diff --git a/tests/api.test.ts b/tests/api.test.ts
index 285cdbb9..35965dab 100644
--- a/tests/api.test.ts
+++ b/tests/api.test.ts
@@ -486,16 +486,12 @@ describe("POST /api/v1/accounts/:id/note", () => {
 describe("GET /api/v1/accounts/relationships", () => {
 	test("should return an array of APIRelationship objects for the authenticated user's relationships", async () => {
 		const response = await fetch(
-			`${config.http.base_url}/api/v1/accounts/relationships`,
+			`${config.http.base_url}/api/v1/accounts/relationships?id[]=${user2.id}`,
 			{
-				method: "POST",
+				method: "GET",
 				headers: {
 					Authorization: `Bearer ${token.access_token}`,
-					"Content-Type": "application/json",
 				},
-				body: JSON.stringify({
-					"id[]": [user2.id],
-				}),
 			}
 		);
 
diff --git a/utils/request.ts b/utils/request.ts
index f1cfd731..64efbc93 100644
--- a/utils/request.ts
+++ b/utils/request.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 export async function parseRequest<T>(request: Request): Promise<Partial<T>> {
 	const query = new URL(request.url).searchParams;
 
+	// Parse SearchParams arrays into JSON arrays
+	const arrayKeys = [...query.keys()].filter(key => key.endsWith("[]"));
+
+	for (const key of arrayKeys) {
+		const value = query.getAll(key);
+		query.delete(key);
+		query.append(key, JSON.stringify(value));
+	}
+
 	// if request contains a JSON body
 	if (request.headers.get("Content-Type")?.includes("application/json")) {
 		return (await request.json()) as T;
@@ -42,10 +51,14 @@ export async function parseRequest<T>(request: Request): Promise<Partial<T>> {
 	}
 
 	if ([...query.entries()].length > 0) {
-		const data: Record<string, string> = {};
+		const data: Record<string, string | string[]> = {};
 
 		for (const [key, value] of query.entries()) {
-			data[key] = value.toString();
+			try {
+				data[key] = JSON.parse(value) as string[];
+			} catch {
+				data[key] = value.toString();
+			}
 		}
 
 		return data as T;