diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
index 204390b3..6518051a 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class RequestParser(object):
                     action=reqarg.get('action', None),
                     choices=reqarg.get('choices', ()),
                     help=reqarg.get('helptext', None),
-                    location='args'
+                    location=['args','form']
                 )
             reqargs = parser.parse_args()
             kwargs['reqargs'] = reqargs