diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e6fb30..52fd452 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-version = '0.1.1'
+version = '0.1.4'
 
 setup(
     name='python-wellrested',
diff --git a/wellrested/connections/__init__.py b/wellrested/connections/__init__.py
index c22a9b5..b75b656 100644
--- a/wellrested/connections/__init__.py
+++ b/wellrested/connections/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 class RestClient(object):
     content_type = None
+    accept = None
 
     def __init__(self, base_url, username=None, password=None,
                  connection_class=None, **kwargs):
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ def _request(self, resource, method, args=None, data=None, headers=None):
         response_headers, response_content = \
             self._connection.request(resource, method, args=args,
                                      body=request_body, headers=headers,
-                                     content_type=self.content_type)
+                                     content_type=self.content_type,
+                                     accept=self.accept)
         if response_headers.get('status') == HTTP_STATUS_OK:
             response_data = self._deserialize(response_content)
         return Response(response_headers, response_content, response_data)
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ def _deserialize(self, data):
 
 class JsonRestClient(RestClient):
     content_type = 'application/json'
+    accept = 'application/json'
 
     def _serialize(self, data):
         if data:
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ def _deserialize(self, data):
 
 class XmlRestClient(RestClient):
     content_type = 'text/xml'
-
+    accept = 'text/xml'
 
 class Response(object):
     def __init__(self, headers, content, data):
@@ -111,11 +114,14 @@ def __init__(self, base_url, username=None, password=None):
         self.host = netloc
         self.path = path
 
+        if self.path == "/":
+            self.path = ""
+
     def _get_content_type(self, filename):
         return mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'
 
     def request(self, resource, method="get", args=None, body=None,
-                headers=None, content_type=None):
+                headers=None, content_type=None, accept=None):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self._conn.add_credentials(self.username, self.password)
 
     def request(self, resource, method, args=None, body=None, headers=None,
-                content_type=None):
+                content_type=None, accept=None):
         if headers is None:
             headers = {}
 
@@ -143,6 +149,9 @@ def request(self, resource, method, args=None, body=None, headers=None,
         path = resource
         headers['User-Agent'] = 'Basic Agent'
 
+        if accept is not None:
+            headers["Accept"] = accept
+
         BOUNDARY = mimetools.choose_boundary()
         CRLF = u'\r\n'