diff --git a/openevsehttp/__init__.py b/openevsehttp/__init__.py
index a24cb9d..af64ecf 100644
--- a/openevsehttp/__init__.py
+++ b/openevsehttp/__init__.py
@@ -197,7 +197,13 @@ async def process_request(
 
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
             http_method = getattr(session, method)
-            async with http_method(url, data=data, auth=auth) as resp:
+            _LOGGER.debug(
+                "Connecting to %s with data payload of %s using method %s",
+                url,
+                data,
+                method,
+            )
+            async with http_method(url, json=data, auth=auth) as resp:
                 try:
                     message = await resp.json()
                 except TimeoutError:
@@ -206,7 +212,7 @@ async def process_request(
                     message = {"msg": resp}
 
                 if resp.status == 400:
-                    _LOGGER.error("%s", message["msg"])
+                    _LOGGER.error("Error 400: %s", message["msg"])
                     raise ParseJSONError
                 if resp.status == 401:
                     error = await resp.text()
@@ -459,6 +465,7 @@ async def set_current(self, amps: int = 6) -> None:
             ):
                 _LOGGER.error("Invalid value for max_current_soft: %s", amps)
                 raise ValueError
+
             data = {"max_current_soft": amps}
 
             _LOGGER.debug("Setting max_current_soft to %s", amps)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d03380..0ace299 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 PROJECT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
 README_FILE = PROJECT_DIR / "README.md"
-VERSION = "0.1.18"
+VERSION = "0.1.19"
 
 setup(
     name="python-openevse-http",