diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b9553e6..fd53e03 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ function doCache(res,durationSecs){
 	})
 }
 
+
+// this just redirects to the 
 app.options('/api/feed',cors());
 app.get('/api/feed',cors(),function(req,res){
 
@@ -41,53 +43,21 @@ app.get('/api/feed',cors(),function(req,res){
 	if (!feedUrl){
 		res.status(400);
 		res.send('You need to specify a feed URL');
+		return;
 	}
 
-	var opts = {};
-	if (req.query.size){
-		opts.size = req.query.size;
-	}
-	if (req.query.theme){
-		opts.theme = req.query.theme;
-	}
-	if (req.query.header){
-		if (req.query.header.toLowerCase() == 'no' || req.query.header.toLowerCase() == 'false'){
-			opts.header = false;
-		}else{
-			opts.header = true;
-		}
-	}
+	var userUrl = feedUrl.replace(/\.atom$/i,'');
 
-	opts.boosts = true;
-	if (req.query.boosts){
-		if (req.query.boosts.toLowerCase() == 'no' || req.query.boosts.toLowerCase() == 'false'){
-			opts.boosts = false;
-		}else{
-			opts.boosts = true;
-		}
-	}
+	var redirectUrl = '/apiv2/feed?';
+	var qs = ['userurl='+userUrl];
 
-	opts.replies = true;
-	if (req.query.replies){
-		if (req.query.replies.toLowerCase() == 'no' || req.query.replies.toLowerCase() == 'false'){
-			opts.replies = false;
-		}else{
-			opts.replies = true;
+	(['size','theme','boosts','replies']).forEach(key=>{
+		if (typeof req.query[key] != 'undefined'){
+			qs.push(key+'='+encodeURIComponent(req.query[key]));
 		}
-	}
-	opts.feedUrl = feedUrl;
-	opts.mastofeedUrl = req.url;
+	})
 
-	var req = request.get(feedUrl);
-	convert(req,opts,function(er,data){
-		if (er){
-			res.status(500);
-			return res.send('Error fetching or parsing your feed.');
-		}
-		res.status(200);
-		doCache(res,60*60)
-		res.send(data);
-	});
+	res.redirect(redirectUrl + qs.join('&'));
 
 });
 
@@ -100,6 +70,7 @@ app.get('/apiv2/feed',cors(),function(req,res){
 	if (!userUrl){
 		res.status(400);
 		res.send('You need to specify a user URL');
+		return;
 	}
 
 	var feedUrl = req.query.feedurl;
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 3d646ec..9d9de0c 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 <label>Use this markup in your HTML: <br><textarea id="result" placeholder="result will go here"></textarea></label>
 <br>
 <h3>Live Preview:</h3>
-<iframe id="frame" allowfullscreen sandbox="allow-top-navigation allow-scripts" width="400" height="800" src="/api/feed?url=https%3A%2F%2Foctodon.social%2Fusers%2Ffenwick67.atom&theme=dark&size=100&header=true"></iframe>
+<iframe id="frame" allowfullscreen sandbox="allow-top-navigation allow-scripts" width="400" height="800" src="/apiv2/feed?userurl=https%3A%2F%2Foctodon.social%2Fusers%2Ffenwick67&replies=false&boosts=true"></iframe>
 <br>
 </div>
 <script>
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ window.genUrl = function genUrl(){
 		return document.getElementById(id).value;
 	}
 
-	var inUrl = 'https://' + val('urlin') + '/users/'+val('usernamein')+'.atom';
+	var inUrl = 'https://' + val('urlin') + '/users/'+val('usernamein');
 
-  var showBoosts = (!document.getElementById('hideboosts').checked).toString();
-  var showReplies = (!document.getElementById('hidereplies').checked).toString();
+	var showBoosts = (!document.getElementById('hideboosts').checked).toString();
+	var showReplies = (!document.getElementById('hidereplies').checked).toString();
 
 	var iframeUrl = window.location.protocol + '//'+ window.location.hostname +((window.location.port && window.location.port!=80)?(':'+window.location.port):'')
-	+"/api/feed?url="+encodeURIComponent(inUrl)+"&theme="+val('theme')+'&size='+val('size')
+	+"/apiv2/feed?userurl="+encodeURIComponent(inUrl)+"&theme="+val('theme')+'&size='+val('size')
 	+ "&header="+(document.getElementById('header').checked.toString())+'&replies='+showReplies+'&boosts='+showBoosts;
 
 	document.getElementById('result').value = '<iframe allowfullscreen sandbox="allow-top-navigation allow-scripts" width="'+val('width')+'" height="'+val('height')+'" src="'+iframeUrl+'"></iframe>';