diff --git a/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java b/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java
index 4469f0e8..f85e487a 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public QueryStatus queryStatus(@PathVariable("resourceQueryId") UUID queryId, @R
 	}
 
 	@PostMapping("/query/format")
-	public ResponseEntity queryFormat(QueryRequest resultRequest) {
+	public ResponseEntity queryFormat(@RequestBody QueryRequest resultRequest) {
 		try {
 			// The toString() method here has been overridden to produce a human readable
 			// value