diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
index 71405d05..c5079066 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Options
 		"indexFiles": ["index.html", "index.htm", "index.php"],
 		"ignore": ["^\\.", "^_{{pkg.name}}"],
 		"smartBrowsing": true,
-		"extInNewWindow": true
+		"extInNewWindow": false
 	},
 
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Options
 		2: mode, servername and -version
 	*/
 	"mode": {
-		"enabled": true,
+		"enabled": false,
 		"display": 2
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php
index 6968a14c..518a4702 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/inc/Api.php
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ class Api {
 
 			json_exit();
 		}
+
+		json_fail(100, "unsupported request");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
index 50916f7d..967d49b1 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/server/php/index.php
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ if (array_key_exists("action", $_REQUEST)) {
 	$api = new Api($app);
 	$api->apply();
 
-	json_fail(100, "unsupported request");
-
 } else {
 
 	header("Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8");