diff --git a/lemonauth/templates/lemonauth/indie.html b/lemonauth/templates/lemonauth/indie.html
index 5746b7d..1f03a0a 100644
--- a/lemonauth/templates/lemonauth/indie.html
+++ b/lemonauth/templates/lemonauth/indie.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 {% block main %}
 <div class="container">
-	<form class="card" method="post" action="{% url 'lemonauth:indie' %}">
+	<form class="card" method="post" action="{% url 'lemonauth:indie_approve' %}">
 		<h4 class="card-header h-x-app">
 			{% if app %}<img class="u-logo p-name" src="{{ app.logo | first }}" alt="{{ app.name | first }}" />{% endif %}
 			sign in to
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		</h4>
 
 		<div class="card-body">
-			<p class="card-text">do you want to confirm your identity, <a class="code" href="{{ params.me }}">{{ params.me }}</a>, with this app?</p>
+			<p class="card-text">do you want to confirm your identity, <a class="code" href="{{ me }}">{{ me }}</a>, with this app?</p>
 			<p class="card-text"><small>you will be redirected to <a class="code" href="{{ params.redirect_uri }}">{{ params.redirect_uri }}</a> after authorising this app</small></p>
 		</div>
 
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
 		</div>
 
 		{% csrf_token %}
-		{% if params.state %}
-		<input name="state" type="hidden" value="{{ params.state }}" />
-		{% endif %}
+		<input name="me" type="hidden" value="{{ me }}" />
+		<input name="client_id" type="hidden" value="{{ params.client_id }}" />
+		<input name="redirect_uri" type="hidden" value="{{ params.redirect_uri }}" />
+		{% if params.state %}<input name="state" type="hidden" value="{{ params.state }}" />{% endif %}
+		<input name="response_type" type="hidden" value="{{ params.response_type }}" />
 	</form>
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/lemonauth/urls.py b/lemonauth/urls.py
index 4107cf2..0e3aec9 100644
--- a/lemonauth/urls.py
+++ b/lemonauth/urls.py
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url('^login$', views.login, name='login'),
     url('^logout$', views.logout, name='logout'),
     url('^indie$', views.IndieView.as_view(), name='indie'),
+    url('^indie/approve$', views.indie_approve, name='indie_approve'),
 ]
diff --git a/lemonauth/views/__init__.py b/lemonauth/views/__init__.py
index c53d50a..3a2e4c3 100644
--- a/lemonauth/views/__init__.py
+++ b/lemonauth/views/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .login import login
 from .logout import logout
-from .indie import IndieView
+from .indie import IndieView, approve as indie_approve
diff --git a/lemonauth/views/indie.py b/lemonauth/views/indie.py
index e7a7e5d..a7d584c 100644
--- a/lemonauth/views/indie.py
+++ b/lemonauth/views/indie.py
@@ -1,23 +1,39 @@
 import mf2py
 
+from annoying.decorators import render_to
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseBadRequest
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 from lemoncurry import breadcrumbs, utils
-from urllib.parse import urljoin
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlunparse, urlparse
 
 breadcrumbs.add('lemonauth:indie', label='indieauth', parent='home:index')
 
 
+def canonical(url):
+    (scheme, loc, path, params, q, fragment) = urlparse(url)
+    if not path:
+        path = '/'
+    if not loc:
+        loc, path = path, ''
+    if not scheme:
+        scheme = 'https'
+    return urlunparse((scheme, loc, path, params, q, fragment))
+
+
 class IndieView(TemplateView):
     template_name = 'lemonauth/indie.html'
     required_params = ('me', 'client_id', 'redirect_uri')
 
     @method_decorator(login_required)
+    @method_decorator(render_to(template_name))
     def get(self, request):
-        params = request.GET
+        params = request.GET.dict()
+        params.setdefault('response_type', 'id')
+
         for param in self.required_params:
             if param not in params:
                 return HttpResponseBadRequest(
@@ -25,13 +41,9 @@ class IndieView(TemplateView):
                     content_type='text/plain',
                 )
 
-        me = params['me']
-        if me[-1] == '/':
-            me = me[:-1]
-
-        origin = utils.origin(request)
-        user = urljoin(origin, request.user.url)
-        if user not in (me, me + '/'):
+        me = canonical(params['me'])
+        user = urljoin(utils.origin(request), request.user.url)
+        if user != me:
             return HttpResponseForbidden(
                 'you are logged in but not as {0}'.format(me),
                 content_type='text/plain',
@@ -52,8 +64,10 @@ class IndieView(TemplateView):
         except IndexError:
             app = None
 
-        return render(request, self.template_name, {
-            'app': app,
-            'params': params,
-            'title': 'indieauth',
-        })
+        return {'app': app, 'me': me, 'params': params, 'title': 'indieauth'}
+
+
+@login_required
+@require_POST
+def approve(request):
+    return JsonResponse(request.POST)