diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 28fd6bb0..7848d1da 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function submitVote(type, UUID, callback) {
         }
 
         //publish this vote
-        sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/voteOnSponsorTime?UUID=" + UUID + "&userID=" + userID + "&type=" + type, function(xmlhttp, error) {
+        sendRequestToServer("POST", "/api/voteOnSponsorTime?UUID=" + UUID + "&userID=" + userID + "&type=" + type, function(xmlhttp, error) {
             if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
                 callback({
                     successType: 1
diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index fb0b13b0..d56207db 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ function skipToTime(v, index, sponsorTimes, openNotice) {
 
     //send telemetry that a this sponsor was skipped happened
     if (trackViewCount) {
-        sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
+        sendRequestToServer("POST", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
     }
 }