diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/IndieAuthController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/IndieAuthController.php
index 3086ccda..60a32200 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/IndieAuthController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/IndieAuthController.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
-use IndieAuth\Client;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Services\TokenService;
 use App\Services\IndieAuthService;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
      */
     protected $indieAuthService;
 
-    /**
-     * The IndieAuth Client implementation.
-     */
-    protected $client;
-
     /**
      * The Token handling service.
      */
@@ -28,16 +22,14 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
      * Inject the dependencies.
      *
      * @param  \App\Services\IndieAuthService $indieAuthService
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
+     * @param  \App\Services\TokenService $tokenService
      * @return void
      */
     public function __construct(
         IndieAuthService $indieAuthService = null,
-        Client $client = null,
         TokenService $tokenService = null
     ) {
         $this->indieAuthService = $indieAuthService ?? new IndieAuthService();
-        $this->client = $client ?? new Client();
         $this->tokenService = $tokenService ?? new TokenService();
     }
 
@@ -53,21 +45,19 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
     public function start(Request $request)
     {
         $authorizationEndpoint = $this->indieAuthService->getAuthorizationEndpoint(
-            $request->input('me'),
-            $this->client
+            $request->input('me')
         );
-        if ($authorizationEndpoint) {
+        if ($authorizationEndpoint !== null) {
             $authorizationURL = $this->indieAuthService->buildAuthorizationURL(
                 $authorizationEndpoint,
-                $request->input('me'),
-                $this->client
+                $request->input('me')
             );
             if ($authorizationURL) {
                 return redirect($authorizationURL);
             }
         }
 
-        return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->withErrors('Unable to determine authorisation endpoint', 'indieauth');
+        return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->with('error', 'Unable to determine authorisation endpoint');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -80,14 +70,17 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
     public function callback(Request $request)
     {
         if ($request->session()->get('state') != $request->input('state')) {
-            return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->withErrors(
-                'Invalid <code>state</code> value returned from indieauth server',
-                'indieauth'
+            return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->with(
+                'error',
+                'Invalid <code>state</code> value returned from indieauth server'
             );
         }
-        $tokenEndpoint = $this->indieAuthService->getTokenEndpoint($request->input('me'), $this->client);
+        $tokenEndpoint = $this->indieAuthService->getTokenEndpoint($request->input('me'));
         if ($tokenEndpoint === false) {
-            return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->withErrors('Unable to determine token endpoint', 'indieauth');
+            return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->with(
+                'error',
+                'Unable to determine token endpoint'
+            );
         }
         $data = [
             'endpoint' => $tokenEndpoint,
@@ -97,7 +90,7 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
             'client_id' => route('micropub-client'),
             'state' => $request->input('state'),
         ];
-        $token = $this->indieAuthService->getAccessToken($data, $this->client);
+        $token = $this->indieAuthService->getAccessToken($data);
 
         if (array_key_exists('access_token', $token)) {
             $request->session()->put('me', $token['me']);
@@ -106,7 +99,10 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
             return redirect(route('micropub-client'));
         }
 
-        return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->withErrors('Unable to get a token from the endpoint', 'indieauth');
+        return redirect(route('micropub-client'))->with(
+            'error',
+            'Unable to get a token from the endpoint'
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -136,7 +132,7 @@ class IndieAuthController extends Controller
             'client_id' => $request->input('client_id'),
             'state' => $request->input('state'),
         ];
-        $auth = $this->indieAuthService->verifyIndieAuthCode($authData, $this->client);
+        $auth = $this->indieAuthService->verifyIndieAuthCode($authData);
         if (array_key_exists('me', $auth)) {
             $scope = $auth['scope'] ?? '';
             $tokenData = [
diff --git a/app/Services/IndieAuthService.php b/app/Services/IndieAuthService.php
index e44334b3..ec01370f 100644
--- a/app/Services/IndieAuthService.php
+++ b/app/Services/IndieAuthService.php
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 <?php
 
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
 namespace App\Services;
 
