diff --git a/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py b/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py
index 2e5fc711..93a347f3 100644
--- a/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py
+++ b/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class AuthController(rest.RestController):
 
     _custom_actions = {
         "authorize": ["GET"],
-        "authorize_return": ["GET"],
+        "authorize_return": ["GET", "POST"],
         "token": ["POST"],
     }
 
diff --git a/storyboard/notifications/notification_hook.py b/storyboard/notifications/notification_hook.py
index aab541c6..152292fb 100644
--- a/storyboard/notifications/notification_hook.py
+++ b/storyboard/notifications/notification_hook.py
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class NotificationHook(hooks.PecanHook):
         # On a POST method, the server has assigned an ID to the resource,
         # so we should be getting it from the resource rather than the URL.
         if state.request.method == 'POST':
-            response_body = json.loads(response.body)
-            if response_body:
+            if response.body:
+                response_body = json.loads(response.body)
                 if not subresource:
                     resource_id = response_body.get('id')
                 elif subresource == 'comment':