diff --git a/hydra-api.yaml b/hydra-api.yaml
index 623c90823..a2fdea28b 100644
--- a/hydra-api.yaml
+++ b/hydra-api.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ paths:
                   $ref: '#/components/examples/projects-success'
 
   /api/push:
-    put:
+    post:
       summary: trigger jobsets
       parameters:
         - in: query
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
index a8b4440ee..9f8b7cba2 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ sub triggerJobset {
 sub push : Chained('api') PathPart('push') Args(0) {
     my ($self, $c) = @_;
 
+    requirePost($c);
+
     $c->{stash}->{json}->{jobsetsTriggered} = [];
 
     my $force = exists $c->request->query_params->{force};
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
index 8c33c3d83..488c2b59f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ sub requireAdmin {
 
 sub requirePost {
     my ($c) = @_;
-    error($c, "Request must be POSTed.") if $c->request->method ne "POST";
+    error($c, "Request must be POSTed.", 405) if $c->request->method ne "POST";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/root/jobset.tt b/src/root/jobset.tt
index 56abdb505..5d8345f9f 100644
--- a/src/root/jobset.tt
+++ b/src/root/jobset.tt
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
         if (!c) return;
         requestJSON({
           url: "[% HTML.escape(c.uri_for('/api/push', { jobsets = project.name _ ':' _ jobset.name, force = "1" })) %]",
+          type: 'POST',
           success: function(data) {
             bootbox.alert("The jobset has been scheduled for evaluation.");
           }
diff --git a/t/Hydra/Controller/API/checks.t b/t/Hydra/Controller/API/checks.t
index 2b97b4895..f0f51f1cf 100644
--- a/t/Hydra/Controller/API/checks.t
+++ b/t/Hydra/Controller/API/checks.t
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ subtest "/api/push" => sub {
         my $jobsetName = $jobset->name;
         is($jobset->forceeval, undef, "The existing jobset is not set to be forced to eval");
 
-        my $response = request(GET "/api/push?jobsets=$projectName:$jobsetName&force=1");
+        my $response = request(POST "/api/push?jobsets=$projectName:$jobsetName&force=1");
         ok($response->is_success, "The API enpdoint for triggering jobsets returns 200.");
 
         my $data = is_json($response);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ subtest "/api/push" => sub {
 
         print STDERR $repo;
 
-        my $response = request(GET "/api/push?repos=$repo&force=1");
+        my $response = request(POST "/api/push?repos=$repo&force=1");
         ok($response->is_success, "The API enpdoint for triggering jobsets returns 200.");
 
         my $data = is_json($response);