+use IndieAuth\Client;
+
 class IndieAuthService
 {
+    protected $client;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->client = new Client();
+    }
     /**
      * Given a domain, determing the assocaited authorization endpoint,
      * if one exists.
      *
      * @param  string The domain
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
      * @return string|null
      */
-    public function getAuthorizationEndpoint($domain, $client)
+    public function getAuthorizationEndpoint(string $domain): ?string
     {
-        return $client->discoverAuthorizationEndpoint($client->normalizeMeURL($domain));
+        $endpoint = $this->client->discoverAuthorizationEndpoint($this->client->normalizeMeURL($domain));
+        if ($endpoint === false) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $endpoint;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -22,20 +36,18 @@ class IndieAuthService
      *
      * @param  string $authEndpoint
      * @param  string $domain
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
      * @return string
      */
-    public function buildAuthorizationURL($authEndpoint, $domain, $client)
+    public function buildAuthorizationURL(string $authEndpoint, string $domain): string
     {
-        $domain = $client->normalizeMeURL($domain);
         $state = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16));
         session(['state' => $state]);
         $redirectURL = route('indieauth-callback');
         $clientId = route('micropub-client');
         $scope = 'post';
-        $authorizationURL = $client->buildAuthorizationURL(
+        $authorizationURL = $this->client->buildAuthorizationURL(
             $authEndpoint,
-            $domain,
+            $this->client->normalizeMeURL($domain),
             $redirectURL,
             $clientId,
             $state,
@@ -49,24 +61,22 @@ class IndieAuthService
      * Discover the token endpoint for a given domain.
      *
      * @param  string The domain
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
      * @return string|null
      */
-    public function getTokenEndpoint($domain, $client)
+    public function getTokenEndpoint(string $domain): ?string
     {
-        return $client->discoverTokenEndpoint($domain);
+        return $this->client->discoverTokenEndpoint($this->client->normalizeMeURL($domain));
     }
 
     /**
      * Retrieve a token from the token endpoint.
      *
      * @param  array The relavent data
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
      * @return array
      */
-    public function getAccessToken(array $data, $client)
+    public function getAccessToken(array $data): array
     {
-        return $client->getAccessToken(
+        return $this->client->getAccessToken(
             $data['endpoint'],
             $data['code'],
             $data['me'],
@@ -81,14 +91,13 @@ class IndieAuthService
      * valid.
      *
      * @param  array The data.
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
      * @return array|null
      */
-    public function verifyIndieAuthCode(array $data, $client)
+    public function verifyIndieAuthCode(array $data): ?array
     {
-        $authEndpoint = $client->discoverAuthorizationEndpoint($data['me']);
+        $authEndpoint = $this->client->discoverAuthorizationEndpoint($data['me']);
         if ($authEndpoint) {
-            return $client->verifyIndieAuthCode(
+            return $this->client->verifyIndieAuthCode(
                 $authEndpoint,
                 $data['code'],
                 $data['me'],
@@ -103,11 +112,10 @@ class IndieAuthService
      * Determine the micropub endpoint.
      *
      * @param  string $domain
-     * @param  \IndieAuth\Client $client
-     * @return string The endpoint
+     * @return string|null The endpoint
      */
-    public function discoverMicropubEndpoint($domain, $client)
+    public function discoverMicropubEndpoint(string $domain): ?string
     {
-        return $client->discoverMicropubEndpoint($client->normalizeMeURL($domain));
+        return $this->client->discoverMicropubEndpoint($this->client->normalizeMeURL($domain));
     }
 }
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 9d46a2df..8ad4f84f 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Route::group(['domain' => config('url.longurl')], function () {
     Route::get('notes/tagged/{tag}', 'NotesController@tagged');
 
