diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a0ff67d..0fced54 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.16
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2
-	github.com/go-playground/form/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.7
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
 	github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb58910..cea12c7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2/go.mod h1:7gtRlve5FxPPgIgX36uWBX58OdBsSS6
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.0.1 h1:MsBgLAaY856+nPRTKrp3/OZK38U/wa0CcBYNjji3q3A=
-github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:VDjEfimB/XKnb+ZQfWdccd7VUvScMdVu0Titje2rxJ4=
-github.com/go-playground/form/v4 v4.2.1 h1:HjdRDKO0fftVMU5epjPW2SOREcZ6/wLUzEobqUGJuPw=
-github.com/go-playground/form/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:q1a2BY+AQUUzhl6xA/6hBetay6dEIhMHjgvJiGo6K7U=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 h1:ozyZYNQW3x3HtqT1jira07DN2PArx2v7/mN66gGcHOs=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.7 h1:/VSMRlnY/JSyqxQUzQLKVMAskpY/NZKFA5j2P+0pP2M=
diff --git a/internal/webserver/handler_login.go b/internal/webserver/handler_login.go
index e1ccdf6..2333d39 100644
--- a/internal/webserver/handler_login.go
+++ b/internal/webserver/handler_login.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package webserver
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/pkg/scraper"
@@ -13,10 +15,11 @@ type LoginData struct {
 }
 
 type LoginForm struct {
-	Username string `form:"username"`
-	Password string `form:"password"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Password string `json:"password"`
 	FormErrors
 }
+type FormErrors map[string]string
 
 func (f *LoginForm) Validate() {
 	if f.FormErrors == nil {
@@ -34,11 +37,9 @@ func (app *Application) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	app.traceLog.Printf("'Login' handler (path: %q)", r.URL.Path)
 	var form LoginForm
 	if r.Method == "POST" {
-		err := parse_form(r, &form)
-		if err != nil {
-			app.InfoLog.Print("Form error parse: " + err.Error())
-			app.error_400_with_message(w, err.Error())
-		}
+		data, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		panic_if(err)
+		panic_if(json.Unmarshal(data, &form)) // TODO: HTTP 400 not 500
 		form.Validate()
 		if len(form.FormErrors) == 0 {
 			api := scraper.NewGuestSession()
@@ -104,14 +105,11 @@ func (app *Application) after_login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, api
 func (app *Application) ChangeSession(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	app.traceLog.Printf("'change-session' handler (path: %q)", r.URL.Path)
 	form := struct {
-		AccountName string `form:"account"`
+		AccountName string `json:"account"`
 	}{}
-	err := parse_form(r, &form)
-	if err != nil {
-		app.InfoLog.Print("Form error parse: " + err.Error())
-		app.error_400_with_message(w, err.Error())
-		return
-	}
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	panic_if(err)
+	panic_if(json.Unmarshal(data, &form)) // TODO: HTTP 400 not 500
 	err = app.SetActiveUser(scraper.UserHandle(form.AccountName))
 	if err != nil {
 		app.error_400_with_message(w, fmt.Sprintf("User not in database: %s", form.AccountName))
diff --git a/internal/webserver/server.go b/internal/webserver/server.go
index e024809..f8ec95a 100644
--- a/internal/webserver/server.go
+++ b/internal/webserver/server.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package webserver
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	// "encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-playground/form/v4"
-
 	"gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/pkg/persistence"
 	"gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/pkg/scraper"
 )
@@ -183,23 +180,3 @@ func parse_cursor_value(c *persistence.Cursor, r *http.Request) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-type FormErrors map[string]string
-
-var formDecoder = form.NewDecoder()
-var (
-	ErrCorruptedFormData   = errors.New("corrupted form data")
-	ErrIncorrectFormParams = errors.New("incorrect form parameters")
-)
-
-func parse_form(req *http.Request, result interface{}) error {
-	err := req.ParseForm()
-	if err != nil {
-		return ErrCorruptedFormData
-	}
-
-	if err = formDecoder.Decode(result, req.PostForm); err != nil {
-		return ErrIncorrectFormParams
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/webserver/tpl/login.tpl b/internal/webserver/tpl/login.tpl
index 0f63525..84864b9 100644
--- a/internal/webserver/tpl/login.tpl
+++ b/internal/webserver/tpl/login.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {{define "main"}}
 <div class="login">
-  <form hx-post="/change-session" hx-target=".nav-sidebar" hx-swap="outerHTML">
+  <form hx-post="/change-session" hx-target=".nav-sidebar" hx-swap="outerHTML" hx-ext="json-enc">
     <label for="select-account">Choose account:</label>
     <select name="account" id="select-account">
       {{range .ExistingSessions}}
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   <p>Or log in</p>
 
-  <form class="login-form" hx-post="/login" hx-target="body">
+  <form class="login-form" hx-post="/login" hx-target="body" hx-ext="json-enc">
     <div class="field-container">
       <label>Username</label>
       {{with .FormErrors.username}}