diff --git a/nzbtomedia/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py b/nzbtomedia/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
index a8ae41b9..d4e294d0 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 import os
 import requests
+import json
 import nzbtomedia
 
 from nzbtomedia.nzbToMediaAutoFork import autoFork
@@ -140,9 +141,9 @@ class autoProcessTV:
             if section == "SickBeard":
                 r = requests.get(url, auth=(username, password), params=fork_params, stream=True, verify=False)
             elif section == "NzbDrone":
-                params = {"name": "DownloadedEpisodesScan", "path": dirName}
+                data = json.dumps({"name": "DownloadedEpisodesScan", "path": dirName})
                 headers = {"X-Api-Key": apikey}
-                r = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, stream=True, verify=False)
+                r = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers, stream=True, verify=False)
         except requests.ConnectionError:
             logger.error("Unable to open URL: %s" % (url), section)
             return 1 # failure