diff --git a/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py b/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py
index 28ba047d23c0560bb9fe685b6338da34895bcc7a..fba75de36b5c91d3534da6ac8477743ac91782e6 100644
--- a/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py
+++ b/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py
@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@ class WorkflowRequestRestService:
         """
         print(f"Submitting workflow {self.request.context}")
 
-        return self.request.workflows.execute(
-            self.request.context, self.request.json_body["files"]
-        )
+        # return self.request.workflows.execute(
+        #     self.request.context, self.request.json_body["files"]
+        # )
+        return self.request.workflows.execute(self.request.context, [])
 
 
 @view_defaults(route_name="workflow_request_files", renderer="json")
@@ -135,9 +136,7 @@ class WorkflowFilesRestService:
 
         Audience: front-end and CLI
         """
-        print(
-            f"Adding file {self.request.matchdict['filename']} to {self.request.context}"
-        )
+        print(f"Adding file {self.request.matchdict['filename']} to {self.request.context}")
         file = self.request.info.save_file(
             request=self.request.context,
             filename=self.request.matchdict["filename"],
@@ -237,9 +236,7 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
             reify=True,
         )
         # make workflow_service available for use in Pyramid
-        config.add_request_method(
-            lambda r: WorkflowService(r.info), "workflows", reify=True
-        )
+        config.add_request_method(lambda r: WorkflowService(r.info), "workflows", reify=True)
 
         # GET  /workflows                            <- list of workflows
         # GET  /workflows/null                       <- info about the null workflow
diff --git a/shared/workspaces/workspaces/workflow/services/workflow_service.py b/shared/workspaces/workspaces/workflow/services/workflow_service.py
index 1aafef7430de88a5c67850c67475e341d0c1ee9c..534ff5b527c1f0177153efdd902bf3be92daf182 100644
--- a/shared/workspaces/workspaces/workflow/services/workflow_service.py
+++ b/shared/workspaces/workspaces/workflow/services/workflow_service.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import subprocess
 import threading
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
-from typing import List, Union, Dict
+from typing import Dict, List, Union
 
 import requests
 from channels.amqp_helpers import Channel, WorkflowEventChannel
@@ -17,17 +17,13 @@ from workspaces.workflow.schema import (
     WorkflowRequest,
     WorkflowRequestFile,
 )
-from workspaces.workflow.schema_interfaces import WorkflowRequestIF, WorkflowIF
+from workspaces.workflow.schema_interfaces import WorkflowIF, WorkflowRequestIF
 from workspaces.workflow.services.interfaces import WorkflowInfoIF, WorkflowServiceIF
 
 
 class WorkflowServiceRESTClient(WorkflowServiceIF):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.url = (
-            CapoConfig()
-            .settings("edu.nrao.archive.workspaces.WorkflowSettings")
-            .serviceUrl
-        )
+        self.url = CapoConfig().settings("edu.nrao.archive.workspaces.WorkflowSettings").serviceUrl
 
     def execute(self, request: WorkflowRequestIF, files: List[AbstractFile]):
         # step 1: if necessary, pass the files up for this request
@@ -38,15 +34,16 @@ class WorkflowServiceRESTClient(WorkflowServiceIF):
             )
 
         # step 2: execute the request
-        requests.post(
-            f"{self.url}/workflows/requests/{request['workflow_request_id']}/submit"
-        )
+        requests.post(f"{self.url}/workflows/requests/{request['workflow_request_id']}/submit")
 
-    def create_workflow_request(self, workflow: Union[str, WorkflowIF], argument: Dict) -> WorkflowRequestIF:
-       return requests.post(
-            f"{self.url}/workflows/{workflow}/requests/create?args={argument}"
+    def create_workflow_request(
+        self, workflow: Union[str, WorkflowIF], argument: Dict
+    ) -> WorkflowRequestIF:
+        return requests.post(
+            f"{self.url}/workflows/requests/create", json={"workflow": workflow, "args": argument}
         ).json()
 
+
 class WorkflowService(WorkflowServiceIF):
     """
     Executes workflows; should be a freestanding service.
@@ -81,16 +78,12 @@ class WorkflowService(WorkflowServiceIF):
         # 2. render templates to files, returns list of rendered files
         workflow_files = definition.render_templates(request.argument, files)
         for file in workflow_files:
-            self.info.save_file(
-                request=request, filename=file.filename, content=file.content
-            )
+            self.info.save_file(request=request, filename=file.filename, content=file.content)
 
         # 4. prepare files for condor execution
         if not request.results_dir:
             # Create temp results directory if the request doesn't already have one (from a previous execution attempt)
-            request.results_dir = str(
-                self._prepare_files_for_condor(workflow_files).absolute()
-            )
+            request.results_dir = str(self._prepare_files_for_condor(workflow_files).absolute())
             self.info.save_request(request)
 
         # 5. execute condor and retrieve log file
@@ -157,9 +150,7 @@ class WorkflowService(WorkflowServiceIF):
 
         # vulture is a workaround for testing locally without submitting to condor
         print("submitting to vulture...")
-        subprocess.run(
-            ["vulture", "job", "execute", str(condor)], cwd=str(folder.absolute())
-        )
+        subprocess.run(["vulture", "job", "execute", str(condor)], cwd=str(folder.absolute()))
 
         # return the logfile
         return logfile
@@ -179,7 +170,5 @@ class WorkflowService(WorkflowServiceIF):
         else:
             status = WorkflowRequestState.Running.name
 
-        print(
-            f"Updating state on workflow request {request.workflow_request_id} to {status}..."
-        )
+        print(f"Updating state on workflow request {request.workflow_request_id} to {status}...")
         request.update_status(status)