diff --git a/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php b/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php
index c70ae526..6efab9ee 100644
--- a/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php
+++ b/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php
@@ -917,10 +917,11 @@ class UserController extends BaseAuthedController {
         $params = array(
             'jwt' => $data['jwt']
         );
+        $url = LOGIN_URL + '?a=Login&c=verifyJwt';
         $response = '';
-        if (!phpcommon\HttpClient::get
-            (LOGIN_URL,
-             $params,
+        if (!phpcommon\HttpClient::postContent
+            ($url,
+             json_encode($params),
              $response)) {
             myself()->_rspErr(500,  'server internal error');
             return;