diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py b/changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py
index 99b6d54d1..69da88b77 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ def test_socks5(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
     # PROXY CHECKER WIDGET CHECK - this needs more checking
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
 
-    res = client.get(
+    # POST only - it kicks off real fetches through every configured proxy
+    res = client.post(
         url_for("check_proxies.start_check", uuid=uuid),
         follow_redirects=True
     )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
     # It's probably already finished super fast :(
     #assert b"RUNNING" in res.data
     
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/visualselector/test_fetch_data.py b/changedetectionio/tests/visualselector/test_fetch_data.py
index 88825fe2b..939889b98 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/tests/visualselector/test_fetch_data.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/visualselector/test_fetch_data.py
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ def test_browsersteps_edit_UI_startsession(client, live_server, measure_memory_u
 
     uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url, extras={'fetch_backend': 'html_webdriver', 'paused': True})
 
-    # Test starting a browsersteps session
-    res = client.get(
+    # Test starting a browsersteps session (POST only - it spins up a real browser)
+    res = client.post(
         url_for("browser_steps.browsersteps_start_session", uuid=uuid),
         follow_redirects=True
     )