diff --git a/lib/framework/NetworkSettingsService.cpp b/lib/framework/NetworkSettingsService.cpp
index 9408f9bcc..962384df3 100644
--- a/lib/framework/NetworkSettingsService.cpp
+++ b/lib/framework/NetworkSettingsService.cpp
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ NetworkSettingsService::NetworkSettingsService(PsychicHttpServer * server, FS *
 void NetworkSettingsService::begin() {
     // We want the device to come up in opmode=0 (WIFI_OFF), when erasing the flash this is not the default.
     // If needed, we save opmode=0 before disabling persistence so the device boots with WiFi disabled in the future.
-    if (WiFi.getMode() != WIFI_OFF) {
-        WiFi.mode(WIFI_OFF);
-    }
+    // if (WiFi.getMode() != WIFI_OFF) {
+    //     WiFi.mode(WIFI_OFF);
+    // }
 
-    // Disable WiFi config persistance and auto reconnect
+    // WiFi.useStaticBuffers(true); // uses 40kb more heap and max alloc, so not recommended
     WiFi.persistent(false);
     WiFi.setAutoReconnect(false);
 
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 64e1b8e36..eec50c32d 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 [platformio]
 ; default_envs = esp32_4M
-; default_envs = lolin_s3
+default_envs = lolin_s3
 ; default_envs = esp32_16M
 ; default_envs = standalone
-default_envs = https
+; default_envs = https
 
 extra_configs =
   factory_settings.ini
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ unbuild_flags =
   ${common.core_unbuild_flags}
 
 [espressi32_base]
-platform = espressif32@6.4.0
+platform = espressif32@6.5.0
 framework = arduino
 board_build.filesystem = littlefs
 build_flags = ${common.build_flags}
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ build_flags =
 ; platform = https://github.com/platformio/platform-espressif32.git
 ; platform = https://github.com/Jason2866/platform-espressif32.git#Arduino/IDF5
 ; platform_packages = https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git#3.0.0-alpha2
-platform = espressif32@6.4.0
+platform = espressif32@6.5.0
 framework = arduino
 board = esp32dev
 board_build.filesystem = littlefs
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ build_flags =
   ; -D CORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_WARN
   -D EMSESP_TEST
   -D EMSESP_DEBUG
+  -D CONFIG_ETH_ENABLED
   ; -D BOARD_HAS_PSRAM
   '-DEMSESP_DEFAULT_BOARD_PROFILE="Test"'
 
diff --git a/scripts/api_test.http b/scripts/api_test.http
index 5434d2797..2f5f4893d 100755
--- a/scripts/api_test.http
+++ b/scripts/api_test.http
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ Authorization: Bearer {{token}}
     "id" : 0
 }
 ###
+POST {{host_dev}}/api
+Content-Type: application/json
+Authorization: Bearer {{token}}
+
+{
+    "device" : "system",
+    "entity" : "info",
+    "id" : 0
+}
+###
 GET {{host_dev}}/rest/features
 ###
 GET {{host_dev}}/rest/getSettings
diff --git a/src/emsesp.cpp b/src/emsesp.cpp
index f18ec06b7..6054adf92 100644
--- a/src/emsesp.cpp
+++ b/src/emsesp.cpp
@@ -1435,7 +1435,9 @@ void EMSESP::setupWeb() {
     //   esp8266React services has 13
     //   custom projects has around 23
     webServer.config.max_uri_handlers = 80;
-    // webServer.config.uri_match_fn     = NULL;
+    // webServer.config.uri_match_fn     = NULL; // don't use wildcards
+
+    // webServer.config.task_priority = uxTaskPriorityGet(nullptr); // seems to make it slightly slower
 
     // TODO add support for https
     webServer.listen(80); // start the web server
diff --git a/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp b/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
index f4edda0c5..99b125e38 100644
--- a/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ WebAPIService::WebAPIService(PsychicHttpServer * server, SecurityManager * secur
 
 void WebAPIService::registerURI() {
     // POST /api/{device}[/{hc|wwc|id}][/{name}]
-    // note: must explicity use 'Content-Type: application/json' in header
     _server->on(EMSESP_API_SERVICE_PATH, HTTP_POST, [this](PsychicRequest * request, JsonVariant & json) {
         // if no json body then treat it as a secure GET
         if (!json.is<JsonObject>()) {
@@ -53,14 +52,6 @@ void WebAPIService::registerURI() {
         return parse(request, input);
     });
 
-    // GET - for when using GET query parameters, the old style from v2
-    // Note POST just to /api is no longer supported
-    _server->on("/api", HTTP_GET, [this](PsychicRequest * request) {
-        StaticJsonDocument<EMSESP_JSON_SIZE_SMALL> input_doc;
-        JsonObject                                 input = input_doc.to<JsonObject>(); // empty input json
-        return parse(request, input);
-    });
-
     // for settings
     _server->on(GET_SETTINGS_PATH, HTTP_GET, _securityManager->wrapRequest(std::bind(&WebAPIService::getSettings, this, _1), AuthenticationPredicates::IS_ADMIN));
     _server->on(GET_CUSTOMIZATIONS_PATH,
@@ -141,7 +132,7 @@ esp_err_t WebAPIService::parse(PsychicRequest * request, JsonObject & input) {
         request->reply(ret_codes[return_code]); // exit with error code
     }
 
-    api_count_++; // another succesful api call
+    api_count_++; // another successful api call
 
     // if we're returning single values, just sent as plain text and not json
     // https://github.com/emsesp/EMS-ESP32/issues/462#issuecomment-1093877210
@@ -151,7 +142,6 @@ esp_err_t WebAPIService::parse(PsychicRequest * request, JsonObject & input) {
     }
 
     // normal return
-    // TODO check if needed to add utf-8 here
     response.setContentType("application/json; charset=utf-8"); // TODO doesn't seem to work
     // response.addHeader("Connection", "close");
 
diff --git a/src/web/WebAPIService.h b/src/web/WebAPIService.h
index 22fbb56b6..de9f695f5 100644
--- a/src/web/WebAPIService.h
+++ b/src/web/WebAPIService.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef WebAPIService_h
 #define WebAPIService_h
 
-#define EMSESP_API_SERVICE_PATH "/api/*"
+#define EMSESP_API_SERVICE_PATH "/api/?*"
 #define GET_SETTINGS_PATH "/rest/getSettings"
 #define GET_CUSTOMIZATIONS_PATH "/rest/getCustomizations"
 #define GET_SCHEDULE_PATH "/rest/getSchedule"