diff --git a/frontend/src/api.ts b/frontend/src/api.ts
index 3d026051f6280622f3d4b1c7b830178da7580eae..fbc5f1d58555daf087f6a9c90a0d5a97a7dfac57 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ import {
   Tutor, UserAccount
 } from '@/models'
 
-function addFieldsToUrl ({url, fields = []}: {url: string, fields?: string[]}): string {
-  return fields.length > 0 ? url + '?fields=pk,' + fields : url
-}
-
 function getInstanceBaseUrl (): string {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
     return `https://${window.location.host}${window.location.pathname}`
@@ -46,7 +42,7 @@ export async function fetchJWT (credentials: Credentials): Promise<JSONWebToken>
 }
 
 export async function refreshJWT (oldToken: string): Promise<JSONWebToken> {
-  const token: string = (await ax.post('/api/refresh-token/', {oldToken})).data.token
+  const token: string = (await ax.post('/api/refresh-token/', {token: oldToken})).data.token
   ax.defaults.headers['Authorization'] = `JWT ${token}`
   return {token}
 }
@@ -67,28 +63,19 @@ export async function fetchSubmissionFeedbackTests ({pk}: {pk: string}): Promise
   return (await ax.get(`/api/submission/${pk}/`)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchAllStudents (fields: string[] = []): Promise<Array<StudentInfoForListView>> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({
-    url: '/api/student/',
-    fields
-  })
+export async function fetchAllStudents (): Promise<Array<StudentInfoForListView>> {
+  const url = '/api/student/'
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchStudent ({pk, fields = []}:
-{pk: string, fields?: string[]}): Promise<StudentInfoForListView> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({
-    url: `/api/student/${pk}/`,
-    fields
-  })
+export async function fetchStudent ({pk, }:
+{pk: string}): Promise<StudentInfoForListView> {
+  const url = `/api/student/${pk}/`
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchAllTutors (fields: string[] = []): Promise<Array<Tutor>> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({
-    url: '/api/tutor/',
-    fields
-  })
+export async function fetchAllTutors (): Promise<Array<Tutor>> {
+  const url = '/api/tutor/'
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
@@ -105,11 +92,8 @@ export async function fetchSubscription (subscriptionPk: string): Promise<Subscr
   return (await ax.get(`/api/subscription/${subscriptionPk}/`)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchAllFeedback (fields: string[] = []): Promise<Array<Feedback>> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({
-    url: '/api/feedback/',
-    fields
-  })
+export async function fetchAllFeedback (): Promise<Array<Feedback>> {
+  const url = '/api/feedback/'
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
@@ -118,19 +102,13 @@ export async function fetchFeedback ({ofSubmission}: {ofSubmission: string}): Pr
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchExamTypes ({fields = []}:
-{fields?: string[]}): Promise<Array<Exam>> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({
-    url: `/api/examtype/`,
-    fields})
+export async function fetchExamTypes (): Promise<Array<Exam>> {
+  const url = `/api/examtype/`
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchStatistics (opt = {fields: []}): Promise<Statistics> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({
-    url: '/api/statistics/',
-    fields: opt.fields
-  })
+export async function fetchStatistics (): Promise<Statistics> {
+  const url = '/api/statistics/'
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
@@ -174,16 +152,13 @@ export async function submitUpdatedFeedback ({feedback}: {feedback: Feedback}):
   return (await ax.patch(`/api/feedback/${feedback.ofSubmission}/`, feedback)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchSubmissionTypes (fields: Array<string> = []): Promise<Array<SubmissionType>> {
+export async function fetchSubmissionTypes (): Promise<Array<SubmissionType>> {
   let url = '/api/submissiontype/'
-  if (fields.length > 0) {
-    url += '?fields=pk,' + fields
-  }
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
-export async function fetchAllAssignments (fields = []): Promise<Array<Assignment>> {
-  const url = addFieldsToUrl({url: '/api/assignment/', fields})
+export async function fetchAllAssignments (): Promise<Array<Assignment>> {
+  const url = '/api/assignment/'
   return (await ax.get(url)).data
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentList.vue b/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentList.vue
index bf14a68425e228a3df4a25bfd90644d898a9b29d..ca6e326d7accf6dd76c154edaba0bf45496c3d45 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentList.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentList.vue
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export default {
     },
     changeActiveStatus (student) {
       changeActiveForUser(student.userPk, !student.isActive).then(() => {
-        this.getStudents({studentPks: [student.pk], fields: ['isActive']})
+        this.getStudents({studentPks: [student.pk]})
       }).catch(() => {
         this.$notify({
           title: 'Error',
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentListMenu.vue b/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentListMenu.vue
index ec0129b0e4825d47ee9697410ba52f92988ea616..616c7430afa922f6ff65f167e59ff738028c9167 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentListMenu.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/student_list/StudentListMenu.vue
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 <script>
 import {activateAllStudentAccess,
   deactivateAllStudentAccess} from '@/api'
+import { actions } from '@/store/actions';
 
