diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index b5fd7b06d..d32d3e17b 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,5 @@ storage:
   logs: 'logs/'
   thumbnails: 'thumbnails/'
 
-network:
-  friends: []
-
 electron:
   debug: false
diff --git a/config/test-1.yaml b/config/test-1.yaml
index 3afcb1b04..0a8dd3937 100644
--- a/config/test-1.yaml
+++ b/config/test-1.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ storage:
   uploads: 'test1/uploads/'
   logs: 'test1/logs/'
   thumbnails: 'test1/thumbnails/'
-
-network:
-  friends:
-    - 'http://localhost:9002'
diff --git a/config/test-2.yaml b/config/test-2.yaml
index 51cc186eb..40f410559 100644
--- a/config/test-2.yaml
+++ b/config/test-2.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ storage:
   uploads: 'test2/uploads/'
   logs: 'test2/logs/'
   thumbnails: 'test2/thumbnails/'
-
-network:
-  friends:
-    - 'http://localhost:9003'
diff --git a/config/test-3.yaml b/config/test-3.yaml
index 7ef01ba4d..87b335228 100644
--- a/config/test-3.yaml
+++ b/config/test-3.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ storage:
   uploads: 'test3/uploads/'
   logs: 'test3/logs/'
   thumbnails: 'test3/thumbnails/'
-
-network:
-  friends:
-    - 'http://localhost:9001'
diff --git a/config/test-4.yaml b/config/test-4.yaml
index a4d3bb164..22abc0a58 100644
--- a/config/test-4.yaml
+++ b/config/test-4.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ storage:
   uploads: 'test4/uploads/'
   logs: 'test4/logs/'
   thumbnails: 'test4/thumbnails/'
-
-network:
-  friends:
-    - 'http://localhost:9002'
diff --git a/config/test-5.yaml b/config/test-5.yaml
index 0435c17fe..af5619994 100644
--- a/config/test-5.yaml
+++ b/config/test-5.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ storage:
   uploads: 'test5/uploads/'
   logs: 'test5/logs/'
   thumbnails: 'test5/thumbnails/'
-
-network:
-  friends:
-    - 'http://localhost:9001'
-    - 'http://localhost:9004'
diff --git a/config/test-6.yaml b/config/test-6.yaml
index b7dbd4bdd..5b8bf306b 100644
--- a/config/test-6.yaml
+++ b/config/test-6.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,3 @@ storage:
   uploads: 'test6/uploads/'
   logs: 'test6/logs/'
   thumbnails: 'test6/thumbnails/'
-
-network:
-  friends:
-    - 'http://localhost:9001'
-    - 'http://localhost:9002'
-    - 'http://localhost:9003'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js b/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
index f61f2a483..982a1e364 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/v1/pods.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const Video = mongoose.model('Video')
 
 router.get('/', listPodsUrl)
 router.post('/', validators.podsAdd, addPods)
-router.get('/makefriends',
+router.post('/makefriends',
   oAuth.authenticate,
   admin.ensureIsAdmin,
   validators.makeFriends,
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ function listPodsUrl (req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function makeFriends (req, res, next) {
-  friends.makeFriends(function (err) {
+  const urls = req.body.urls
+
+  friends.makeFriends(urls, function (err) {
     if (err) return next(err)
 
     res.type('json').status(204).end()
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/misc.js b/server/helpers/custom-validators/misc.js
index 782ae3dee..13904ea1b 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/misc.js
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/misc.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const validator = require('express-validator').validator
+
 const miscValidators = {
   exists: exists,
-  isArray: isArray
+  isArray: isArray,
+  isEachUrl: isEachUrl
 }
 
 function exists (value) {
@@ -13,6 +16,12 @@ function isArray (value) {
   return Array.isArray(value)
 }
 
+function isEachUrl (urls) {
+  return urls.every(function (url) {
+    return validator.isURL(url)
+  })
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 module.exports = miscValidators
diff --git a/server/initializers/checker.js b/server/initializers/checker.js
index 4b6997547..2a33009b4 100644
--- a/server/initializers/checker.js
+++ b/server/initializers/checker.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ function checkConfig () {
   const required = [ 'listen.port',
     'webserver.https', 'webserver.host', 'webserver.port',
     'database.host', 'database.port', 'database.suffix',
-    'storage.certs', 'storage.uploads', 'storage.logs',
-    'network.friends', 'electron.debug' ]
+    'storage.certs', 'storage.uploads', 'storage.logs', 'storage.thumbnails',
+    'electron.debug' ]
   const miss = []
 
   for (const key of required) {
diff --git a/server/lib/friends.js b/server/lib/friends.js
index 6a2c37fd7..667055d4c 100644
--- a/server/lib/friends.js
+++ b/server/lib/friends.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const config = require('config')
 const each = require('async/each')
 const eachLimit = require('async/eachLimit')
 const eachSeries = require('async/eachSeries')
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ function getMyCertificate (callback) {
   fs.readFile(constants.CONFIG.STORAGE.CERT_DIR + 'peertube.pub', 'utf8', callback)
 }
 
