diff --git a/assets/js/handlers.js b/assets/js/handlers.js
index 539974fb..a3199fa7 100644
--- a/assets/js/handlers.js
+++ b/assets/js/handlers.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         var count = document.getElementById('count');
         count.textContent--;
 
-        var url = '/subscription_ajax?action_remove_subscriptions=1&redirect=false' +
+        var url = '/subscription_ajax?action=remove_subscriptions&redirect=false' +
             '&referer=' + encodeURIComponent(location.href) +
             '&c=' + target.getAttribute('data-ucid');
 
diff --git a/assets/js/subscribe_widget.js b/assets/js/subscribe_widget.js
index 7665a00b..d462e848 100644
--- a/assets/js/subscribe_widget.js
+++ b/assets/js/subscribe_widget.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function subscribe() {
     subscribe_button.onclick = unsubscribe;
     subscribe_button.innerHTML = '<b>' + subscribe_data.unsubscribe_text + ' | ' + subscribe_data.sub_count_text + '</b>';
 
-    var url = '/subscription_ajax?action_create_subscription_to_channel=1&redirect=false' +
+    var url = '/subscription_ajax?action=create_subscription_to_channel&redirect=false' +
         '&c=' + subscribe_data.ucid;
 
     helpers.xhr('POST', url, {payload: payload, retries: 5, entity_name: 'subscribe request'}, {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function unsubscribe() {
     subscribe_button.onclick = subscribe;
     subscribe_button.innerHTML = '<b>' + subscribe_data.subscribe_text + ' | ' + subscribe_data.sub_count_text + '</b>';
 
-    var url = '/subscription_ajax?action_remove_subscriptions=1&redirect=false' +
+    var url = '/subscription_ajax?action=remove_subscriptions&redirect=false' +
         '&c=' + subscribe_data.ucid;
 
     helpers.xhr('POST', url, {payload: payload, retries: 5, entity_name: 'unsubscribe request'}, {
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/subscriptions.cr b/src/invidious/routes/subscriptions.cr
index 7f9ec592..1de655d2 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/subscriptions.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/subscriptions.cr
@@ -32,24 +32,16 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Subscriptions
       end
     end
 
-    if env.params.query["action_create_subscription_to_channel"]?.try &.to_i?.try &.== 1
-      action = "action_create_subscription_to_channel"
-    elsif env.params.query["action_remove_subscriptions"]?.try &.to_i?.try &.== 1
-      action = "action_remove_subscriptions"
-    else
-      return env.redirect referer
-    end
-
     channel_id = env.params.query["c"]?
     channel_id ||= ""
 
-    case action
-    when "action_create_subscription_to_channel"
+    case action = env.params.query["action"]?
+    when "create_subscription_to_channel"
       if !user.subscriptions.includes? channel_id
         get_channel(channel_id)
         Invidious::Database::Users.subscribe_channel(user, channel_id)
       end
-    when "action_remove_subscriptions"
+    when "remove_subscriptions"
       Invidious::Database::Users.unsubscribe_channel(user, channel_id)
     else
       return error_json(400, "Unsupported action #{action}")
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/components/subscribe_widget.ecr b/src/invidious/views/components/subscribe_widget.ecr
index 05e4e253..3cfcb0eb 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/components/subscribe_widget.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/components/subscribe_widget.ecr
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <% if user %>
     <% if subscriptions.includes? ucid %>
-            <form action="/subscription_ajax?action_remove_subscriptions=1&c=<%= ucid %>&referer=<%= env.get("current_page") %>" method="post">
+            <form action="/subscription_ajax?action=remove_subscriptions&c=<%= ucid %>&referer=<%= env.get("current_page") %>" method="post">
                 <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<%= HTML.escape(env.get?("csrf_token").try &.as(String) || "") %>">
                 <button data-type="unsubscribe" id="subscribe" class="pure-button pure-button-primary">
                     <b><input style="all:unset" type="submit" value="<%= translate(locale, "Unsubscribe") %> | <%= sub_count_text %>"></b>
                 </button>
             </form>
     <% else %>
-            <form action="/subscription_ajax?action_create_subscription_to_channel=1&c=<%= ucid %>&referer=<%= env.get("current_page") %>" method="post">
+            <form action="/subscription_ajax?action=create_subscription_to_channel&c=<%= ucid %>&referer=<%= env.get("current_page") %>" method="post">
                 <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<%= HTML.escape(env.get?("csrf_token").try &.as(String) || "") %>">
                 <button data-type="subscribe" id="subscribe" class="pure-button pure-button-primary">
                     <b><input style="all:unset" type="submit" value="<%= translate(locale, "Subscribe") %> | <%= sub_count_text %>"></b>
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/user/subscription_manager.ecr b/src/invidious/views/user/subscription_manager.ecr
index c9801f09..d566e228 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/user/subscription_manager.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/user/subscription_manager.ecr
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             <div class="pure-u-2-5"></div>
             <div class="pure-u-1-5" style="text-align:right">
                 <h3 style="padding-right:0.5em">
-                    <form data-onsubmit="return_false" action="/subscription_ajax?action_remove_subscriptions=1&c=<%= channel.id %>&referer=<%= env.get("current_page") %>" method="post">
+                    <form data-onsubmit="return_false" action="/subscription_ajax?action=remove_subscriptions&c=<%= channel.id %>&referer=<%= env.get("current_page") %>" method="post">
                         <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<%= HTML.escape(env.get?("csrf_token").try &.as(String) || "") %>">
                         <input style="all:unset" type="submit" data-onclick="remove_subscription" data-ucid="<%= channel.id %>" value="<%= translate(locale, "unsubscribe") %>">
                     </form>