diff --git a/lib/admin/js/telebit-token.js b/lib/admin/js/telebit-token.js
index 4b09245..2cb3204 100644
--- a/lib/admin/js/telebit-token.js
+++ b/lib/admin/js/telebit-token.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ common.authorize = common.getToken = function getToken(state) {
       state.config.pretoken = pretoken;
       state._connecting = true;
 
-      return common.reqLocalAsync({ url: '/api/config', method: 'POST', data: state.config || {} }).then(function () {
+      return common.reqLocalAsync({ url: '/api/config', method: 'POST', body: state.config }).then(function () {
         console.info("waiting...");
         return PromiseA.resolve();
       }).catch(function (err) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ common.authorize = common.getToken = function getToken(state) {
       } catch(e) {
         console.warn("[warning] could not decode token");
       }
-      return common.reqLocalAsync({ url: '/api/config', method: 'POST', data: state.config }).then(function () {
+      return common.reqLocalAsync({ url: '/api/config', method: 'POST', body: state.config }).then(function () {
         //console.log("Pairing Enabled Locally");
         return PromiseA.resolve();
       }).catch(function (err) {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ common.authorize = common.getToken = function getToken(state) {
       return PromiseA.resolve();
     }
   , end: function () {
-      return common.reqLocalAsync({ url: '/api/enable', method: 'POST', data: [] }).then(function () {
+      return common.reqLocalAsync({ url: '/api/enable', method: 'POST', body: [] }).then(function () {
         console.info("Success");
 
         // workaround for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/21319
diff --git a/lib/admin/js/telebit.js b/lib/admin/js/telebit.js
index 6747e83..e6c8907 100644
--- a/lib/admin/js/telebit.js
+++ b/lib/admin/js/telebit.js
@@ -226,9 +226,12 @@ common.api.token = function (state, handlers) {
         , hostname: pairRequestUrl.hostname
         , href: pairRequestUrl.href
         , pathname: pairRequestUrl.pathname
-        , port: pairRequestUrl.port
+          // because why wouldn't node require 'path' on a json object and accept 'pathname' on a URL object...
+          // https://twitter.com/coolaj86/status/1053947919890403328
+        , path: pairRequestUrl.pathname
+        , port: pairRequestUrl.port || null
         , protocol: pairRequestUrl.protocol
-        , search: pairRequestUrl.search
+        , search: pairRequestUrl.search || null
         }
       , method: dir.pair_request.method
       , json: authReq