diff --git a/backend/api.go b/backend/api.go
index bfd7a3c..7a98f7b 100644
--- a/backend/api.go
+++ b/backend/api.go
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ type Message struct {
     Content string `json:"content"`
 }
 
-type actions map[string]string
-
-
 // Initialize Redis client
 var rdb *redis.Client
 
@@ -88,9 +85,7 @@ func newUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // this user, this amount, this type of bet, this roulette number
 func takeBet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-    var msg Message
-
-    betActions := actions {
+    actions := map[string]string {
         "0": "0",
         "00": "00",
         "STREET": "STREET",
@@ -114,27 +109,22 @@ func takeBet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
         "BLACK": "BLACK",
       }
 
-    err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&msg)
-    keys := r.URL.Query()
-    
-
-    username := keys["username"][0]
-    bet, _ := strconv.Atoi(keys["bet"][0])
-    betType := keys["type"][0]
-    number :=keys["number"][0]
-
-    if username== "" || bet <= 0 || betType == "" || number == ""  { 
-        http.Error(w, "Missing Data", http.StatusBadRequest) 
+    username := r.URL.Query().Get("username")
+    bet := r.URL.Query().Get("bet")
+    betType := r.URL.Query().Get("betType")
+    number := r.URL.Query().Get("number")
+    amount , _ := strconv.Atoi(bet)
+       
+    if username == "" || amount <= 0 || betType == "" || number == ""  { 
+        http.Error(w, "Missing Data or Bad Data", http.StatusBadRequest) 
+        return
     } 
 
-    if _, ok := betActions[betType]; ok {
-        http.Error(w, "Bad bet", http.StatusBadRequest) 
-    }
-
-    if err != nil {
-        http.Error(w, "Invalid input", http.StatusBadRequest)
+    _, ok := actions[betType]
+    if !ok {
+        http.Error(w, "Invalid Bet Type", http.StatusBadRequest)
         return
-    }
+    } 
 
     // err = rdb.Set(ctx, msg.ID, msg.Content, 0).Err()
     // if err != nil {