diff --git a/comrad/app/main.py b/comrad/app/main.py
index 79bfca0..ae7dbd1 100644
--- a/comrad/app/main.py
+++ b/comrad/app/main.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class MessagePopupCard(MDDialog2):
     def on_touch_down(self,touch):
         self.ok_to_continue=True
         logger.info('oof!')
+        self.dismiss()
         # if hasattr(self,'msg_dialog'):
             # logger.info(str(self.msg_dialog))
 
@@ -797,7 +798,9 @@ class MainApp(MDApp, Logger):
 
     async def get_input(self,msg,comrad_name='Telephone',get_pass=False,yesno=False,**y):
         from comrad.app.screens.feed.feed import PostCardInputPopup
-        # if hasattr(self,'msg_dialog') and self.msg_dialog:# and hasattr(self.msg_dialog,'card') and self.msg_dialog.card:
+        if hasattr(self,'msg_dialog') and self.msg_dialog: self.msg_dialog.dismiss()
+            
+            # and hasattr(self.msg_dialog,'card') and self.msg_dialog.card:
         #     self.msg_dialog0=self.msg_dialog
         #     self.msg_dialog0.dismiss()
         #     self.msg_dialog0=None
@@ -812,6 +815,7 @@ class MainApp(MDApp, Logger):
         logger.info(f'get_input got user response {response}')
         if self.msg_dialog: 
             self.msg_dialog.dismiss()
+            self.root.remove_widget(self.msg_dialog)
         self.msg_dialog=None
         # async def task():
         #     await asyncio.sleep(1)
diff --git a/comrad/backend/switchboard.py b/comrad/backend/switchboard.py
index 4d4193c..b1235f0 100644
--- a/comrad/backend/switchboard.py
+++ b/comrad/backend/switchboard.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from flask_classful import FlaskView
 OP_PASS = None
 
 class TheSwitchboard(FlaskView, Logger):
-    default_methods = ['GET']
+    default_methods = ['POST']
     excluded_methods = ['phone','op','send','printt','log','status']
 
     @property
diff --git a/comrad/backend/the_telephone.py b/comrad/backend/the_telephone.py
index 07e2946..e1dbada 100644
--- a/comrad/backend/the_telephone.py
+++ b/comrad/backend/the_telephone.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class TheTelephone(Operator):
         # self.log('resp_msg_b:',resp_msg_b)
         
         
-        resp_msg_b = phonecall.data
+        resp_msg_b = phonecall.raw
         self.log(f'{self}: Received response from Operator!')# We got back:\n\n',resp_msg_b)
 
         resp_msg_d = pickle.loads(resp_msg_b)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class TheTelephone(Operator):
 
     def comrad_request_post(self,url,data='',allow_clearnet = ALLOW_CLEARNET):
         if '.onion' in url or not allow_clearnet:
-            return self.tor_request_post(url)
+            return self.tor_request_post(url,data=data)
         return requests.post(url,data=data,timeout=60)
 
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class TheTelephone(Operator):
                 s.headers.update({'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
                 s.mount('http://', adapter)
                 s.mount('https://', adapter)
-                r = s.post(url, data=data, timeout=600)
+                r = s.post(url, data=data, timeout=600, stream=True)
                 return r
 
     def get_tor_proxy_session(self):