diff --git a/headphones/notifiers.py b/headphones/notifiers.py
index 27307bef..ff27077f 100644
--- a/headphones/notifiers.py
+++ b/headphones/notifiers.py
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ class XBMC:
         url = host + '/jsonrpc'
 
         if self.password:
-            response = request.request_json(req, method="POST", data=simplejson.dumps(data), headers=headers, auth=(self.username, self.password))
+            response = request.request_json(url, method="POST", data=simplejson.dumps(data), headers=headers, auth=(self.username, self.password))
         else:
-            response = request.request_json(req, method="POST", data=simplejson.dumps(data), headers=headers)
+            response = request.request_json(url, method="POST", data=simplejson.dumps(data), headers=headers)
 
         if response:
             return response[0]['result']