diff --git a/static/js/video_player.js b/static/js/video_player.js
index b03d0f42af..5b3b9377a9 100644
--- a/static/js/video_player.js
+++ b/static/js/video_player.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function postJSON(url, data, callback) {
     $.ajax({type:'POST',
 	    url: url,
 		dataType: 'json',
-		data: JSON.stringify(data),
+		data: data,
 		success: callback,
 		headers : {'X-CSRFToken':getCookie('csrftoken')}
   });
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function postJSONAsync(url, data, callback) {
     $.ajax({type:'POST',
 	    url: url,
 		dataType: 'json',
-		data: JSON.stringify(data),
+		data: data,
 		success: callback,
 		headers : {'X-CSRFToken':getCookie('csrftoken')},
 		async:true