diff --git a/pykuna/kuna.py b/pykuna/kuna.py
index 60f1cf1..b6f4ed5 100644
--- a/pykuna/kuna.py
+++ b/pykuna/kuna.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async def _request(
         from asyncio import TimeoutError
 
         url = "{}/{}/".format(API_URL, path)
-        headers = {"User-Agent": USER_AGENT}
+        headers = {"User-Agent": USER_AGENT, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
         if self._token:
             headers["Authorization"] = "Token {}".format(self._token)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de2d1e7..4818572 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="pykuna",
-    version="0.5.0",
+    version="0.5.1",
     author="Mark Coombes",
     author_email="mark@markcoombes.ca",
     description="Python3 library for interacting with the Kuna camera mobile API",