diff --git a/lib/neography/rest/extensions.rb b/lib/neography/rest/extensions.rb
index 4bed2bd..978e52d 100644
--- a/lib/neography/rest/extensions.rb
+++ b/lib/neography/rest/extensions.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def get(path)
 
       def post(path, body = {}, headers = nil)
         options = {
-          :body => body.to_json,
+          :body => headers.nil? ? body.to_json : body,
           :headers => headers || json_content_type.merge({'Accept' => 'application/json;stream=true'})
         }