diff --git a/clients/stellarcore/client.go b/clients/stellarcore/client.go
index 4641f29361..aa968f8c86 100644
--- a/clients/stellarcore/client.go
+++ b/clients/stellarcore/client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package stellarcore
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -152,19 +153,19 @@ func (c *Client) SetCursor(ctx context.Context, id string, cursor int32) (err er
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) GetLedgerEntries(ctx context.Context, ledgerSeq uint32, keys ...xdr.LedgerKey) (*proto.GetLedgerEntriesResponse, error) {
-	var resp *proto.GetLedgerEntriesResponse
-	return resp, c.makeLedgerKeyRequest(ctx, resp, "getledgerentries", ledgerSeq, keys...)
+func (c *Client) GetLedgerEntries(ctx context.Context, ledgerSeq uint32, keys ...xdr.LedgerKey) (proto.GetLedgerEntriesResponse, error) {
+	var resp proto.GetLedgerEntriesResponse
+	return resp, c.makeLedgerKeyRequest(ctx, &resp, "getledgerentry", ledgerSeq, keys...)
 }
 
-func (c *Client) getInvocationProof(ctx context.Context, ledgerSeq uint32, keys ...xdr.LedgerKey) (*proto.ProofResponse, error) {
-	var resp *proto.ProofResponse
-	return resp, c.makeLedgerKeyRequest(ctx, resp, "getinvocationproof", ledgerSeq, keys...)
+func (c *Client) getInvocationProof(ctx context.Context, ledgerSeq uint32, keys ...xdr.LedgerKey) (proto.ProofResponse, error) {
+	var resp proto.ProofResponse
+	return resp, c.makeLedgerKeyRequest(ctx, &resp, "getinvocationproof", ledgerSeq, keys...)
 }
 
-func (c *Client) getRestorationProof(ctx context.Context, ledgerSeq uint32, keys ...xdr.LedgerKey) (*proto.ProofResponse, error) {
-	var resp *proto.ProofResponse
-	return resp, c.makeLedgerKeyRequest(ctx, resp, "getrestorationproof", ledgerSeq, keys...)
+func (c *Client) getRestorationProof(ctx context.Context, ledgerSeq uint32, keys ...xdr.LedgerKey) (proto.ProofResponse, error) {
+	var resp proto.ProofResponse
+	return resp, c.makeLedgerKeyRequest(ctx, &resp, "getrestorationproof", ledgerSeq, keys...)
 }
 
 // SubmitTransaction calls the `tx` command on the connected stellar core with the provided envelope
@@ -268,19 +269,33 @@ func (c *Client) simpleGet(
 	newPath string,
 	query url.Values,
 ) (*http.Request, error) {
-	q := ""
+	u, err := url.Parse(c.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unparseable url")
+	}
+
+	u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, newPath)
 	if query != nil {
-		q = query.Encode()
+		u.RawQuery = query.Encode()
+	}
+	newURL := u.String()
+
+	var req *http.Request
+	req, err = http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, newURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create request")
 	}
-	return c.rawGet(ctx, newPath, q)
+
+	return req, nil
 }
 
-// rawGet returns a new GET request to the connected stellar-core using the
-// provided path and a raw query string to construct the result.
-func (c *Client) rawGet(
+// rawPost returns a new POST request to the connected stellar-core using the
+// provided path and the params values encoded as the request body to construct
+// the result.
+func (c *Client) rawPost(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	newPath string,
-	query string,
+	params string,
 ) (*http.Request, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(c.URL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -288,11 +303,14 @@ func (c *Client) rawGet(
 	}
 
 	u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, newPath)
-	u.RawQuery = query
 	newURL := u.String()
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err = http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, newURL, nil)
+	req, err = http.NewRequestWithContext(
+		ctx,
+		http.MethodPost,
+		newURL,
+		bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(params)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create request")
 	}
@@ -302,7 +320,7 @@ func (c *Client) rawGet(
 
 // makeLedgerKeyRequest is a generic method to perform a request in the form
 // `key=...&key=...&ledgerSeq=...` which is useful because three Stellar Core
-// endpoints all use this request format.
+// endpoints all use this request format. Be sure to pass `target by reference.
 func (c *Client) makeLedgerKeyRequest(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	target interface{},
@@ -317,7 +335,7 @@ func (c *Client) makeLedgerKeyRequest(
 	}
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err = c.rawGet(ctx, endpoint, q)
+	req, err = c.rawPost(ctx, endpoint, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -327,7 +345,7 @@ func (c *Client) makeLedgerKeyRequest(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// returns nil if the error is nil
+	// wrap returns nil if the inner error is nil
 	return errors.Wrap(json.NewDecoder(hresp.Body).Decode(&target), "json decode failed")
 }
 
diff --git a/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go b/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go
index 5bea23bd65..c646dd6e76 100644
--- a/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go
+++ b/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ func TestGetLedgerEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	hmock := httptest.NewClient()
 	c := &Client{HTTP: hmock, URL: "http://localhost:11626"}
 
-	// happy path - new transaction
-	hmock.On("GET", "http://localhost:11626/getledgerentry").
+	// happy path - fetch an entry
+	hmock.On("POST", "http://localhost:11626/getledgerentry").
 		ReturnString(http.StatusOK,
-			`{"ledger": 1234, "entries": [ {"e": "pretend it's xdr lol", "state": "Dead" }]}`,
+			`{"ledger": 1234, "entries": [ {"e": "pretend it's xdr lol", "state": "dead" }]}`,
 		)
 
 	var key xdr.LedgerKey
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ func TestGetLedgerEntries(t *testing.T) {
 
 	resp, err := c.GetLedgerEntries(context.Background(), 1234, key)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp)
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, 1234, resp.Ledger)
 	require.Len(t, resp.Entries, 1)
 	require.Equal(t, resp.Entries[0].State, proto.DeadState)
-
-	require.EqualError(t, err, "exception in response: Set MANUAL_CLOSE=true")
 }