diff --git a/check_json.pl b/check_json.pl
index df84ec9..70a5ed4 100755
--- a/check_json.pl
+++ b/check_json.pl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use LWP::UserAgent;
 use JSON 'decode_json';
 
 my $plugin_name = "Nagios check_http_json";
-my $VERSION = "1.00";
+my $VERSION = "1.01";
 
 # getopt module config
 $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION = 1;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ $ua->timeout($opts{t});
 
 my $response = $ua->get($opts{U});
 
-if ( $response->header("content-type") ne 'application/json' )
+if ( index($response->header("content-type"), 'application/json') == -1 )
 {
   print "Expected content-type to be application/json, got ", $response->header("content-type");
   exit EXIT_CRITICAL;