diff --git a/codekit/pom.xml b/codekit/pom.xml
index 91e36c2..635a065 100644
--- a/codekit/pom.xml
+++ b/codekit/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.att.api</groupId>
   <artifactId>codekit</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0</version>
+  <version>1.0.1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>codekit</name>
diff --git a/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/rest/RESTClient.java b/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/rest/RESTClient.java
index be75ae5..cab7cd9 100644
--- a/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/rest/RESTClient.java
+++ b/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/rest/RESTClient.java
@@ -558,6 +558,21 @@ public APIResponse httpPost(String body) throws RESTException {
         }
     }
 
+        /**
+     * Sends an http POST request with the POST body set to the file.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * <strong>NOTE</strong>: Any parameters set using
+     * <code>addParameter()</code> or <code>setParameter()</code> will be
+     * ignored.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param file file to use as POST body@return api response
+     * @throws RESTException if POST was unsuccessful
+     */
+    public APIResponse httpPost(File file) throws RESTException {
+        return httpPost(file, null);
+    }
     /**
      * Sends an http POST request with the POST body set to the file.
      *
@@ -568,20 +583,23 @@ public APIResponse httpPost(String body) throws RESTException {
      * </p>
      *
      * @param file file to use as POST body
+     * @param mimeType mime type to use with the file (null for auto-detection)
      * @return api response
      * @throws RESTException if POST was unsuccessful
      */
-    public APIResponse httpPost(File file) throws RESTException {
+    public APIResponse httpPost(File file, String mimeType) throws RESTException {
         HttpResponse response = null;
         try {
             HttpClient httpClient = createClient();
 
             HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
             addInternalHeaders(httpPost);
+            if (mimeType == null) { 
+                   // detect the mime type
+                mimeType  = this.getMIMEType(file);
+            } 
 
-            String contentType = this.getMIMEType(file);
-
-            httpPost.setEntity(new FileEntity(file, contentType));
+            httpPost.setEntity(new FileEntity(file, mimeType));
 
             return buildResponse(httpClient.execute(httpPost));
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -673,6 +691,7 @@ private String getMIMEType(File file) throws IOException {
                     contentType = "audio/amr";
                 }
             }
+
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw ioe; // pass along exception
         } finally {
diff --git a/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/speech/service/SpeechService.java b/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/speech/service/SpeechService.java
index e647f99..eb9073b 100644
--- a/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/speech/service/SpeechService.java
+++ b/codekit/src/main/java/com/att/api/speech/service/SpeechService.java
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@ public SpeechResponse speechToText(File audio, String xArgs,
      */
     public SpeechResponse speechToText(File audio, String xArgs, 
             String speechContext, String subContext) throws RESTException {
+        
+        return speechToText(audio, null,  xArgs, speechContext,  subContext );
+    }
+    /**
+     * Sends the request to the server.
+     *
+     * @param audio audio file to convert to text
+     * @param mimeType for audio file (null for auto-detection)
+     * @param xArgs Special information about the request 
+     * @param speechContext additional context information about the audio
+     * @param subContext speechContext additional information
+     *
+     * @return SpeechResponse object
+     * @throws RESTException
+     * @see SpeechResponse
+     */
+    public SpeechResponse speechToText(File audio, String mimeType, String xArgs, 
+            String speechContext, String subContext ) throws RESTException {
         final String endpoint = getFQDN() + "/speech/v3/speechToText";
 
         RESTClient restClient = new RESTClient(endpoint)
@@ -108,7 +126,9 @@ public SpeechResponse speechToText(File audio, String xArgs,
                 && speechContext.equals("Gaming")) {
             restClient.addHeader("X-SpeechSubContext", subContext);
         }
-        APIResponse apiResponse = restClient.httpPost(audio);
+       
+            APIResponse apiResponse = restClient.httpPost(audio, mimeType);
+ 
         try {
             return SpeechResponse.valueOf(
                     new JSONObject(apiResponse.getResponseBody()));