-function makeFriends (callback) {
+function makeFriends (urls, callback) {
   const podsScore = {}
 
   logger.info('Make friends!')
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ function makeFriends (callback) {
       return callback(err)
     }
 
-    const urls = config.get('network.friends')
-
     eachSeries(urls, function (url, callbackEach) {
       computeForeignPodsList(url, podsScore, callbackEach)
     }, function (err) {
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/pods.js b/server/middlewares/validators/pods.js
index fda2e865f..7c4d04aff 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/pods.js
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/pods.js
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ const validatorsPod = {
 }
 
 function makeFriends (req, res, next) {
+  req.checkBody('urls', 'Should have an array of urls').isArray()
+  req.checkBody('urls', 'Should be an url').isEachUrl()
+
+  logger.debug('Checking makeFriends parameters', { parameters: req.body })
+
   friends.hasFriends(function (err, hasFriends) {
     if (err) {
       logger.error('Cannot know if we have friends.', { error: err })
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params.js b/server/tests/api/check-params.js
index fc8b0a42a..ec666417c 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params.js
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params.js
@@ -108,10 +108,40 @@ describe('Test parameters validator', function () {
       })
 
       describe('When making friends', function () {
+        const body = {
+          urls: [ 'http://localhost:9002' ]
+        }
+
+        it('Should fail without urls', function (done) {
+          request(server.url)
+            .post(path + '/makefriends')
+            .set('Authorization', 'Bearer faketoken')
+            .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+            .expect(401, done)
+        })
+
+        it('Should fail with urls is not an array', function (done) {
+          request(server.url)
+            .post(path + '/makefriends')
+            .send({ urls: 'http://localhost:9002' })
+            .set('Authorization', 'Bearer faketoken')
+            .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+            .expect(401, done)
+        })
+
+        it('Should fail if the array is not composed by urls', function (done) {
+          request(server.url)
+            .post(path + '/makefriends')
+            .send({ urls: [ 'http://localhost:9002', 'localhost:coucou' ] })
+            .set('Authorization', 'Bearer faketoken')
+            .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+            .expect(401, done)
+        })
+
         it('Should fail with a invalid token', function (done) {
           request(server.url)
-            .get(path + '/makefriends')
-            .query({ start: 'hello' })
+            .post(path + '/makefriends')
+            .send(body)
             .set('Authorization', 'Bearer faketoken')
             .set('Accept', 'application/json')
             .expect(401, done)
@@ -119,8 +149,8 @@ describe('Test parameters validator', function () {
 
         it('Should fail if the user is not an administrator', function (done) {
           request(server.url)
-            .get(path + '/makefriends')
-            .query({ start: 'hello' })
+            .post(path + '/makefriends')
+            .send(body)
             .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + userAccessToken)
             .set('Accept', 'application/json')
             .expect(403, done)
diff --git a/server/tests/utils/pods.js b/server/tests/utils/pods.js
index 366492110..9a9148856 100644
--- a/server/tests/utils/pods.js
+++ b/server/tests/utils/pods.js
@@ -27,13 +27,38 @@ function makeFriends (url, accessToken, expectedStatus, end) {
     expectedStatus = 204
   }
 
+  // Which pod makes friends with which pod
+  const friendsMatrix = {
+    'http://localhost:9001': [
+      'http://localhost:9002'
+    ],
+    'http://localhost:9002': [
+      'http://localhost:9003'
+    ],
+    'http://localhost:9003': [
+      'http://localhost:9001'
+    ],
+    'http://localhost:9004': [
+      'http://localhost:9002'
+    ],
+    'http://localhost:9005': [
+      'http://localhost:9001',
+      'http://localhost:9004'
+    ],
+    'http://localhost:9006': [
+      'http://localhost:9001',
+      'http://localhost:9002',
+      'http://localhost:9003'
+    ]
+  }
   const path = '/api/v1/pods/makefriends'
 
   // The first pod make friend with the third
   request(url)
-    .get(path)
+    .post(path)
     .set('Accept', 'application/json')
     .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accessToken)
+    .send({ 'urls': friendsMatrix[url] })
     .expect(expectedStatus)
     .end(function (err, res) {
       if (err) throw err