diff --git a/code/game_status.js b/code/game_status.js
index 2ca37fb5..87e17e5c 100644
--- a/code/game_status.js
+++ b/code/game_status.js
@@ -1,12 +1,35 @@
 
 // GAME STATUS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // MindUnit display
+
+window.window.updateGameScoreFailCount = 0;
+
 window.updateGameScore = function(data) {
   if(!data) {
     window.postAjax('getGameScore', {}, window.updateGameScore);
     return;
   }
 
+  // hacky - but here is as good as any for a location
+  // the niantic servers have attempted to obsfucate the client/server protocol, by munging the request parameters
+  // detecting which munge set should be used is tricky - even the stock site gets it wrong sometimes
+  // to detect the problem and try a different set is easiest in a place where there's only a single request of that type
+  // sent at once, and it has no extra parameters. this method matches those requirements
+  if (data == '{"error": "invalid method params"}' || data.error) {
+    window.window.updateGameScoreFailCount++;
+    if (window.window.updateGameScoreFailCount < 5) {
+      window.activeRequestMungeSet = (window.activeRequestMungeSet+1) % window.requestParameterMunges.length;
+      console.warn('IITC munge issue - cycling to set '+window.activeRequestMungeSet);
+
+      updateGameScore();
+      return;
+    } else {
+      console.error('IITC munge issue - and retry limit reached. IITC will likely fail');
+    }
+  }
+
+  window.window.updateGameScoreFailCount = 0;
+
   var r = parseInt(data.result.resistanceScore), e = parseInt(data.result.enlightenedScore);
   var s = r+e;
   var rp = r/s*100, ep = e/s*100;