diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js
index a8aa0ce71..ebb7f9922 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/tree.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function addRecentNote(branchId, notePath) {
     setTimeout(async () => {
         // we include the note into recent list only if the user stayed on the note at least 5 seconds
         if (notePath && notePath === getCurrentNotePath()) {
-            await server.put('recent-notes/' + branchId + '/' + encodeURIComponent(notePath));
+            await server.post('recent-notes', { branchId, notePath });
         }
     }, 1500);
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js b/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js
index f4caca12f..0e3037f08 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/recent_notes.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ const optionService = require('../../services/options');
 const RecentNote = require('../../entities/recent_note');
 
 async function addRecentNote(req) {
-    const branchId = req.params.branchId;
-    const notePath = req.params.notePath;
+    const branchId = req.body.branchId;
+    const notePath = req.body.notePath;
 
     await new RecentNote({
         branchId: branchId,
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index bd0ce6986..9cdcf586b 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ function register(app) {
 
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/event-log', eventLogRoute.getEventLog);
 
-    // * at the end means this will match params containing slash as well
-    // this is a problem with nginx (and possibly other proxies) which translate escaped slash back to the literal slash character
-    apiRoute(PUT, '/api/recent-notes/:branchId/:notePath*', recentNotesRoute.addRecentNote);
+    apiRoute(POST, '/api/recent-notes', recentNotesRoute.addRecentNote);
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/app-info', appInfoRoute.getAppInfo);
 
     route(GET, '/api/setup/status', [], setupApiRoute.getStatus, apiResultHandler);