diff --git a/rowers/polarstuff.py b/rowers/polarstuff.py
index 9c67d7f5..7cc7f1ee 100644
--- a/rowers/polarstuff.py
+++ b/rowers/polarstuff.py
@@ -241,22 +241,27 @@ def get_polar_workouts(user):
                                 fop.write(response.content)
 
                             # post file to upload api
-                            json_data = {
+                            # TODO: add workouttype
+                            uploadoptions = {
                                 'title':'',
                                 'workouttype':'',
                                 'user':user.id,
                                 'secret':settings.UPLOAD_SERVICE_SECRET,
                                 'file':filename,
+                                'title': '',
                             }
+
+                            session = requests.session()
+                            newHeaders = {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'text/plain'}
+                            session.headers.update(newHeaders)
+
                             url = settings.UPLOAD_SERVICE_URL
 
-                            dologging('polar.log',json_data)
+                            dologging('polar.log',uploadoptions)
                             dologging('polar.log',url)
-                            job = myqueue(queuehigh,
-                                    handle_request_post,
-                                    url,
-                                    json_data
-                                    )
+                            response = session.post(url,json=uploadoptions)
+
+                            dologging('polar.log',response.status_code)
 
                             exercise_dict['filename'] = filename
                         else:
diff --git a/rowers/tasks.py b/rowers/tasks.py
index ffe06e52..4cd63ade 100644
--- a/rowers/tasks.py
+++ b/rowers/tasks.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def summaryfromsplitdata(splitdata,data,filename,sep='|',workouttype='rower'):
 @app.task
 def handle_request_post(url, data,debug=False, **kwargs): # pragma: no cover
     response = requests.post(url,data)
-    dologging('upload_api.log',json_data)
+    dologging('upload_api.log',data)
     dologging('upload_api.log',response.status_code)
     return response.status_code