     //indieauth
-    Route::any('indieauth/start', 'IndieAuthController@start')->name('indieauth-start');
+    Route::post('indieauth/start', 'IndieAuthController@start')->name('indieauth-start');
     Route::get('indieauth/callback', 'IndieAuthController@callback')->name('indieauth-callback');
     Route::get('logout', 'IndieAuthController@logout')->name('indieauth-logout');
     Route::post('api/token', 'IndieAuthController@tokenEndpoint'); //hmmm?
diff --git a/tests/Feature/IndieAuthControllerTest.php b/tests/Feature/IndieAuthControllerTest.php
index c5ed4de1..402b39dc 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/IndieAuthControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/IndieAuthControllerTest.php
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class IndieAuthControllerTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function test_indieauthcontroller_begin_auth_flow_redirects_back_to_client_on_error()
     {
-        $response = $this->call('GET', '/indieauth/start', ['me' => 'http://example.org']);
-        $this->assertSame(config('app.url') . '/micropub/create', $response->headers->get('Location'));
+        $response = $this->call('POST', '/indieauth/start', ['me' => 'http://example.org']);
+        $this->assertSame(route('micropub-client'), $response->headers->get('Location'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class IndieAuthControllerTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function test_indieauthcontroller_begin_auth_redirects_to_endpoint()
     {
-        $response = $this->call('GET', '/indieauth/start', ['me' => config('app.url')]);
+        $response = $this->call('POST', '/indieauth/start', ['me' => config('app.url')]);
         $this->assertSame(
             'https://indieauth.com/auth?me=',
             substr($response->headers->get('Location'), 0, 30)
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ class IndieAuthControllerTest extends TestCase
                             'indieauth/callback',
                             ['me', config('app.url'), 'state' => 'request-session']
                         );
-        $response->assertSessionHasErrors();
+        $response->assertSessionHas(['error' => 'Invalid <code>state</code> value returned from indieauth server']);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/IndieAuthServiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/IndieAuthServiceTest.php
index 3035d8f5..96598ef6 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/IndieAuthServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/IndieAuthServiceTest.php
@@ -16,11 +16,22 @@ class IndieAuthServiceTest extends TestCase
     public function test_indieauthservice_getauthorizationendpoint_method()
     {
         $service = new \App\Services\IndieAuthService();
-        $client = new \IndieAuth\Client();
-        $result = $service->getAuthorizationEndpoint(config('app.url'), $client);
+        $result = $service->getAuthorizationEndpoint(config('app.url'));
         $this->assertEquals('https://indieauth.com/auth', $result);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test the getAuthorizationEndpoint method returns null on failure.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function test_indieauthservice_getauthorizationendpoint_method_returns_null_on_failure()
+    {
+        $service = new \App\Services\IndieAuthService();
+        $result = $service->getAuthorizationEndpoint('http://example.org');
+        $this->assertEquals(null, $result);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test that the Service build the correct redirect URL.
      *
@@ -29,11 +40,9 @@ class IndieAuthServiceTest extends TestCase
     public function test_indieauthservice_builds_correct_redirect_url()
     {
         $service = new \App\Services\IndieAuthService();
-        $client = new \IndieAuth\Client();
         $result = $service->buildAuthorizationURL(
             'https://indieauth.com/auth',
-            config('app.url'),
-            $client
+            config('app.url')
         );
         $this->assertEquals(
             'https://indieauth.com/auth?me=',
@@ -49,8 +58,7 @@ class IndieAuthServiceTest extends TestCase
     public function test_indieauthservice_gettokenendpoint_method()
     {
         $service = new \App\Services\IndieAuthService();
-        $client = new \IndieAuth\Client();
-        $result = $service->getTokenEndpoint(config('app.url'), $client);
+        $result = $service->getTokenEndpoint(config('app.url'));
         $this->assertEquals(config('app.url') . '/api/token', $result);
     }
 
@@ -62,8 +70,7 @@ class IndieAuthServiceTest extends TestCase
     public function test_indieauthservice_discovermicropubendpoint_method()
     {
         $service = new \App\Services\IndieAuthService();
-        $client = new \IndieAuth\Client();
-        $result = $service->discoverMicropubEndpoint(config('app.url'), $client);
+        $result = $service->discoverMicropubEndpoint(config('app.url'));
         $this->assertEquals(config('app.url') . '/api/post', $result);
     }
 }