diff --git a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAuth.php b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAuth.php
index 5b477d6f..936360c1 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAuth.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchAuth.php
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class WrenchAuth extends BaseController
 
     public function qrLogin(){
 
+        $raw_json = file_get_contents('php://input');
+        $in = json_decode($raw_json, true);
+        $out = [];
+
         $in["action"] = WRENCHBOARD_ACCOUNT_QRLOGIN;
         $in["login_mode"] = MOBILE_LOGIN;
         $pieces = explode("@", $in['username']);
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ class WrenchAuth extends BaseController
         }
 
         log_message('critical', "************************ qrlogin   0001   ".$in['member_uid']);
-        $out = [];
+     
         $ret = $this->wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
         $out['internal_return'] = $ret;
         log_message('critical', "***** ***** WrenchAuth::userLogin Ret = ".$ret );