diff --git a/src/core/api.js b/src/core/api.js
index 228ab6db..cdcf216b 100644
--- a/src/core/api.js
+++ b/src/core/api.js
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import { verifyStream, getInternalStream } from "../modules/stream/manage.js";
 import { extract } from "../modules/processing/url.js";
 
 export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
-    const corsConfig = !env.corsWildcard ? {
+    const corsConfig = env.corsWildcard ? {} : {
         origin: env.corsURL,
         optionsSuccessStatus: 200
-    } : {};
+    };
 
     const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
         windowMs: 60000,
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
                 "text": loc(languageCode(req), 'ErrorRateLimit')
             });
         }
-    });
+    })
+
     const apiLimiterStream = rateLimit({
         windowMs: 60000,
         max: 25,
@@ -41,12 +42,9 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
         legacyHeaders: false,
         keyGenerator: req => generateHmac(getIP(req), ipSalt),
         handler: (req, res) => {
-            return res.status(429).json({
-                "status": "rate-limit",
-                "text": loc(languageCode(req), 'ErrorRateLimit')
-            });
+            return res.sendStatus(429)
         }
-    });
+    })
     
     const startTime = new Date();
     const startTimestamp = startTime.getTime();
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
     app.use('/api/:type', cors({
         methods: ['GET', 'POST'],
         ...corsConfig
-    }));
+    }))
 
     app.use('/api/json', apiLimiter);
     app.use('/api/stream', apiLimiterStream);
@@ -65,27 +63,27 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
     app.use((req, res, next) => {
         try { decodeURIComponent(req.path) } catch (e) { return res.redirect('/') }
         next();
-    });
+    })
 
     app.use('/api/json', express.json({
         verify: (req, res, buf) => {
-            let acceptCon = String(req.header('Accept')) === "application/json";
-            if (acceptCon) {
+            const acceptHeader = String(req.header('Accept')) === "application/json";
+            if (acceptHeader) {
                 if (buf.length > 720) throw new Error();
                 JSON.parse(buf);
             } else {
                 throw new Error();
             }
         }
-    }));
+    }))
 
     // handle express.json errors properly (https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/4065)
     app.use('/api/json', (err, req, res, next) => {
-        let errorText = "invalid json body";
-        let acceptCon = String(req.header('Accept')) !== "application/json";
+        const errorText = "invalid json body";
+        const acceptHeader = String(req.header('Accept')) !== "application/json";
 
-        if (err || acceptCon) {
-            if (acceptCon) errorText = "invalid accept header";
+        if (err || acceptHeader) {
+            if (acceptHeader) errorText = "invalid accept header";
             return res.status(400).json({
                 status: "error",
                 text: errorText
@@ -93,12 +91,14 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
         } else {
             next();
         }
-    });
+    })
 
     const acceptRegex = /^application\/json(; charset=utf-8)?$/;
+
     app.post('/api/json', async (req, res) => {
         const request = req.body;
         const lang = languageCode(req);
+
         const fail = (t) => {
             const { status, body } = createResponse("error", { t: loc(lang, t) });
             res.status(status).json(body);
@@ -132,80 +132,83 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
         } catch {
             fail('ErrorSomethingWentWrong');
         }
-    });
+    })
 
-    app.get('/api/:type', (req, res) => {
-        try {
-            let j;
-            switch (req.params.type) {
-                case 'stream':
-                    const q = req.query;
-                    const checkQueries = q.t && q.e && q.h && q.s && q.i;
-                    const checkBaseLength = q.t.length === 21 && q.e.length === 13;
-                    const checkSafeLength = q.h.length === 43 && q.s.length === 43 && q.i.length === 22;
-                    if (checkQueries && checkBaseLength && checkSafeLength) {
-                        if (q.p) {
-                            return res.status(200).json({
-                                status: "continue"
-                            })
-                        }
-                        let streamInfo = verifyStream(q.t, q.h, q.e, q.s, q.i);
-                        if (streamInfo.error) {
-                            return res.status(streamInfo.status).json(apiJSON(0, { t: streamInfo.error }).body);
-                        }
-                        return stream(res, streamInfo);
-                    } 
+    app.get('/api/stream', (req, res) => {
+        const id = String(req.query.id);
+        const exp = String(req.query.exp);
+        const sig = String(req.query.sig);
+        const sec = String(req.query.sec);
+        const iv = String(req.query.iv);
 
