diff --git a/app/api/CircleCI.js b/app/api/CircleCI.js
index ad179ed..3312da1 100644
--- a/app/api/CircleCI.js
+++ b/app/api/CircleCI.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import endpoints from './endpoints';
 import request from './request';
-import token from './token';
 
 function JSONify(response) {
   return response.json();
@@ -15,24 +14,16 @@ export async function checkToken(possibleToken) {
 }
 
 export async function getUserDetails() {
-  const CIToken = await token.get();
   const url = endpoints.get('USER_INFO');
-  return await request(url, GET, {}, CIToken).then(JSONify);
+  return await request(url, GET).then(JSONify);
 }
 
 export async function getProjects() {
-  const CIToken = await token.get();
   const url = endpoints.get('ALL_PROJECTS');
-  return await request(url, GET, {}, CIToken).then(JSONify);
+  return await request(url, GET).then(JSONify);
 }
 
 export async function getProjectRecentBuilds(user, repo, limit = 1, offset = 0) {
-  const CIToken = await token.get();
   const url = endpoints.get('PROJECT_RECENTS').param({ user, repo }).query({ limit, offset });
-  return await request(
-    url,
-    GET,
-    {},
-    CIToken)
-  .then(JSONify);
+  return await request(url, GET).then(JSONify);
 }
diff --git a/app/api/request.js b/app/api/request.js
index 6c3c7ae..b972cd2 100644
--- a/app/api/request.js
+++ b/app/api/request.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import token from './token';
 
-export default function request(url, method, data = {}, CIToken) {
-  CIToken = CIToken || token.get();
+export default async function request(url, method = 'GET', data = {}, CIToken) {
+  CIToken = CIToken || await token.get();
   const fullURL = url.query({ 'circle-token': CIToken }).toString();
   let fetchParams = {
     method,
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export default function request(url, method, data = {}, CIToken) {
   };
   if (method !== 'GET' && method !== 'HEAD') {
     fetchParams.body = JSON.stringify(data);
+    fetchParams.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';
   }
-  return fetch(fullURL, fetchParams);
+  return await fetch(fullURL, fetchParams);
 }