 export default {
   name: 'student-list-menu',
@@ -26,19 +27,16 @@ export default {
       return [
         {
           title: this.studentsActive
-            ? 'Deactivate student access'
-            : 'Activate student access',
+            ? 'Remove student access'
+            : 'Grant student access',
           action: this.changeStudentsAccess
         }
       ]
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    updateStudentData (fields = []) {
-      this.$store.dispatch('getStudents', {
-        studentPks: Object.keys(this.$store.state.students),
-        fields
-      }).catch(() => {
+    updateStudentData () {
+      actions.getStudents().catch(() => {
         this.$notify({
           title: 'ERROR',
           text: 'Unable to update student data!',
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/actions.ts b/frontend/src/store/actions.ts
index 95a43c0387e043fa923b385011682f980d5b6678..f70fa39fe96f3f1541e3e907a2caa0fd9b15eac1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/actions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/actions.ts
@@ -16,18 +16,16 @@ async function getExamTypes(context: BareActionContext<RootState, RootState>) {
 }
 async function updateSubmissionTypes(
   context: BareActionContext<RootState, RootState>,
-  fields: Array<string> = []
 ) {
-  const submissionTypes = await api.fetchSubmissionTypes(fields)
+  const submissionTypes = await api.fetchSubmissionTypes()
   submissionTypes.forEach(type => {
     mut.UPDATE_SUBMISSION_TYPE(type)
   })
 }
 async function getStudents(
   context: BareActionContext<RootState, RootState>,
-  opt: { studentPks: Array<string>, fields: Array<string> } = {
-    studentPks: [],
-    fields: []
+  opt: { studentPks: Array<string>} = {
+    studentPks: []
   }
 ) {
   if (opt.studentPks.length === 0) {
@@ -37,10 +35,7 @@ async function getStudents(
   } else {
     const students = await Promise.all(
       opt.studentPks.map((pk: string) =>
-        api.fetchStudent({
-          pk,
-          fields: opt.fields
-        })
+        api.fetchStudent({pk})
       )
     )
     students.forEach(student => mut.SET_STUDENT(student))
diff --git a/frontend/vue.config.js b/frontend/vue.config.js
index b6e65a96dbd66e91658033eb70dff4a20bc94650..d8e6fdce16961a5c5e48a7bcb872b808e3aaddae 100644
--- a/frontend/vue.config.js
+++ b/frontend/vue.config.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ module.exports = {
   configureWebpack: config => {
     config.resolve.alias['@'] = `${projectRoot}/src`
     // keep_fnames ist set to true because vuex-typex is dependant on the function names
-    config.optimization.minimizer[0].options.uglifyOptions.keep_fnames = true
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+      config.optimization.minimizer[0].options.uglifyOptions.keep_fnames = true
+    }
   }
 }