diff --git a/code/artifact.js b/code/artifact.js
index 2d8a31d3..2424c521 100644
--- a/code/artifact.js
+++ b/code/artifact.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ window.artifact.requestData = function() {
   if (isIdle()) {
     artifact.idle = true;
   } else {
-    window.postAjax('getArtifactInfo', {}, artifact.handleSuccess, artifact.handleError);
+    window.postAjax('artifacts', {}, artifact.handleSuccess, artifact.handleError);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/code/boot.js b/code/boot.js
index 2e5f2ecc..e3d1dffb 100644
--- a/code/boot.js
+++ b/code/boot.js
@@ -640,17 +640,6 @@ function boot() {
   window.iitcLoaded = true;
   window.runHooks('iitcLoaded');
 
-  if (!haveDetectedMungeSet()) {
-    dialog({
-      title:'IITC unavailable',
-      html:'<p>IITC failed to detect the appropriate network protocol "munge" parameters from the standard intel site. '
-          +'This can happen when Niantic make changes to the standard intel site.</p>'
-          +'<p>The IITC developers are made aware of these problems and will be working on a fix. Please see the following for news/updates.</p>'
-          +'<ul><li><a href="http://iitc.jonatkins.com/" target="_blank">IITC Home Page</a></li>'
-          +'<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/105383756361375410867/posts" target="_blank">IITC G+ Page</a></li>'
-          +'<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/105647403088015055797" target="_blank">IITC G+ Community</a></li></ol>'
-    });
-  }
 
   if (typeof android !== 'undefined' && android && android.bootFinished) {
     android.bootFinished();
diff --git a/code/chat.js b/code/chat.js
index 565591c8..e2351183 100644
--- a/code/chat.js
+++ b/code/chat.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ window.chat.genPostData = function(isFaction, storageHash, getOlderMsgs) {
     maxLngE6: Math.round(ne.lng*1E6),
     minTimestampMs: -1,
     maxTimestampMs: -1,
-    chatTabGet: isFaction ? 'faction' : 'all'
+    tab: isFaction ? 'faction' : 'all'
   }
 
   if(getOlderMsgs) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ window.chat.requestFaction = function(getOlderMsgs, isRetry) {
 
   var d = chat.genPostData(true, chat._faction, getOlderMsgs);
   var r = window.postAjax(
-    'getPaginatedPlexts',
+    'getPlexts',
     d,
     function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) { chat.handleFaction(data, getOlderMsgs); },
     isRetry
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ window.chat.requestPublic = function(getOlderMsgs, isRetry) {
 
   var d = chat.genPostData(false, chat._public, getOlderMsgs);
   var r = window.postAjax(
-    'getPaginatedPlexts',
+    'getPlexts',
     d,
     function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) { chat.handlePublic(data, getOlderMsgs); },
     isRetry
@@ -689,10 +689,10 @@ window.chat.postMsg = function() {
   var publik = c === 'public';
   var latlng = map.getCenter();
 
-  var data = {messageSendPlext: msg,
-              latE6SendPlext: Math.round(latlng.lat*1E6),
-              lngE6SendPlext: Math.round(latlng.lng*1E6),
-              chatTabSendPlext: publik ? 'all' : 'faction'};
+  var data = {message: msg,
+              latE6: Math.round(latlng.lat*1E6),
+              lngE6: Math.round(latlng.lng*1E6),
+              tab: publik ? 'all' : 'faction'};
 
   var errMsg = 'Your message could not be delivered. You can copy&' +
                'paste it here and try again if you want:\n\n' + msg;
diff --git a/code/map_data_request.js b/code/map_data_request.js
index 0fac9c92..5128718d 100644
--- a/code/map_data_request.js
+++ b/code/map_data_request.js
@@ -394,14 +394,14 @@ window.MapDataRequest.prototype.sendTileRequest = function(tiles) {
     }
   }
 
-  var data = { quadKeys: tilesList };
+  var data = { tileKeys: tilesList };
 
   this.activeRequestCount += 1;
 
   var savedThis = this;
 
