diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d25faee..a9d3d76f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jupyter-js-services",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Client APIs for the Jupyter services REST APIs",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/contents.ts b/src/contents.ts
index 3d125fe9..150cf6cd 100644
--- a/src/contents.ts
+++ b/src/contents.ts
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ interface IContentsOpts {
   format?: string;
 
   /**
-   * The file contents, or whether to include the file contents.
+   * The file content, or whether to include the file contents.
    *
    * #### Notes
-   * Can either contain the contents of a file for upload, or a boolean
+   * Can either contain the content of a file for upload, or a boolean
    * indicating whether to include contents in the response.
    */
-  content?: string | boolean;
+  content?: any;
 
   /**
    * The file extension, including a leading `.`. 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ interface IContentsModel {
   /**
    * The file content. 
    */
-  content?: string;
+  content?: any;
 
   /**
    * The format of the file `content`.
diff --git a/src/validate.ts b/src/validate.ts
index ade96db5..35a906fc 100644
--- a/src/validate.ts
+++ b/src/validate.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,12 @@ export
 function validateCommMessage(msg: IKernelMessage): boolean {
   for (var i = 0; i < COMM_FIELDS.length; i++) {
     if (!msg.content.hasOwnProperty(COMM_FIELDS[i])) {
-      console.log('*****invalid', COMM_FIELDS[i]);
       return false;
     }
   }
   if (msg.header.msg_type === 'comm_open') {
     if (!msg.content.hasOwnProperty('target_name') ||
         typeof msg.content.target_name !== 'string') {
-      console.log('***TARGET NAME');
       return false;
     }
     if (msg.content.hasOwnProperty('target_module') &&
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ function validateCommMessage(msg: IKernelMessage): boolean {
     }
   }
   if (typeof msg.content.comm_id !== 'string') {
-    console.log("COMM_ID")
     return false;
   }
   return true;