diff --git a/lib/www/client/source/src/store/modules/api/actions.js b/lib/www/client/source/src/store/modules/api/actions.js
index 3722737..eee00f8 100644
--- a/lib/www/client/source/src/store/modules/api/actions.js
+++ b/lib/www/client/source/src/store/modules/api/actions.js
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 async function api ({state, commit, dispatch}, [resource, init = {}]) {
   try {
 //     this.loading = true;
+    if (init && init.hasOwnProperty("body")) {
+      if (!init.headers) {
+        // As a convenience, we implicitly add the default content type
+        init.headers = {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json"
+        }
+      }
+      if (typeof init.body != "string") {
+        init.body = JSON.stringify(init.body);
+      }
+    }
     const res = await fetch(`${state.apiUrl}${resource}`, init);
     if (res.ok) {
       try {