diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3fea5bc..e2d07310 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ coverage.html
 # Sed backup files
 *.bak
 
-# JetBrains/GoLand/IntelliJ project file
-.idea
-
 # Project specific
 prog/weaver/weaver
 prog/weavedns/weavedns
diff --git a/router/http.go b/router/http.go
index ff6bb2de..0f014956 100644
--- a/router/http.go
+++ b/router/http.go
@@ -30,18 +30,17 @@ func (router *NetworkRouter) HandleHTTP(muxRouter *mux.Router) {
 		router.ForgetConnections(r.Form["peer"])
 	})
 
-	muxRouter.Methods("POST").Path("/expose/{ip}/{prefixlen}/{skipNAT}").HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	muxRouter.Methods("POST").Path("/expose/{ip}/{prefixlen}").HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		vars := mux.Vars(r)
-		var skipNAT bool
 		cidr, err := address.ParseCIDR(vars["ip"] + "/" + vars["prefixlen"])
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, fmt.Sprint("unable to parse ip addr: ", err.Error()), http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
 
-		if vars["skipNAT"] != "" {
-			skipNAT, err = strconv.ParseBool(vars["skipNAT"])
-			if err != nil {
+		var skipNAT bool
+		if r.FormValue("skipNAT") != "" {
+			if skipNAT, err = strconv.ParseBool(r.FormValue("skipNAT")); err != nil {
 				http.Error(w, fmt.Sprint("unable to parse skipNAT option: ", err.Error()), http.StatusBadRequest)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index 08a37607..a8463ffc 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 expose_ip() {
-    [ -z $WITHOUT_MASQUERADE ] || skipNAT="/true"
+    [ -z $WITHOUT_MASQUERADE ] || skipNAT="?skipNAT=true"
     ipam_cidrs allocate_no_check_alive weave:expose $CIDR_ARGS
     for CIDR in $ALL_CIDRS ; do
         call_weave "POST" "/expose/$CIDR$skipNAT"