   // NOTE: don't add the request with window.request.add, as we don't want the abort handling to apply to map data any more
-  window.postAjax('getThinnedEntities', data, 
+  window.postAjax('getEntities', data, 
     function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) { savedThis.handleResponse (data, tiles, true); },  // request successful callback
     function() { savedThis.handleResponse (undefined, tiles, false); }  // request failed callback
   );
diff --git a/code/munge.js b/code/munge.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 54b2d63e..00000000
--- a/code/munge.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,279 +0,0 @@
-// REQUEST PARAMETER MUNGING /////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-//TODO: the double inclusion is planned - but not yet in place
-
-// WARNING: this code is included in IITC twice!
-// once within the main body of IITC code, inside the wrapper function
-// additionally, outside of the wrapper code - used to detect if the required munging code will work
-// before IITC actually starts
-
-
-// wrap in an anonymous function to limit scope
-;(function(){
-
-var requestParameterMunges = [
-  // all old munge sets deleted - there's no sign that any old ones will become active again
-
-// the current munge set auto-detection code is working very well. as any site update that breaks that detection
-// code will also, almost certainly, change the munges in use, it seems pointless keeping this set up to date by hand
-// at this time. If that auto-detection breaks, it may be easier to quickly add a munge set by hand than update
-// the regular expressions, so the list-based code remains available for the future
-//  // set 11 - 2013-12-06
-//  {
-//    'dashboard.getArtifactInfo': 'artifacts',            // GET_ARTIFACT_INFO
-//    'dashboard.getGameScore': '4oid643d9zc168hs',        // GET_GAME_SCORE
-//    'dashboard.getPaginatedPlexts': 's1msyywq51ntudpe',  // GET_PAGINATED_PLEXTS
-//    'dashboard.getThinnedEntities': '4467ff9bgxxe4csa',  // GET_THINNED_ENTITIES
-//    'dashboard.getPortalDetails': 'c00thnhf1yp3z6mn',    // GET_PORTAL_DETAILS
-//    'dashboard.redeemReward': 'ivshfv9zvyfxyqcd',        // REDEEM_REWARD
-//    'dashboard.sendInviteEmail': '1rsx15vc0m8wwdax',     // SEND_INVITE_EMAIL
-//    'dashboard.sendPlext': 'tods2imd0xcfsug6',           // SEND_PLEXT
-//
-//    // common parameters
-//    method: '0wvzluo8av4sk17f',
-//    version: 'paeh4g353xu06kfg',
-//    version_parameter: '4acc1e3230c3fd66be3422c0df8dc637336bbd7c',
-//
-//    // GET_THINNED_ENTITIES
-//    quadKeys: 'ilgv0w4dlldky1yh',
-//
-//    // GET_PORTAL_DETAILS
-//    guid: '7o8tzmj6oxz1n5w3',
-//
-//    // REDEEM_REWARD
-//    passcode: 'passcode',   // no munging on this parameter
-//
-//    // SEND_INVITE_EMAIL
-//    inviteeEmailAddress: 'p4rwszdfovuwfdgp',
-//
-//    // GET_PAGINATED_PLEXTS
-//    desiredNumItems: 'kxsbuvc90l6f40xn',
-//    minLatE6: 'llizye3i5dbapxac',
-//    minLngE6: 'w01zpiba1mn5tsab',
-//    maxLatE6: 'd5phhqzj2tbsq599',
-//    maxLngE6: 'avq5srnvg431aehn',
-//    minTimestampMs: 'mhsav5by25wi4s46',
-//    maxTimestampMs: 'hpu7l8h7eccwytyt',
-//    chatTab: 'q9343nem7hs1v37b',
-//    ascendingTimestampOrder: '7pc5c9ggh03pig1b',
-//
-//    // SEND_PLEXT
-//    message: '8exta9k7y8huhqmc',
-//    latE6: '7ffwyf3zd2yf8xam',
-//    lngE6: 'n7ewiach2v22iy20',
-////  chatTab: 'q9343nem7hs1v37b', // duplicate from GET_PAGINATED_PLEXTS
-//
-//  },
-
-];
-
-
-
-// in the recent stock site updates, their javascript code has been less obfuscated, but also the munge parameters
-// change on every release. I can only assume it's now an integrated step in the build/release system, rather
-// than continued efforts to block iitc. the lighter obfuscation on the code makes it easier to parse and find
-// the munges in the code - so let's attempt that
-function extractMungeFromStock() {
-  try {
-    var foundMunges = {};
-
-    // these are easy - directly available in variables
-    // NOTE: the .toString() is there so missing variables throw an exception, rather than storing 'undefined'
-    foundMunges['dashboard.getArtifactInfo'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.GET_ARTIFACT_INFO.toString();
-    foundMunges['dashboard.getGameScore'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.GET_GAME_SCORE.toString();
-    foundMunges['dashboard.getPaginatedPlexts'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.GET_PAGINATED_PLEXTS.toString();
