diff --git a/internal/client/route_add.go b/internal/client/route_add.go
index 378f2cb..e1cc767 100644
--- a/internal/client/route_add.go
+++ b/internal/client/route_add.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ func AddRoute(host, path, method, entrypoint, command string, w io.Writer) error
 		"url_pattern": path,
 		"entrypoint":  entrypoint,
 		"command":     command})
-	return http.Put(url, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(body), w)
+	return http.Post(url, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(body), w)
 }
diff --git a/internal/client/route_add_test.go b/internal/client/route_add_test.go
index 6ff567c..4940388 100644
--- a/internal/client/route_add_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/route_add_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 func TestSuccessOnCorrectRoute(t *testing.T) {
 	defer gock.Off()
 	gock.New("http://localhost").
-		Put("/routes").
+		Post("/routes").
 		MatchType("json").
 		JSON(map[string]string{
 			"method":      "GET",