diff --git a/project.properties b/project.properties
index fafceaf..78f330b 100644
--- a/project.properties
+++ b/project.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:27:46 -0500
+#Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:55:50 -0600
 name=jdb-util
-version=2.2
+version=2.3
 lib.local=true
 
-build.number=8
+build.number=0
diff --git a/src/main/com/jdbernard/net/HttpContext.groovy b/src/main/com/jdbernard/net/HttpContext.groovy
index fbe3162..b4d1186 100644
--- a/src/main/com/jdbernard/net/HttpContext.groovy
+++ b/src/main/com/jdbernard/net/HttpContext.groovy
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ public class HttpContext {
             message.append("\r\n") }
 
         if (request) {
-            def jsonRequestBuilder = new JsonBuilder(request)
-            String requestBody = jsonRequestBuilder.toString()
+            String requestBody = new JsonBuilder(request).toString()
 
+            message.append("Content-Type: application/json\r\n")
             message.append("Content-Length: ")
             message.append(requestBody.length())
             message.append("\r\n\r\n")