-    foundMunges['dashboard.getThinnedEntities'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.GET_THINNED_ENTITIES.toString();
-    foundMunges['dashboard.getPortalDetails'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.GET_PORTAL_DETAILS.toString();
-//    foundMunges['dashboard.redeemReward'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.REDEEM_REWARD.toString();
-//    foundMunges['dashboard.sendInviteEmail'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.SEND_INVITE_EMAIL.toString();
-    foundMunges['dashboard.sendPlext'] = nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.SEND_PLEXT.toString();
-
-    // the rest are trickier - we need to parse the functions of the stock site. these break very often
-    // on site updates
-
-//    // regular expression - to match either x.abcdef123456wxyz or x["123456abcdefwxyz"] format for property access
-//    var mungeRegExpProp = '(?:\\.([a-z][a-z0-9]{15})|\\["([0-9][a-z0-9]{15})"\\])';
-//    // and one to match members of object literal initialisation - {abcdef123456wxyz: or {"123456abcdefwxyz":
-//    var mungeRegExpLit = '(?:([a-z][a-z0-9]{15})|"([0-9][a-z0-9]{15})"):';
-
-    // some cases don't munge now?!?! odd!
-    var mungeRegExpProp = '(?:\\.([a-z][a-z0-9]{15}|[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)|\\["([0-9][a-z0-9]{15})"\\])';
-    var mungeRegExpLit = '(?:((?:[a-z][a-z0-9]{15})|[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)|"([0-9][a-z0-9]{15})"):';
-
-    // common parameters - method, version, version_parameter - currently found in the 
-    // nemesis.dashboard.network.XhrController.prototype.doSendRequest_ function
-    // look for something like
-    //  var e = a.getData();
-    //  e["3sld77nsm0tjmkvi"] = c;
-    //  e.xz7q6r3aja5ttvoo = "b121024077de2a0dc6b34119e4440785c9ea5e64";
-    var reg = new RegExp('getData\\(\\);.*\\n.*'+mungeRegExpProp+' =.*\n.*'+mungeRegExpProp+' *= *"([a-z0-9]{40})','m');
-    var result = reg.exec(nemesis.dashboard.network.XhrController.prototype.doSendRequest_.toString());
-    // there's two ways of matching the munge expression, so try both
-    foundMunges.method = result[1] || result[2];
-    foundMunges.version = result[3] || result[4];
-    foundMunges.version_parameter = result[5];
-
-    // GET_THINNED_ENTITIES parameters
-    var reg = new RegExp('GET_THINNED_ENTITIES, nemesis.dashboard.network.XhrController.Priority.[A-Z]+, {'
-             +mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z]');
-    var result = reg.exec(nemesis.dashboard.network.DataFetcher.prototype.getGameEntities.toString());
-    foundMunges.quadKeys = result[1] || result[2];
-
-    // GET_PAGINATED_PLEXTS
-    var reg = new RegExp('[a-z] = {'+mungeRegExpLit+'Math.round\\(1E6 \\* [a-z].bounds.sw.lat\\(\\)\\), '
-                        +mungeRegExpLit+'Math.round\\(1E6 \\* [a-z].bounds.sw.lng\\(\\)\\), '
-                        +mungeRegExpLit+'Math.round\\(1E6 \\* [a-z].bounds.ne.lat\\(\\)\\), '
-                        +mungeRegExpLit+'Math.round\\(1E6 \\* [a-z].bounds.ne.lng\\(\\)\\), '
-                        +mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z], '+mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z]};\n'
-                        +' *[a-z]'+mungeRegExpProp+' = [a-z];\n'
-                        +' *-1 < [a-z] && \\([a-z]'+mungeRegExpProp+' = !0\\);', 'm');
-
-    var result = reg.exec(nemesis.dashboard.network.PlextStore.prototype.getPlexts.toString());
-
-//    foundMunges.desiredNumItems = result[1] || result[2];
-
-    foundMunges.minLatE6 = result[1] || result[2];
-    foundMunges.minLngE6 = result[3] || result[4];
-    foundMunges.maxLatE6 = result[5] || result[6];
-    foundMunges.maxLngE6 = result[7] || result[8];
-    foundMunges.minTimestampMs = result[9] || result[10];
-    foundMunges.maxTimestampMs = result[11] || result[12];
-    foundMunges.chatTabGet = result[13] || result[14];  //guessed parameter name - only seen munged
-    foundMunges.ascendingTimestampOrder = result[15] || result[16];
-
-    // SEND_PLEXT
-    var reg = new RegExp('SEND_PLEXT, nemesis.dashboard.network.XhrController.Priority.[A-Z]+, {'
-             +mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z], '
-             +mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z], '
-             +mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z], '
-             +mungeRegExpLit+'[a-z]}');
-    var result = reg.exec(nemesis.dashboard.network.PlextStore.prototype.sendPlext.toString());
-
-    foundMunges.messageSendPlext = result[1] || result[2];
-    foundMunges.latE6SendPlext = result[3] || result[4];
