection,
-          key,
-          type,
-          parameters: rawParameters = {},
-          id,
-        } = step;
+        const { appKey, key, type, parameters: rawParameters = {}, id } = step;
 
         const isTrigger = type === 'trigger';
         const AppClass = (await import(`../apps/${appKey}`)).default;
@@ -75,11 +65,7 @@ class Processor {
           priorExecutionSteps
         );
 
-        const appInstance = new AppClass(
-          appData,
-          connection?.formattedData,
-          computedParameters
-        );
+        const appInstance = new AppClass(step.connection, this.flow, step);
 
         if (!isTrigger && key) {
           const command = appInstance.actions[key];
@@ -114,19 +100,10 @@ class Processor {
   }
 
   async getInitialTriggerData(step: Step) {
-    if (!step.appKey) return null;
+    if (!step.appKey || !step.key) return null;
 
-    const appData = App.findOneByKey(step.appKey);
-    const { appKey, connection, key, parameters: rawParameters = {} } = step;
-
-    if (!key) return null;
-
-    const AppClass = (await import(`../apps/${appKey}`)).default;
-    const appInstance = new AppClass(
-      appData,
-      connection?.formattedData,
-      rawParameters
-    );
+    const AppClass = (await import(`../apps/${step.appKey}`)).default;
+    const appInstance = new AppClass(step.connection, this.flow, step);
 
     const lastExecutionStep = await step
       .$relatedQuery('executionSteps')
@@ -136,7 +113,7 @@ class Processor {
     const lastExecutionStepCreatedAt = lastExecutionStep?.createdAt as string;
     const flow = (await step.$relatedQuery('flow')) as Flow;
 
-    const command = appInstance.triggers[key];
+    const command = appInstance.triggers[step.key];
 
     const startTime = new Date(lastExecutionStepCreatedAt || flow.updatedAt);
     let fetchedData;
@@ -163,7 +140,10 @@ class Processor {
           .map((part: string) => {
             const isVariable = part.match(Processor.variableRegExp);
             if (isVariable) {
-              const stepIdAndKeyPath = part.replace(/{{step.|}}/g, '') as string;
+              const stepIdAndKeyPath = part.replace(
+                /{{step.|}}/g,
+                ''
+              ) as string;
               const [stepId, ...keyPaths] = stepIdAndKeyPath.split('.');
               const keyPath = keyPaths.join('.');
               const executionStep = executionSteps[stepId.toString() as string];
diff --git a/packages/types/index.d.ts b/packages/types/index.d.ts
index a2a067a4..6f06513e 100644
--- a/packages/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/index.d.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface IConnection {
   verified: boolean;
   count: number;
   flowCount: number;
+  appData?: IApp;
   createdAt: string;
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export interface IStep {
   executionSteps: IExecutionStep[];
   // FIXME: remove this property once execution steps are properly exposed via queries
   output: IJSONObject;
+  appData?: IApp;
 }
 
 export interface IFlow {