-                    j = apiJSON(0, {
-                        t: "bad request. stream link may be incomplete or corrupted."
-                    })
-                    return res.status(j.status).json(j.body);
-                case 'istream':
-                    if (!req.ip.endsWith('127.0.0.1'))
-                        return res.sendStatus(403);
-                    if (('' + req.query.t).length !== 21)
-                        return res.sendStatus(400);
-    
-                    let streamInfo = getInternalStream(req.query.t);
-                    if (!streamInfo) return res.sendStatus(404);
-                    streamInfo.headers = req.headers;
-    
-                    return stream(res, { type: 'internal', ...streamInfo });
-                case 'serverInfo':
-                    return res.status(200).json({
-                        version: version,
-                        commit: gitCommit,
-                        branch: gitBranch,
-                        name: env.apiName,
-                        url: env.apiURL,
-                        cors: Number(env.corsWildcard),
-                        startTime: `${startTimestamp}`
-                    });
-                default:
-                    j = apiJSON(0, {
-                        t: "unknown response type"
-                    })
-                    return res.status(j.status).json(j.body);
+        const checkQueries = id && exp && sig && sec && iv;
+        const checkBaseLength = id.length === 21 && exp.length === 13;
+        const checkSafeLength = sig.length === 43 && sec.length === 43 && iv.length === 22;
+
+        if (checkQueries && checkBaseLength && checkSafeLength) {
+            // rate limit probe, will not return json after 8.0
+            if (req.query.p) {
+                return res.status(200).json({
+                    status: "continue"
+                })
+            }
+            try {
+                const streamInfo = verifyStream(id, sig, exp, sec, iv);
+                if (!streamInfo?.service) {
+                    return res.sendStatus(streamInfo.status);
+                }
+                return stream(res, streamInfo);
+            } catch {
+                return res.destroy();
             }
-        } catch (e) {
-            return res.status(500).json({
-                status: "error",
-                text: loc(languageCode(req), 'ErrorCantProcess')
-            });
         }
-    });
+        return res.sendStatus(400);
+    })
+
+    app.get('/api/istream', (req, res) => {
+        try {
+            if (!req.ip.endsWith('127.0.0.1'))
+                return res.sendStatus(403);
+            if (String(req.query.id).length !== 21)
+                return res.sendStatus(400);
+
+            const streamInfo = getInternalStream(req.query.id);
+            if (!streamInfo) return res.sendStatus(404);
+            streamInfo.headers = req.headers;
+
+            return stream(res, { type: 'internal', ...streamInfo });
+        } catch {
+            return res.destroy();
+        }
+    })
+
+    app.get('/api/serverInfo', (req, res) => {
+        try {
+            return res.status(200).json({
+                version: version,
+                commit: gitCommit,
+                branch: gitBranch,
+                name: env.apiName,
+                url: env.apiURL,
+                cors: Number(env.corsWildcard),
+                startTime: `${startTimestamp}`
+            });
+        } catch {
+            return res.destroy();
+        }
+    })
 
     app.get('/api/status', (req, res) => {
         res.status(200).end()
-    });
+    })
 
     app.get('/favicon.ico', (req, res) => {
         res.sendFile(`${__dirname}/src/front/icons/favicon.ico`)
-    });
+    })
 
     app.get('/*', (req, res) => {
-        res.redirect('/api/json')
-    });
+        res.redirect('/api/serverInfo')
+    })
 
     app.listen(env.apiPort, env.listenAddress, () => {
         console.log(`\n` +
@@ -214,5 +217,5 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
             `URL: ${Cyan(`${env.apiURL}`)}\n` +
             `Port: ${env.apiPort}\n`
         )
-    });
+    })
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/stream/manage.js b/src/modules/stream/manage.js
index 7d19354f..86334fa2 100644
--- a/src/modules/stream/manage.js
+++ b/src/modules/stream/manage.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import NodeCache from "node-cache";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
-import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
+import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
 
 import { decryptStream, encryptStream, generateHmac } from "../sub/crypto.js";
 import { streamLifespan, env } from "../config.js";
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ const freebind = env.freebindCIDR && await import('freebind').catch(() => {});
 
 const M3U_SERVICES = ['dailymotion', 'vimeo', 'rutube'];
 
-const streamNoAccess = {
-    error: "i couldn't verify if you have access to this stream. go back and try again!",
-    status: 401
-}
-const streamNoExist = {
-    error: "this download link has expired or doesn't exist. go back and try again!",
-    status: 400
-}
-
 const streamCache = new NodeCache({
     stdTTL: streamLifespan/1000,
     checkperiod: 10,
@@ -61,11 +52,11 @@ export function createStream(obj) {
     let streamLink = new URL('/api/stream', env.apiURL);
 
     const params = {
-        't': streamID,
-        'e': exp,
-        'h': hmac,
-        's': secret,
-        'i': iv
+        'id': streamID,
+        'exp': exp,
+        'sig': hmac,
+        'sec': secret,
+        'iv': iv
     }
 
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(params)) {
@@ -96,7 +87,7 @@ export function createInternalStream(url, obj = {}) {
     };
 
     let streamLink = new URL('/api/istream', `http://127.0.0.1:${env.apiPort}`);
-    streamLink.searchParams.set('t', streamID);
+    streamLink.searchParams.set('id', streamID);
     return streamLink.toString();
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +97,7 @@ export function destroyInternalStream(url) {
         return;
     }
 
-    const id = url.searchParams.get('t');
+    const id = url.searchParams.get('id');
 
     if (internalStreamCache[id]) {
         internalStreamCache[id].controller.abort();
@@ -141,22 +132,19 @@ export function verifyStream(id, hmac, exp, secret, iv) {
         const ghmac = generateHmac(`${id},${exp},${iv},${secret}`, hmacSalt);
         const cache = streamCache.get(id.toString());
 
-        if (ghmac !== String(hmac)) return streamNoAccess;
-        if (!cache) return streamNoExist;
+        if (ghmac !== String(hmac)) return { status: 401 };
+        if (!cache) return { status: 404 };
 
         const streamInfo = JSON.parse(decryptStream(cache, iv, secret));
 
-        if (!streamInfo) return streamNoExist;
+        if (!streamInfo) return { status: 404 };
 
         if (Number(exp) <= new Date().getTime())
-            return streamNoExist;
+            return { status: 404 };
 
         return wrapStream(streamInfo);
     }
     catch {
-        return {
-            error: "something went wrong and i couldn't verify this stream. go back and try again!",
-            status: 500
-        }
+        return { status: 500 };
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/stream/stream.js b/src/modules/stream/stream.js
index 3de1cb3e..3b3494b6 100644
--- a/src/modules/stream/stream.js
+++ b/src/modules/stream/stream.js
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ export default async function(res, streamInfo) {
                 break;
         }
     } catch {
-        res.status(500).json({ status: "error", text: "Internal Server Error" });
+        res.sendStatus(500);
     }
 }