diff --git a/addBm.php b/addBm.php
index 313489d2..866fa1e7 100644
--- a/addBm.php
+++ b/addBm.php
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ OCP\User::checkLoggedIn();
 OCP\App::checkAppEnabled('bookmarks');
 
 require_once('bookmarksHelper.php');
-addBookmark($_GET['url'], '', 'Read-Later');
+addBookmark($_POST['url'], '', 'Read-Later');
 
 include 'templates/addBm.php';
diff --git a/ajax/delBookmark.php b/ajax/delBookmark.php
index 0b568981..5a067701 100644
--- a/ajax/delBookmark.php
+++ b/ajax/delBookmark.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $RUNTIME_NOSETUPFS=true;
 OCP\JSON::checkLoggedIn();
 OCP\JSON::checkAppEnabled('bookmarks');
 
-$id = $_GET['id'];
+$id = $_POST['id'];
 if (!OC_Bookmarks_Bookmarks::deleteUrl($id)){
 	OC_JSON::error();
 	exit();
diff --git a/ajax/editBookmark.php b/ajax/editBookmark.php
index db349af3..fcec2e1c 100644
--- a/ajax/editBookmark.php
+++ b/ajax/editBookmark.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if( $CONFIG_DBTYPE == 'sqlite' or $CONFIG_DBTYPE == 'sqlite3' ){
 	$_ut = "UNIX_TIMESTAMP()";
 }
 
-$bookmark_id = (int)$_GET["id"];
+$bookmark_id = (int)$_POST["id"];
 
 $query = OCP\DB::prepare("
 	UPDATE *PREFIX*bookmarks
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ $query = OCP\DB::prepare("
 	");
 
 $params=array(
-	htmlspecialchars_decode($_GET["url"]),
-	htmlspecialchars_decode($_GET["title"]),
+	htmlspecialchars_decode($_POST["url"]),
+	htmlspecialchars_decode($_POST["title"]),
 	);
 $query->execute($params);
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $query = OCP\DB::prepare("
 	VALUES (?, ?)
 	");
 	
-$tags = explode(' ', urldecode($_GET["tags"]));
+$tags = explode(' ', urldecode($_POST["tags"]));
 foreach ($tags as $tag) {
 	if(empty($tag)) {
 		//avoid saving blankspaces
diff --git a/ajax/recordClick.php b/ajax/recordClick.php
index 2bd91f23..1eee1718 100644
--- a/ajax/recordClick.php
+++ b/ajax/recordClick.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $query = OCP\DB::prepare("
 		AND url LIKE ?
 	");
 	
-$params=array(OCP\USER::getUser(), htmlspecialchars_decode($_GET["url"]));
+$params=array(OCP\USER::getUser(), htmlspecialchars_decode($_POST["url"]));
 $bookmarks = $query->execute($params);
 
 header( "HTTP/1.1 204 No Content" );
diff --git a/ajax/updateList.php b/ajax/updateList.php
index c919a5fc..4de2475d 100644
--- a/ajax/updateList.php
+++ b/ajax/updateList.php
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ OCP\JSON::checkAppEnabled('bookmarks');
 
 
 //Filter for tag?
-$filterTag = isset($_GET['tag']) ? htmlspecialchars_decode($_GET['tag']) : false;
+$filterTag = isset($_POST['tag']) ? htmlspecialchars_decode($_POST['tag']) : false;
 
-$offset = isset($_GET['page']) ? intval($_GET['page']) * 10 : 0;
+$offset = isset($_POST['page']) ? intval($_POST['page']) * 10 : 0;
 
-$sort = isset($_GET['sort']) ? ($_GET['sort']) : 'bookmarks_sorting_recent';
+$sort = isset($_POST['sort']) ? ($_POST['sort']) : 'bookmarks_sorting_recent';
 if($sort == 'bookmarks_sorting_clicks') {
 	$sqlSortColumn = 'clickcount';
 } else {
diff --git a/appinfo/database.xml b/appinfo/database.xml
index f2fc68e4..b03c1fb2 100644
--- a/appinfo/database.xml
+++ b/appinfo/database.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>*dbname*</name>
 	<create>true</create>
 	<overwrite>false</overwrite>
-	<charset>latin1</charset>
+	<charset>utf8</charset>
 	<table>
 		<name>*dbprefix*bookmarks</name>
 		<declaration>
diff --git a/js/addBm.js b/js/addBm.js
index d64e55e8..625ac842 100644
--- a/js/addBm.js
+++ b/js/addBm.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ function addBookmark(event) {
 	var url = $('#bookmark_add_url').val();
 	var tags = $('#bookmark_add_tags').val();
 	$.ajax({
+		type: 'POST',
 		url: 'ajax/addBookmark.php',
 		data: 'url=' + encodeURI(url) + '&tags=' + encodeURI(tags),
 		success: function(data){ 
diff --git a/js/bookmarks.js b/js/bookmarks.js
index a746cf43..7f3104e8 100644
--- a/js/bookmarks.js
+++ b/js/bookmarks.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function getBookmarks() {
 	}
 
 	$.ajax({
+		  type: 'POST',
 		url: OC.filePath('bookmarks', 'ajax', 'updateList.php'),
 		data: 'tag=' + encodeURIComponent($('#bookmarkFilterTag').val()) + '&page=' + bookmarks_page + '&sort=' + bookmarks_sorting,
 		success: function(bookmarks){
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ function addOrEditBookmark(event) {
 	}
 	if (id == 0) {
 		$.ajax({
+			type: 'POST',
 			url: OC.filePath('bookmarks', 'ajax', 'addBookmark.php'),
 			data: 'url=' + encodeURIComponent(url) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(title) + '&tags=' + encodeURIComponent(tags),
 			success: function(response){
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ function addOrEditBookmark(event) {
 	}
 	else {
 		$.ajax({
+			type: 'POST',
 			url: OC.filePath('bookmarks', 'ajax', 'editBookmark.php'),
 			data: 'id=' + id + '&url=' + encodeURIComponent(url) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(title) + '&tags=' + encodeURIComponent(tags),
 			success: function(){
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ function addOrEditBookmark(event) {
 function delBookmark(event) {
 	var record = $(this).parent().parent();
 	$.ajax({
+		type: 'POST',
 		url: OC.filePath('bookmarks', 'ajax', 'delBookmark.php'),
 		data: 'id=' + record.data('id'),
 		success: function(data){
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@ function updateOnBottom() {
 
 function recordClick(event) {
 	$.ajax({
+		type: 'POST',
 		url: OC.filePath('bookmarks', 'ajax', 'recordClick.php'),
 		data: 'url=' + encodeURIComponent($(this).attr('href')),
 	});
diff --git a/js/bookmarksearch.js b/js/bookmarksearch.js
index e7a4fb18..e8f5363c 100644
--- a/js/bookmarksearch.js
+++ b/js/bookmarksearch.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function recordClick(event) {
 	var jsFileLocation = $('script[src*=bookmarksearch]').attr('src');
 	jsFileLocation = jsFileLocation.replace('js/bookmarksearch.js', '');
 	$.ajax({
+		type: 'POST',
 		url: jsFileLocation + 'ajax/recordClick.php',
 		data: 'url=' + encodeURI($(this).attr('href')),
 	});