diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index fffb88b..950401a 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ pub async fn get_raw(
     }
 }
 
-
 #[get("/api/thumb/{hash}")]
 pub async fn get_thumbnail(
     state: web::Data<State>,
@@ -165,19 +164,11 @@ pub async fn get_thumbnail(
     Err(error::ErrorNotImplemented("Previews not enabled."))
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
-pub struct QueryRequest {
-    query: String,
-}
-
-#[get("/api/obj")]
-pub async fn get_query(
-    state: web::Data<State>,
-    web::Query(info): web::Query<QueryRequest>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+#[post("/api/query")]
+pub async fn get_query(state: web::Data<State>, query: String) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let connection = state.upend.connection().map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?;
 
-    let in_query: Query = info.query.as_str().parse().map_err(ErrorBadRequest)?;
+    let in_query: Query = query.parse().map_err(ErrorBadRequest)?;
     let entries = connection
         .query(in_query)
         .map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)?;
diff --git a/webui/src/lib/entity.ts b/webui/src/lib/entity.ts
index 7d076d6..6569db6 100644
--- a/webui/src/lib/entity.ts
+++ b/webui/src/lib/entity.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const inFlightRequests: { [key: string]: Promise<UpListing> } = {};
 
 export function useEntity(address: string) {
   const { data, error, revalidate } = useSWR<ListingResult, unknown>(
-    () => `/api/obj/${address}`
+    `/api/obj/${address}`
   );
 
   const entity: Readable<UpObject | undefined> = derived(data, ($listing) => {
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export function query(query: () => string) {
   const queryString = typeof query === "string" ? query : query();
   console.debug(`Querying: ${queryString}`);
   const { data, error, revalidate } = useSWR<ListingResult, unknown>(
-    () => `/api/obj?query=${encodeURIComponent(query())}`
+    "/api/query",
+    { method: "POST", body: queryString }
   );
 
   const result = derived(data, ($values) => {
@@ -55,11 +56,10 @@ export function query(query: () => string) {
 export async function queryOnce(query: string): Promise<UpListing> {
   const cacheResult = queryOnceLRU.get(query);
   if (!cacheResult) {
-    const url = `/api/obj?query=${query}`;
-    if (!inFlightRequests[url]) {
+    if (!inFlightRequests[query]) {
       console.debug(`Querying: ${query}`);
-      inFlightRequests[url] = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        fetch(url, { keepalive: true })
+      inFlightRequests[query] = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        fetch("/api/query", { method: "POST", body: query, keepalive: true })
           .then(async (response) => {
             resolve(new UpListing(await response.json()));
           })
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export async function queryOnce(query: string): Promise<UpListing> {
     } else {
       console.debug(`Chaining request for ${query}...`);
     }
-    return await inFlightRequests[url];
+    return await inFlightRequests[query];
   } else {
     console.debug(`Returning cached: ${query}`);
     return cacheResult;
diff --git a/webui/src/util/fetch.ts b/webui/src/util/fetch.ts
index 7b660bc..dca3c08 100644
--- a/webui/src/util/fetch.ts
+++ b/webui/src/util/fetch.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ import { writable } from "svelte/store";
 // stale shim until https://github.com/ConsoleTVs/sswr/issues/24 is resolved
 export type SWRKey = string;
 export function useSWR<D = unknown, E = Error>(
-  key: SWRKey | undefined | (() => SWRKey | undefined)
+  key: SWRKey,
+  options?: RequestInit
 ) {
   const data = writable<D | undefined>();
   const error = writable<E | undefined>();
 
   async function doFetch() {
-    const keyString = typeof key === "string" ? key : key();
     try {
-      const response = await fetch(keyString);
+      const response = await fetch(key, options);
       if (response.ok) {
         data.set(await response.json());
       } else {