diff --git a/src/widgets/flood/proxy.js b/src/widgets/flood/proxy.js
index 730ca5ed6..172acdaf4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/flood/proxy.js
+++ b/src/widgets/flood/proxy.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async function login(widget) {
   const loginParams = {
     method: "POST",
     headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-    body: null,
+    body: "{}",
   };
 
   if (widget.username && widget.password) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/flood/proxy.test.js b/src/widgets/flood/proxy.test.js
index a3b9564bb..a0eb59c5a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/flood/proxy.test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/flood/proxy.test.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("widgets/flood/proxy", () => {
     expect(httpProxy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     expect(httpProxy.mock.calls[0][0].toString()).toBe("http://flood/api/stats");
     expect(httpProxy.mock.calls[1][0]).toBe("http://flood/api/auth/authenticate");
-    expect(httpProxy.mock.calls[1][1].body).toBeNull();
+    expect(httpProxy.mock.calls[1][1].body).toBe("{}");
     expect(httpProxy.mock.calls[2][0].toString()).toBe("http://flood/api/stats");
     expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
     expect(res.body).toEqual(Buffer.from("data"));