diff --git a/pi/monitor.py b/pi/monitor.py
index f4bc016..0bfe090 100644
--- a/pi/monitor.py
+++ b/pi/monitor.py
@@ -51,15 +51,22 @@
         print "status now: " + str(status)
 
         try:
-            response = urllib2.urlopen(baseUrl + "/status-update" + ext + ".php?door_id=" + str(id) + "&status=" + ("1" if status else "0"))
+            url = url_base + "status-update" + ext + "?door_id=" + str(id) + "&status=" + ("1" if status else "0")
+            print " open " + url
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
 
             enc_verify = base64.b64decode(response.read())
 
             verify = rsa.decrypt(enc_verify)
 
+            if ext == "":
+                verify = base64.b64encode(verify)
+
             print " verifying with: " + verify
 
-            response = urllib2.urlopen(baseUrl + "/verify-status" + ext + ".php?door_id=" + str(id) + "&verify=" + verify)
+            url = url_base + "verify-status" + ext + "?door_id=" + str(id) + "&verify=" + verify
+            print " open " + url
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
             print " returned: " + response.read()
         except Exception as e:
             print str(e)