diff --git a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
index b010bf5d8a591b6e3ca3e5a8fc6f2ca9741f80ae..51990ede96dfe7c34d90004a57aac2f0c9d99a49 100755
--- a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
+++ b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
@@ -826,6 +826,20 @@ class WebhookHandler < Goliath::API
 			return [200, {}, "OK"]
 		end
 
+		if env['REQUEST_URI'] != '/'
+			puts 'BADREQUEST1: non-/ request "' +
+				env['REQUEST_URI'] + '", method "' +
+				env['REQUEST_METHOD'] + '"'
+			return [200, {}, "OK"]
+		end
+
+		if env['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'
+			puts 'BADREQUEST2: non-POST request; URI: "' +
+				env['REQUEST_URI'] + '", method "' +
+				env['REQUEST_METHOD'] + '"'
+			return [200, {}, "OK"]
+		end
+
 		# TODO: process each message in list, not just first one
 		jparams = params['_json'][0]['message']