diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/state.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/state.js.coffee
index c37c50a..9e3d2df 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/state.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/state.js.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class Repository.State
   constructor: (@repository_id) ->
 
   poll_state: (last_state) ->
-    $.post('/repositories/' + @repository_id + '/state',
+    $.get('/repositories/' + @repository_id + '/state',
            last_state: last_state)
 
   schedule_poll_state: (last_state) ->
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/show.html.erb b/app/views/repositories/show.html.erb
index 6664bfd..e8a93ab 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/repositories/show.html.erb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 <p><strong> <%= t('repository.show.date_processing') %>: </strong></p>
 
-<%= form_tag(repository_state_with_date_path(@repository.id), method: "post", remote: true) do %>
+<%= form_tag(repository_state_with_date_path(@repository.id), method: "get", remote: true) do %>
   <p>
     <%= label_tag :day, t("day") %>:
     <%= select_tag(:day, options_for_select(day_options), :style => "width:55px; margin-top:5px") %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 9e14440..825c46f 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
     resources :repositories, except: [:update, :index]
     get '/repositories/:id/modules/:module_result_id' => 'repositories#show', as: :repository_module
-    post '/repositories/:id/state' => 'repositories#state', as: :repository_state
-    post '/repositories/:id/state_with_date' => 'repositories#state_with_date', as: :repository_state_with_date
+    get '/repositories/:id/state' => 'repositories#state', as: :repository_state
+    get '/repositories/:id/state_with_date' => 'repositories#state_with_date', as: :repository_state_with_date
     put '/repositories/:id' => 'repositories#update', as: :repository_update
+    # This route should be a POST to be semantically correct. But, RepositoriesController#create relies on a redirect to it which is not possible with a POST
     get '/repositories/:id/process' => 'repositories#process_repository', as: :repository_process
 
     get '/repository_branches' => 'repositories#branches', as: :repository_branches
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
       put '/readings/:id' => 'readings#update', as: :reading_update
     end
 
-    #resources :modules
+    # Modules
     post '/modules/:id/metric_history' => 'modules#metric_history'
     post '/modules/:id/tree' => 'modules#load_module_tree'
 
diff --git a/spec/routing/repositories_routing_spec.rb b/spec/routing/repositories_routing_spec.rb
index 620a5c1..edd2c93 100644
--- a/spec/routing/repositories_routing_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/routing/repositories_routing_spec.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ describe RepositoriesController, :type => :routing do
                   to(controller: :repositories, action: :update, id: 1) }
     it { is_expected.not_to route(:get, '/repositories').
                   to(controller: :repositories, action: :index) }
-    it { is_expected.to route(:post, '/repositories/1/state').
+    it { is_expected.to route(:get, '/repositories/1/state').
                   to(controller: :repositories, action: :state, id: 1) }
-    it { is_expected.to route(:post, '/repositories/1/state_with_date').
+    it { is_expected.to route(:get, '/repositories/1/state_with_date').
                   to(controller: :repositories, action: :state_with_date, id: 1) }
     it { is_expected.to route(:get, '/repositories/1/process').
                   to(controller: :repositories, action: :process_repository, id: 1) }
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