-    foundMunges.lngE6SendPlext = result[5] || result[6];
-    foundMunges.chatTabSendPlext = result[7] || result[8];
-//    if (chatTab != foundMunges.chatTab) throw 'Error: inconsistent munge parsing for chatTab';
-
-    // GET_PORTAL_DETAILS
-    var reg = new RegExp('GET_PORTAL_DETAILS, nemesis.dashboard.network.XhrController.Priority.[A-Z]+, {'
-                        +mungeRegExpLit+'a}');
-    var result = reg.exec(nemesis.dashboard.network.DataFetcher.prototype.getPortalDetails.toString());
-    foundMunges.guid = result[1] || result[2];
-
-//    // SEND_INVITE_EMAIL
-//    var reg = new RegExp('SEND_INVITE_EMAIL, nemesis.dashboard.network.XhrController.Priority.[A-Z]+, {'+mungeRegExpLit+'b}');
-//    foundMunges.inviteeEmailAddress = result[1] || result[2];
-
-    return foundMunges;
-  } catch(e) {
-    console.warn('Failed to extract munges from the code: '+e);
-  }
-}
-
-
-var activeMunge = null;
-
-
-// attempt to guess the munge set in use, by looking through the functions of the stock intel page for one of the munged params
-window.detectActiveMungeSet = function() {
-
-  // first, try and parse the stock functions and extract the munges directly
-  activeMunge = extractMungeFromStock();
-  if (activeMunge) {
-    console.log('IITC: Successfully extracted munges from stock javascript - excellent work!');
-  } else {
-    console.warn('IITC: failed to detect a munge set from the code - searching our list...');
-
-    // try to find a matching munge set from the pre-defined ones. this code remains as in the case of
-    // things breaking it can be quicker to update the table than to fix the regular expressions used
-    // above
-
-    try {
-      for (var i in requestParameterMunges) {
-        if (requestParameterMunges[i]['dashboard.getThinnedEntities'] == nemesis.dashboard.requests.MethodName.GET_THINNED_ENTITIES) {
-          console.log('IITC: found a match with munge set index '+i);
-          activeMunge = requestParameterMunges[i];
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-    } catch(e) {
-      console.warn('IITC: failed to find matching munge set from supplied list');
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!activeMunge) {
-    console.warn('IITC: Error!! failed to find a parameter munge set - neither extracting from stock, or searching through table. IITC CANNOT WORK');
-    throw {error:'Failed to find a munge set'};
-  }
-
-}
-
-
-window.haveDetectedMungeSet = function() {
-  try {
-    if (!activeMunge) detectActiveMungeSet();
-  } catch(e) {
-  }
-
-  return activeMunge != null;
-}
-
-
-window.mungeOneString = function(str) {
-  if (!activeMunge) detectActiveMungeSet();
-
-  return activeMunge[str];
-}
-
-// niantic now add some munging to the request parameters. so far, only two sets of this munging have been seen
-window.requestDataMunge = function(data) {
-  if (!activeMunge) detectActiveMungeSet();
-
-  function munge(obj) {
-    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Array]') {
-      // an array - munge each element of it
-      var newobj = [];
-      for (var i in obj) {
-        newobj[i] = munge(obj[i]);
-      }
-      return newobj;
-    } else if (typeof obj === 'object') {
-      // an object: munge each property name, and pass the value through the munge process
-      var newobj = Object();
-      for (var p in obj) {
-        var m = activeMunge[p];
-        if (m === undefined) {
-          console.error('Error: failed to find munge for object property '+p);
-          newobj[p] = obj[p];
-        } else {
-          // rename the property
-          newobj[m] = munge(obj[p]);
-        }
-      }
-      return newobj;
-    } else {
-      // neither an array or an object - so must be a simple value. return it unmodified
-      return obj;
-    }
-  };
-
-  var newdata = munge(data);
-
-  try {
-    newdata = nemesis.dashboard.requests.normalizeParamCount(newdata);
-  } catch(e) {
-    if (!window._mungeHaveLoggedError) {
-      console.warn('Failed to call the stock site normalizeParamCount() function: '+e);
-      window._mungeHaveLoggedError = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return newdata;
-}
-
-
-//anonymous function end
-}());
-
-
diff --git a/code/utils_misc.js b/code/utils_misc.js
index 2af8c837..d5edd2c1 100644
--- a/code/utils_misc.js
+++ b/code/utils_misc.js
@@ -140,19 +140,13 @@ window.digits = function(d) {
 // error: see above. Additionally it is logged if the request failed.
 window.postAjax = function(action, data, success, error) {
 
