diff --git a/apitester/runtests/static/runtests/js/runtests.js b/apitester/runtests/static/runtests/js/runtests.js
index 944ab50..c5de5bb 100644
--- a/apitester/runtests/static/runtests/js/runtests.js
+++ b/apitester/runtests/static/runtests/js/runtests.js
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ $(function() {
         path = $(runner).find('input[name="urlpath"]').val();
 		testpath = 'run/' + testmethod + "/" + path + "/" + testconfig_pk  + "/"+ operationId   ;
 		$.post(testpath,  {
-		    'num_runs':$(runner).find('input[name="numRun"]').val(),
-            'json_body': runner.find('textarea').val(),
+            'json_body': jsonBody,
             'csrfmiddlewaretoken': window.CSRF
         }, function (data) {
 			var alertType = 'success';
diff --git a/apitester/runtests/views.py b/apitester/runtests/views.py
index 3678427..109ba60 100644
--- a/apitester/runtests/views.py
+++ b/apitester/runtests/views.py
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ def get_config(self, testmethod, testpath, testconfig_pk, operation_id):
             'urlpath': urlpath if obj is None else obj.urlpath,
             'operation_id': operation_id,
             'profile_id': testconfig_pk,
-            'payload': self.request.POST.get('json_body'),
-            'num_runs': self.request.POST.get('num_runs')
+            'payload': self.request.POST.get('json_body')
         }
         try:
             testconfig = TestConfiguration.objects.get(
@@ -295,7 +294,10 @@ def run_test(self, config):
         if config['method'] == 'get' or config['method'] == 'delete':
             response = self.api.call(config['method'], url)
         else:
-            response = self.api.call(config['method'], url, json.loads(config['payload']))
+            try:
+                response = self.api.call(config['method'], url, json.loads(config['payload']))
+            except:
+                response = self.api.call(config['method'], url)
         try:
             text = response.json()
         except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as err: