diff --git a/app/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/tweeter/client/model/net/ClientCommunicator.java b/app/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/tweeter/client/model/net/ClientCommunicator.java
index 74d9bfd..1220cb7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/tweeter/client/model/net/ClientCommunicator.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/edu/byu/cs/tweeter/client/model/net/ClientCommunicator.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ private <T> T doRequest(String urlPath, Map<String, String> headers, Class<T> re
             connection.setReadTimeout(TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
             requestStrategy.setRequestMethod(connection);
 
+            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
+
             if(headers != null) {
                 for (String headerKey : headers.keySet()) {
                     connection.setRequestProperty(headerKey, headers.get(headerKey));