diff --git a/src/poe-client.js b/src/poe-client.js
index 23080a70a..548408058 100644
--- a/src/poe-client.js
+++ b/src/poe-client.js
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ class Client {
         await this.connect_ws();
         console.log('Client initialized.');
     }
+    
 
     get_device_id() {
         const user_id = this.viewer["poeUser"]["id"];
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ class Client {
         const botNameKeyName = 'chatOfBotHandle'
         const defaultBotKeyName = 'defaultBotNickname'
 
-        const r = await request_with_retries(() => this.session.get(this.home_url));
+        const r = await request_with_retries(() => this.session.post(this.home_url));
         const jsonRegex = /<script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application\/json">(.+?)<\/script>/;
         const jsonText = jsonRegex.exec(r.data)[1];
         const nextData = JSON.parse(jsonText);