diff --git a/app/controllers/Api.scala b/app/controllers/Api.scala
index 78ca5d1d6b..2c06ee46c2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Api.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Api.scala
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ object Api extends LilaController {
     } map toApiResult
   }
 
-  def gameStream = Action { req =>
-    val userIds = get("users", req).??(_.split(',').take(300).toSet map lila.user.User.normalize)
+  def gameStream = Action(parse.tolerantText) { req =>
+    val userIds = req.body.split(',').take(300).toSet map lila.user.User.normalize
     Ok.chunked(Env.game.stream.startedByUserIds(userIds))
   }
 
diff --git a/conf/routes b/conf/routes
index add032a9b6..7c0d7f114b 100644
--- a/conf/routes
+++ b/conf/routes
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ GET   /api/tournament                  controllers.Api.currentTournaments
 GET   /api/tournament/:id              controllers.Api.tournament(id: String)
 GET   /api/status                      controllers.Api.status
 GET   /api/socket                      controllers.Main.apiWebsocket
-GET   /api/game-stream                 controllers.Api.gameStream
+POST  /api/game-stream                 controllers.Api.gameStream
 
 # Events
 GET   /event                           controllers.Event.index