diff --git a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/index.js b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/index.js
index bc2579fb..93062f9e 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/index.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/index.js
@@ -20,13 +20,19 @@ module.exports = class remoteCommands {
 		setInterval(async () => {
 			let stats = await this.getStats();
 			stats.forEach(force => {
-				needle.post(`${mergedConfig.masterIP}:${mergedConfig.masterPort}/api/logStats`, {
+				// I have no idea why I need to do JSON.stringify before passing it to needle.post,
+				// but if you do forceData: force.data, it doesn't work...
+				let request = {
 					instanceID: this.config.unique,
 					force: force.forceName,
-					data: force.data,
-				}, needleOptionsWithTokenAuthHeader, (err, resp) => {
-					if(!err && resp.body && resp.body.ok == false) console.log(resp.body);
-				});
+					forceData: JSON.stringify(force.data),
+				};
+				needle.post(`${mergedConfig.masterIP}:${mergedConfig.masterPort}/api/logStats`, 
+					request, 
+					needleOptionsWithTokenAuthHeader, (err, resp) => {
+						if(!err && resp.body && resp.body.ok == false) console.log("Error calling /api/logStats: " + resp.body);
+					}
+				);
 			});
 		}, 15000);
 	}
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js
index 7a5da91e..1dae44bd 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/masterPlugin.js
@@ -26,18 +26,19 @@ class masterPlugin {
 		@returns {string} failure
 		*/
 		app.post("/api/logStats", authenticate.middleware, function(req,res) {
+			let data = JSON.parse(req.body.forceData);
 			// endpointHitCounter.labels(req.route.path).inc();
 			if(typeof req.body == "object"
 			&& req.body.instanceID
 			&& typeof req.body.instanceID == "string"
 			&& req.body.instanceID.length < 100
-			&& req.body.data
-			&& typeof req.body.data == "object"
-			&& !Array.isArray(req.body.data)){
+			&& data
+			&& typeof data == "object"
+			&& !Array.isArray(data)){
 				try{
-					Object.keys(req.body.data).forEach(statisticName => {
-						Object.keys(req.body.data[statisticName]).forEach(direction => {
-							let statHash = req.body.data[statisticName][direction];
+					Object.keys(data).forEach(statisticName => {
+						Object.keys(data[statisticName]).forEach(direction => {
+							let statHash = data[statisticName][direction];
 							Object.keys(statHash).forEach(item => {
 								let value = Number(statHash[item]);
 								if(value) prometheusStatisticsGauge.labels(req.body.instanceID, req.body.force, statisticName, direction, item).set(value);
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ class masterPlugin {
 					console.log(e)
 				};
 			} else {
+				console.log(`/api/logStats: Invalid request. instanceID: ${req.body.instanceID}, dataIsArray: `
+					+ `${Array.isArray(data)}, ${typeof req.body.instanceID}, ${typeof data}`);
 				res.send({
 					ok:false,
 					msg:"Invalid request parameters"