diff --git a/plugins/Overlay/Controller.php b/plugins/Overlay/Controller.php
index 8b8b5b6df75..bbc4d3ffce3 100644
--- a/plugins/Overlay/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/Overlay/Controller.php
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
 use Piwik\Config;
 use Piwik\Metrics;
 use Piwik\Piwik;
-use Piwik\Plugin\Report;
 use Piwik\Plugins\Actions\ArchivingHelper;
 use Piwik\Plugins\SegmentEditor\SegmentFormatter;
 use Piwik\Plugins\SitesManager\API as APISitesManager;
 use Piwik\ProxyHttp;
-use Piwik\Segment;
 use Piwik\Tracker\Action;
 use Piwik\Tracker\PageUrl;
 use Piwik\View;
@@ -37,6 +35,21 @@ public function __construct(SegmentFormatter $segmentFormatter)
         parent::__construct();
     }
 
+    public function getTranslations()
+    {
+        return $this->apiRequest('getTranslations');
+    }
+
+    public function getExcludedQueryParameters()
+    {
+        return $this->apiRequest('getExcludedQueryParameters');
+    }
+
+    public function getFollowingPages()
+    {
+        return $this->apiRequest('getFollowingPages');
+    }
+
     /** The index of the plugin */
     public function index()
     {
@@ -235,4 +248,10 @@ protected function outputCORSHeaders()
         $corsHandler = new CORSHandler();
         $corsHandler->handle();
     }
+
+    private function apiRequest($methodName)
+    {
+        $request = new Request('method=Overlay.'.$methodName);
+        return $request->process();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/Overlay/client/client.js b/plugins/Overlay/client/client.js
index 9ae78cf3b1d..9a0a7b8a837 100644
--- a/plugins/Overlay/client/client.js
+++ b/plugins/Overlay/client/client.js
@@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ var Piwik_Overlay_Client = (function () {
         },
 
         /** Piwik Overlay API Request */
-        api: function (method, callback, additionalParams) {
-            var url = piwikRoot + 'index.php?module=API&method=Overlay.' + method
-                + '&idSite=' + idSite + '&period=' + period + '&date=' + date + '&format=JSON&filter_limit=-1';
+        controller: function (method, callback, additionalParams) {
+            var url = piwikRoot + 'index.php?module=Overlay&action=' + method + '&idSite=' + idSite + '&period=' + period + '&date=' + date + '&format=JSON&filter_limit=-1';
 
             if (segment) {
                 url += '&segment=' + segment;
diff --git a/plugins/Overlay/client/followingpages.js b/plugins/Overlay/client/followingpages.js
index bc22d0a53c1..335e88b1648 100644
--- a/plugins/Overlay/client/followingpages.js
+++ b/plugins/Overlay/client/followingpages.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var Piwik_Overlay_FollowingPages = (function () {
         var followingPagesLoaded = false;
 
         // load excluded params
-        Piwik_Overlay_Client.api('getExcludedQueryParameters', function (data) {
+        Piwik_Overlay_Client.controller('getExcludedQueryParameters', function (data) {
             for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
                 if (typeof data[i] == 'object') {
                     data[i] = data[i][0];
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var Piwik_Overlay_FollowingPages = (function () {
         });
 
         // load following pages
-        Piwik_Overlay_Client.api('getFollowingPages', function (data) {
+        Piwik_Overlay_Client.controller('getFollowingPages', function (data) {
             followingPages = data;
             processFollowingPages();
 
diff --git a/plugins/Overlay/client/translations.js b/plugins/Overlay/client/translations.js
index 9665b920a91..40cc7722d8f 100644
--- a/plugins/Overlay/client/translations.js
+++ b/plugins/Overlay/client/translations.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var Piwik_Overlay_Translations = (function () {
          */
         initialize: function (callback) {
             // Load translation data
-            Piwik_Overlay_Client.api('getTranslations', function (data) {
+            Piwik_Overlay_Client.controller('getTranslations', function (data) {
                 translations = data[0];
                 callback();
             });