diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs
index 36e22a32..cc1a0e63 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="requestData"></param>
         /// <returns>HTTP 204 No Content result code on success or fail code with explanation</returns>
-        [HttpPost("trialrequest")]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> RequestTrial([FromBody] dtoRequestTrial requestData)
+        [HttpPost("trialRequest")]
+        public async Task<IActionResult> RequestTrial([FromBody] RequestTrial trialRequest)
         {
             if (serverState.IsClosed)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             }
 
             //Send the request to RockFish here (or at least start the job to do it in which case return Accepted instead of no content and update comment above)
-            var ret = await Core.License.RequestTrialAsync(requestData.EmailAddress, requestData.RegisteredTo, log);
+            var ret = await Core.License.RequestTrialAsync(trialRequest, log);
 
             //Log
             await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 0, AyaType.License, AyaEvent.LicenseTrialRequest), ct);
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs
index 679905d3..89d1550c 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 //JSON KEY
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.OpenSsl;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 
 
@@ -27,8 +28,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Core
     {
 
         //License server address
-        //  private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "https://rockfish.ayanova.com/";
+#if (DEBUG)
         private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "http://localhost:3001/";
+#else
+        private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "https://rockfish.ayanova.com/";
+#endif
 
         //Unlicensed token
         private const string UNLICENSED_TOKEN = "UNLICENSED";
@@ -436,20 +440,28 @@ namespace AyaNova.Core
         /// Request a key
         /// </summary>      
         /// <returns>Result string</returns>
-        internal static async Task<string> RequestTrialAsync(string email, string regto, ILogger log)
+        internal static async Task<string> RequestTrialAsync(RequestTrial trialRequest, ILogger log)
         {
 
             Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions.QueryBuilder q = new Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions.QueryBuilder();
-            q.Add("dbid", LicenseDbId.ToString());
-            q.Add("email", email);
-            q.Add("regto", regto);
+            trialRequest.DbId = ServerDbId;
 
             log.LogDebug($"Requesting trial license for DBID {LicenseDbId.ToString()}");
             string sUrl = $"{LICENSE_SERVER_URL}rvr" + q.ToQueryString();
             try
             {
-                var res = await ServiceProviderProvider.HttpClientFactory.CreateClient().GetStringAsync(sUrl);
-                return res;
+                // var content = new StringContent(jsonObject.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+                // var result = client.PostAsync(url, content).Result;
+
+                var content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(trialRequest), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+
+                var client = ServiceProviderProvider.HttpClientFactory.CreateClient();
+                var res = await client.PostAsync(sUrl, content);
+                if (res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                {
+                    return "ok";
+                }
+                else return res.Content.ToString();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -478,7 +490,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Core
                 //FUTURE: if there is any kind of error response or REASON or LicenseFetchStatus then here is
                 //where to deal with it 
                 //todo: key should hang off json data object as text version of key
-                    //that way we can put other objects on the data return object
+                //that way we can put other objects on the data return object
 
                 AyaNovaLicenseKey ParsedKey = Parse(RawTextKeyFromRockfish, log);
                 if (ParsedKey != null)