diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/okhttp/HttpProtocol.java b/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/okhttp/HttpProtocol.java
index 143f3a24d..bf589bbb2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/okhttp/HttpProtocol.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/digitalpebble/stormcrawler/protocol/okhttp/HttpProtocol.java
@@ -337,9 +337,14 @@ public ProtocolResponse getProtocolOutput(String url, final Metadata metadata) t
 
             String postJSONData = metadata.getFirstValue("http.post.json");
             if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(postJSONData)) {
-                RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(JSON, postJSONData);
+                RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(postJSONData, JSON);
                 rb.post(body);
             }
+
+            String useHead = metadata.getFirstValue("http.method.head");
+            if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(useHead)) {
+                rb.head();
+            }
         }
 
         Request request = rb.build();