diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index cefed25de..3f1ce8fb8 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@ Contributors to LibreNMS:
 - Matthew Scully <matt@mattz0r.me.uk> (mattz0r)
 - Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@oav.net> (xbeaudouin)
 - Falk Stern <falk@fourecks.de> (fstern)
+- Donovan Bridoux <donovan.bridoux@gmail.com> (PandaWawawa)
 
 [1]: http://observium.org/ "Observium web site"
diff --git a/doc/API/API-Docs.md b/doc/API/API-Docs.md
index 82f57b9f7..39bb0bcd8 100644
--- a/doc/API/API-Docs.md
+++ b/doc/API/API-Docs.md
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Input:
 
 Example:
 ```curl
-curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/alerts
+curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/alerts?state=1
 ```
 
 Output:
diff --git a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
index 637e7f219..7141e7bbc 100644
--- a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ function list_alerts() {
     global $config;
     $app    = \Slim\Slim::getInstance();
     $router = $app->router()->getCurrentRoute()->getParams();
-    if (isset($_POST['state'])) {
-        $param = array(mres($_POST['state']));
+    if (isset($_GET['state'])) {
+        $param = array(mres($_GET['state']));
     }
     else {
         $param = array('1');