-  var methodName = 'dashboard.'+action;
-  var versionStr = 'version_parameter';
+  var versionStr = nemesis.dashboard.config.CURRENT_VERSION;
+  var post_data = JSON.stringify($.extend({}, data, {v: versionStr}));
 
-  // munging of the method name - seen in Set 2 onwards
-  methodName = mungeOneString(methodName);
-  // and of the 'version' parameter (we assume it's a version - if missing/wrong that's what the error refers to)
-  versionStr = mungeOneString(versionStr);
-
-  var post_data = JSON.stringify(window.requestDataMunge($.extend({}, data, {method: methodName, version: versionStr})));
   var remove = function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) { window.requests.remove(jqXHR); };
   var errCnt = function(jqXHR) { window.failedRequestCount++; window.requests.remove(jqXHR); };
   var result = $.ajax({
-    url: '/r/'+methodName,
+    url: '/r/'+action,
     type: 'POST',
     data: post_data,
     context: data,
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 9b53f164..b3bb4f49 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // ==UserScript==
 // @id             ingress-intel-total-conversion@jonatkins
 // @name           IITC: Ingress intel map total conversion
-// @version        0.16.13.@@DATETIMEVERSION@@
+// @version        0.17.1.@@DATETIMEVERSION@@
 // @namespace      https://github.com/jonatkins/ingress-intel-total-conversion
 // @updateURL      @@UPDATEURL@@
 // @downloadURL    @@DOWNLOADURL@@