diff --git a/Scripts/update_server.py b/Scripts/update_server.py
--- a/Scripts/update_server.py
+++ b/Scripts/update_server.py
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ def create_server_json(tor_configfile='/
 
 def update_server(server_json, url):
 
-    response = requests.post(url + '/api/update', data=json.dumps(server_json))
+    headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'text/plain'}
+
+    response = requests.post(url + '/api/update', data=json.dumps(server_json), headers=headers)
     print(response.text)
     print(server_json)
     response.raise_for_status()