diff --git a/lib/cloudcontrol.js b/lib/cloudcontrol.js
index 64f03d5..6016f06 100644
--- a/lib/cloudcontrol.js
+++ b/lib/cloudcontrol.js
@@ -150,12 +150,18 @@ Cloudcontrol.prototype.curl = function curl(options, cb) {
   })
 
   url = self.protocol + '://' + self.host + options.path
-  if (options.params) url += '?'
 
-  if (typeof options.params === 'string') url += options.params
-  if (typeof options.params === 'object') Object.keys(options.params).forEach(function(key) {
-    url += key + '=' + escape(options.params[key])
-  })
+  if (options.params && options.method === 'POST') {
+      var curlified = Object.keys(options.params).map(function (key) { return '-d ' + key + '=' + options.params[key]; });
+      cmd += ' ' + curlified.join(' ');
+  } else if (options.params) {
+      if (options.params) url += '?'
+
+      if (typeof options.params === 'string') url += options.params
+      if (typeof options.params === 'object') Object.keys(options.params).forEach(function(key) {
+        url += key + '=' + escape(options.params[key])
+      })
+  }
   cmd += ' "' + url + '"'
   exec(cmd, function(err, result) {
     cb(err, result)
@@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ Cloudcontrol.prototype.request = function request(options, cb) {
     try {
       result = JSON.parse(result)
     } catch(e) {
-      if (result === "Authorization Required") {
+      if (result === "Authorization Required" || result === "Unauthorized") {
         self.retries++
         if (self.retries < 3) {
           // try to reauthenticate