diff --git a/user/httpd.c b/user/httpd.c
index a5d924f..b0a741c 100644
--- a/user/httpd.c
+++ b/user/httpd.c
@@ -319,8 +319,18 @@ static void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR httpdSendResp(HttpdConnData *conn) {
 //Parse a line of header data and modify the connection data accordingly.
 static void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR httpdParseHeader(char *h, HttpdConnData *conn) {
 	int i;
-//	os_printf("Got header %s\n", h);
-	if (os_strncmp(h, "GET ", 4)==0 || os_strncmp(h, "POST ", 5)==0) {
+	char first_line = false;
+  // os_printf("Got header %s\n", h);
+
+	if (os_strncmp(h, "GET ", 4)==0){
+		conn->requestType = GET;
+		first_line = true;
+	}else if(os_strncmp(h, "POST ", 5)==0) {
+		conn->requestType = POST;
+		first_line = true;
+	}
+
+	if(first_line){
 		char *e;
 		
 		//Skip past the space after POST/GET
diff --git a/user/httpd.h b/user/httpd.h
index 0e929c4..8efd9b3 100644
--- a/user/httpd.h
+++ b/user/httpd.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #define HTTPD_CGI_NOTFOUND 2
 #define HTTPD_CGI_AUTHENTICATED 2 //for now
 
+#define GET 1
+#define POST 2
+
 typedef struct HttpdPriv HttpdPriv;
 typedef struct HttpdConnData HttpdConnData;
 
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ typedef int (* cgiSendCallback)(HttpdConnData *connData);
 //A struct describing a http connection. This gets passed to cgi functions.
 struct HttpdConnData {
 	struct espconn *conn;
+	char requestType;
 	char *url;
 	char *getArgs;
 	const void *cgiArg;