diff --git a/cozify/hub_api.py b/cozify/hub_api.py
index 5869abc..0a677f0 100644
--- a/cozify/hub_api.py
+++ b/cozify/hub_api.py
@@ -31,20 +31,50 @@ def get(call, hub_token_header=True, base=apiPath, **kwargs):
         **remote(bool): If call is to be local or remote (bounced via cloud).
         **cloud_token(str): Cloud authentication token. Only needed if remote = True.
     """
+    return _call(method=requests.get,
+            call=call,
+            hub_token_header=hub_token_header,
+            base=base,
+            **kwargs
+            )
+
+def put(call, payload, hub_token_header=True, base=apiPath, **kwargs):
+    """PUT method for calling hub API. For rest of kwargs parameters see get()
+
+    Args:
+        call(str): API path to call after apiPath, needs to include leading /.
+        payload(str): json string to push out as the payload.
+        hub_token_header(bool): Set to False to omit hub_token usage in call headers.
+        base(str): Base path to call from API instead of global apiPath. Defaults to apiPath.
+    """
+    return _call(method=requests.put,
+            call=call,
+            hub_token_header=hub_token_header,
+            base=base,
+            payload=payload,
+            **kwargs
+            )
+
+def _call(*, call, method, base, hub_token_header, payload=None, **kwargs):
+    """Backend for get & put
+    """
     response = None
     headers = None
+    if hub_token_header:
+        headers = _headers(kwargs['hub_token'])
+
     if kwargs['remote']: # remote call
         if 'cloud_token' not in kwargs:
             raise AttributeError('Asked to do remote call but no cloud_token provided.')
-        logging.debug('GET turned remote.')
-        response = cloud_api.remote(apicall=base + call, **kwargs) # should the remote call be also getting the headers?
+        logging.debug('_call routing to cloud.remote()')
+        response = cloud_api.remote(apicall=base + call, payload=payload, **kwargs)
     else: # local call
         if not kwargs['host']:
             raise AttributeError('Local call but no hostname was provided. Either set keyword remote or host.')
         if hub_token_header:
             headers = _headers(kwargs['hub_token'])
         try:
-            response = requests.get(_getBase(host=kwargs['host'], api=base) + call, headers=headers)
+            response = method(_getBase(host=kwargs['host'], api=base) + call, headers=headers, data=payload)
         except RequestException as e:
             raise APIError('connection failure', 'issues connection to \'{0}\': {1}'.format(kwargs['host'], e))
 
@@ -56,35 +86,6 @@ def get(call, hub_token_header=True, base=apiPath, **kwargs):
     else:
         raise APIError(response.status_code, '%s - %s - %s' % (response.reason, response.url, response.text))
 
-def put(call, payload, hub_token_header=True, base=apiPath, **kwargs):
-    """PUT method for calling hub API.
-
-    Args:
-        call(str): API path to call after apiPath, needs to include leading /.
-        payload(str): json string to push out as the payload.
-        hub_token_header(bool): Set to False to omit hub_token usage in call headers.
-        base(str): Base path to call from API instead of global apiPath. Defaults to apiPath.
-        **host(str): ip address or hostname of hub.
-        **hub_token(str): Hub authentication token.
-        **remote(bool): If call is to be local or remote (bounced via cloud).
-        **cloud_token(str): Cloud authentication token. Only needed if remote = True.
-    """
-    response = None
-    headers = None
-    if kwargs['remote'] and kwargs['cloud_token']:
-        response = cloud_api.remote(apicall=base + call, put=True, payload=payload, **kwargs)
-    else:
-        if hub_token_header:
-            headers = _headers(kwargs['hub_token'])
-        response = requests.put(_getBase(host=kwargs['host'], api=base) + call, headers=headers, data=payload)
-
-    if response.status_code == 200:
-        return response.json()
-    elif response.status_code == 410:
-        raise APIError(response.status_code, 'API version outdated. Update python-cozify. %s - %s - %s' % (response.reason, response.url, response.text))
-    else:
-        raise APIError(response.status_code, '%s - %s - %s' % (response.reason, response.url, response.text))
-
 def hub(**kwargs):
     """1:1 implementation of /hub API call. For kwargs see cozify.hub_api.get()