diff --git a/src/frontend/site.js b/src/frontend/site.js
index e17b8222..c945e6fc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/site.js
+++ b/src/frontend/site.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const adManagerRouter = require('./controller/adManager');
 const cheerio = require('cheerio');
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
+const querystring = require("querystring");
 
 // Global Timeline route
 router.get('/', showGlobalTimeline);
@@ -373,11 +374,28 @@ function unlikePost(req, res) {
 }
 
 function postMembership(req, res) {
-    const membership = {userid: getJwtUserId(req.cookies), membership: req.body.membershipText};
-    fetchUsingDeploymentBase(req, () => req.MEMBERSHIP_SERVICE_API.post('/', membership)).then((response) => {
-        res.redirect(extendURL(`/user/${getJwtUser(req.cookies)}`));
-    }, (error) => res.status(statusCodeForError(error)).render('error.njk', handleError(error)));
-
+    const formData = {
+        membership: req.body.membershipText,
+    };
+    fetchUsingDeploymentBase(req, () =>
+        req.MEMBERSHIP_SERVICE_API.post(
+            `/add/${getJwtUserId(req.cookies)}`,
+            querystring.stringify(formData),
+            {
+                headers: {
+                    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+                },
+            }
+        )
+    ).then(
+        (response) => {
+            res.redirect(extendURL(`/user/${getJwtUser(req.cookies)}`));
+        },
+        (error) =>
+            res
+                .status(statusCodeForError(error))
+                .render("error.njk", handleError(error))
+    );
 }
 
 function postBio(req, res) {
diff --git a/src/frontend/views/membership.njk b/src/frontend/views/membership.njk
index e3b429ee..f5d34d31 100644
--- a/src/frontend/views/membership.njk
+++ b/src/frontend/views/membership.njk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{# 
+{#
 Copyright 2023 Dynatrace LLC
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                     </ul>
                   </div>
                 </div>
+              </div>
         </div>
 
         <form method="post">
@@ -66,6 +67,6 @@ limitations under the License.
                     Update membership plan
                 </button>
             </div>
-        </post>
+        </form>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}