Exhibit 10.8

                             Amendment to Employment
                        Agreement, dated January 17, 1997


     This Amendment,  made and entered into as of the 15 day of March,  1999, by
and between International  Dispensing  Corporation,  a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  and Jon Silverman,  a New York resident (the  "Executive"),  to the
Employment Agreement dated January 17, 1997.

              WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS,  the Company and the  Executive  are  desirous  of  modifying  the
Employment Agreement to reflect the needs of the Company;

     Now THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.       DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE EMPLOYMENT PERIOD
              From the date hereof until the Termination Date, the Executive
              shall serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. In such
              capacity,   the  Executive   shall  primarily  work  with  the
              President  at  transitioning  his  previous  work and contacts
              prior to the  Termination  Date,  as well as other  duties and
              responsibilities  as may be assigned from  time-to-time by the
              Board of  Directors.  He shall  supervise  and  assist  in the
              necessary  efforts to obtain  monies owed to the Company  from
              the China operation.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
              to prohibit the Executive  from spending a portion of his time
              in  pursuing  and  engaging  in other  business  opportunities
              provided that such activities  shall be at the sole expense of
              the  Executive  and do not  adversely  affect  or  impede  the
              transitioning work the Executive shall perform hereunder.

     2.       BASIC SALARY
              From the date hereof  until the  Termination  Date,  the Basic
              Salary  shall be at the rate of  $180,000  per  annum.  At the
              Termination  Date,  the  Executive  shall receive title to his
              Company-owned automobile.

     3.       STOCK OPTIONS
              Notwithstanding  the original terms of the options to purchase
              100,000  shares of the  Company's  Common Stock granted to the
              Executive by the Board of  Directors on July 9, 1998,  options
              to purchase 33,333 of such shares shall become  exercisable on
              April 2, 1999 and options to purchase an additional  33,334 of
              such shares  shall  become  exercisable  on December  30, 1999
              provided in each case the  Executive is still  employed by the
              Company. If they become exercisable, the foregoing options may
              be exercised by the Executive until December 31, 2004


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              whether or not the  employment of the Executive by the Company
              has  terminated.  Options to  purchase  the  remaining  33,333
              shares (of the options to purchase  100,000  shares granted on
              July 9,  1998)  shall  become  null  and  void  and may not be
              exercised at any time after the Termination Date. In addition,
              since the  options to  purchase  66,667  shares  shall  remain
              exercisable for more than 90 days after the Termination  Date,
              all of such options shall be non-qualified options rather than
              incentive stock options.

     4.       OTHER
              All other terms and  conditions  of the  Employment  Agreement
              shall  remain in full force and effect  until the  Termination
              Date,  except that the Company shall have a one year option on
              a month-to-month  basis to continue to utilize the Executive's
              services for the same rate of compensation.

     Agreed to and accepted this 15th day of March, 1999.



     /s/ Jon Silverman
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       Jon Silverman

     INTERNATIONAL DISPENSING CORPORATION


     By: /s/ Jeffrey Lewenthal
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           Jeffrey Lewenthal
           Executive Vice President