diff --git a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.provider.ts b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.provider.ts
index 0758a810..8f56d42f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.provider.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.provider.ts
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ export class IdCardsProvider {
   }
 
   private fetchIdCards(url: string, token: string): Observable<SCIdCard[]> {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-null
-    return this.httpClient.post(url, null, {
+    return this.httpClient.get<SCIdCard[]>(url, {
       headers: {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
       },
       responseType: 'json',
-    }) as Observable<SCIdCard[]>;
+    });
   }
 
   private fetchFallbackIdCards(user: SCUserConfiguration): Observable<SCIdCard[]> {
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.spec.ts b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.spec.ts
index 5db6b24d..2c3fd398 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/profile/id-cards.spec.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('IdCards', () => {
     configProvider.config = {
       app: {features: {extern: {idCards: {url: 'http://id-cards.local', authProvider: 'fakeAuth'}}}},
     } as never;
-    httpClient = jasmine.createSpyObj('HttpClient', ['post']);
+    httpClient = jasmine.createSpyObj('HttpClient', ['get']);
     fakeAuth = new FakeAuth();
     authHelper = jasmine.createSpyObj('AuthHelperService', ['getProvider']);
     authHelper.getProvider = jasmine.createSpy().and.returnValue(fakeAuth);
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ describe('IdCards', () => {
 
   it('should emit network result when logged in', async () => {
     fakeAuth.isAuthenticated$.next(true);
-    httpClient.post = jasmine.createSpy().and.returnValue(of(['abc']));
+    httpClient.get = jasmine.createSpy().and.returnValue(of(['abc']));
     fakeAuth.getValidToken = jasmine.createSpy().and.resolveTo({accessToken: 'fake-token'});
     const provider = new IdCardsProvider(authHelper, configProvider, httpClient);
     expect(await firstValueFrom(provider.getIdCards())).toEqual(['abc' as never]);
     expect(authHelper.getProvider).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith('fakeAuth' as SCAuthorizationProviderType);
     // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-null
-    expect(httpClient.post).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith('http://id-cards.local', null, {
+    expect(httpClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledOnceWith('http://id-cards.local', {
       headers: {
-        Authorization: 'Bearer: fake-token',
+        Authorization: 'Bearer fake-token',
       },
       responseType: 'json',
     });
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('IdCards', () => {
     const provider = new IdCardsProvider(authHelper, configProvider, httpClient);
     const observable = provider.getIdCards();
     expect(await firstValueFrom(observable)).toEqual([]);
-    httpClient.post = jasmine.createSpy().and.returnValue(of(['abc']));
+    httpClient.get = jasmine.createSpy().and.returnValue(of(['abc']));
     fakeAuth.getValidToken = jasmine.createSpy().and.resolveTo({accessToken: 'fake-token'});
     fakeAuth.isAuthenticated$.next(true);
     // this is counter-intuitive, but because we unsubscribed above the first value