diff --git a/engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/CentralServer.cpp b/engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/CentralServer.cpp
index 5772a345..511ae8de 100755
--- a/engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/CentralServer.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/application/CentralServer/src/shared/CentralServer.cpp
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ void CentralServer::sendMetricsToWebAPI(std::string updateURL)
 	postBuf << "totalPlayerCount=" << m_totalPlayerCount << "&totalGameServers=" << m_gameServers.size() - 1 << "&totalPlanetServers=" << m_planetServers.size() << "&isPublic=" << getIsClusterPublic() << "&isLocked=" << getIsClusterLocked() << "&isSecret=" << getIsClusterSecret() << "&preloadFinished=" << getClusterStartupTime() << "&databasebacklogged=" << isDatabaseBacklogged() << "&totalTutorialSceneCount=" << m_totalTutorialSceneCount << "&totalFalconSceneCount=" << m_totalFalconSceneCount;
 
 	webAPI::statusMessage response = webAPI::simplePost(updateURL, std::string(postBuf.str()));
-	WARNING(response.status, ("Error sending stats: %s", response.message.c_str()));
+	WARNING(response.status, ("Error sending stats: %s", response.retVal.c_str()));
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp b/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
index 513e4432..5f16da2c 100755
--- a/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
@@ -172,33 +172,33 @@ void ClientConnection::onReceive(const Archive::ByteStream & message)
 // originally was used to validate station API credentials, now uses our custom api
 void ClientConnection::validateClient(const std::string & id, const std::string & key)
 {
-	int authOK = 0;
-	StationId suid = atoi(id.c_str());	
-	std::string uname;
-
+	bool authOK = false;
+	StationId suid = atoi(id.c_str());
 	std::string authURL(ConfigLoginServer::getExternalAuthUrl());
+	std::string uname;
+		
 	if (!authURL.empty()) 
 	{
 		std::ostringstream postBuf;
 		postBuf << "user_name=" << id << "&user_password=" << key << "&ip=" << getRemoteAddress();
-
+		
 		const webAPI::statusMessage response = webAPI::simplePost(authURL, std::string(postBuf.str()), "username");
-
-		if (response.status && !response.message.empty())
+		
+		if (response.status && !response.retVal.empty())
 		{
-			authOK = 1;
-			uname = response.message;
+			authOK = true;
+			uname = response.retVal;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			ErrorMessage err("Login Failed", response.message);
+			ErrorMessage err("Login Failed", response.retVal);
 			this->send(err, true);
 		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		// test mode
-		authOK = 1;
+		authOK = true;
 		uname = id;
 	}
 
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
index cb2fe61a..7efd13f5 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ statusVal: the expected value in the case of success
 webAPI::statusMessage webAPI::simplePost(const string &endpoint, const string &data, const string &slotName, const string &messageSlot, const string &statusSlot, const string &statusVal)
 {
 	// declare our output and go ahead and attempt to get data from remote
-	nlohmann::json response = request(endpoint, data, 1);
+	nlohmann::json response = request(endpoint, data);
 
 	// if we got data back...
 	if (response.count(statusSlot) && response[statusSlot].get<std::string>() == statusVal && response.count(slotName))
@@ -61,29 +61,43 @@ nlohmann::json webAPI::request(const string &endpoint, const string &data, const
 			string readBuffer; // container for the remote response
 			long http_code = 0; // we get this after performing the get or post
 
-			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, endpoint.c_str()); // endpoint is always specified by caller
 			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writeCallback); // place the data into readBuffer using writeCallback
 			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &readBuffer); // specify readBuffer as the container for data
 
-			if (reqType == 1)
+			switch (reqType)
 			{
-				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data.c_str());
-			} //todo - get request? etc
+			  case 1:
+			    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data.c_str());
+			    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, endpoint.c_str());
+			    break;
+			  case 2:
+			    std::string getURI = endpoint + "?" + data;
+			    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, getURI.c_str());
+			    break;
+			  // want to do a put, or whatever other type? feel free to add here
+			}
 
 			CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl); // make the request!
-
+			char *contentType;
+			
 			curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_code); //get status code
+			curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &contentType);
 
 			if (res == CURLE_OK && http_code == 200 && !(readBuffer.empty())) // check it all out and parse
 			{
-				try {
+				// if we ever use anything other than json we can break the stuff below output
+				// into a separate function...
+				try 
+				{
 					response = nlohmann::json::parse(readBuffer);
 				}
-				catch (string &e) {
+				catch (string &e) 
+				{
 					response["message"] = e;
 					response["status"] = "failure";
 				}
-				catch (...) {
+				catch (...) 
+				{
 					response["message"] = "JSON parse error for endpoint.";
 					response["status"] = "failure";
 				}
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
index ca61934e..84566ed2 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ namespace webAPI
 	struct statusMessage
 	{
 		bool status;
-		std::string message;
+		std::string retVal;
 	};
 
 	using namespace std;
 
 	statusMessage simplePost(const string &endpoint, const string &data, const string &slotName = "success", const string &messageSlot ="message", const string &statusSlot = "status", const string &statusVal = "success");
-	nlohmann::json request(const string &endpoint, const string &data, const int &reqType); // 1 for post, 0 for get
+	nlohmann::json request(const string &endpoint, const string &data, const int &reqType = 1); // 1 for post, 0 for get
 	size_t writeCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp);
 };