diff --git a/net/Readme.md b/net/Readme.md
index 8089528a1..d0f02df24 100644
--- a/net/Readme.md
+++ b/net/Readme.md
@@ -32,36 +32,33 @@
 
     // Get request
     http.request({
-        url: "http://ip.jsontest.com/",
-        method: "GET",
-        headers: [{ name: "Content-Type", value: "application/json" }]
+       url: "http://ip.jsontest.com/",
+       method: "GET",
+       headers: { "Content-Type" : "application/json" }
     }).then(function (r) {
-        var status = r.statusCode;
+       var status = r.statusCode;
 
-        for (var i = 0, l = r.headers.length; i < l; i++) {
-            var header = r.headers[i];
-        }
-
-        var result = r.content.toJSON();
-
-    }).fail(function (e) { });
+       for (var header in r.headers) {
+           //
+       }
+     
+       var result = r.content.toJSON();
+    }).fail(function (e) {  });
 
     // Post request
     http.request({
         url: "http://posttestserver.com/post.php?dump&html&dir=test",
         method: "POST",
-        headers: [{ name: "Content-Type", value: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" }],
+        headers: { "Content-Type" : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
         content: "MyVariableOne=ValueOne&MyVariableTwo=ValueTwo"
     }).then(function (r) {
-        log("Status code:" + r.statusCode);
-
-        for (var i = 0, l = r.headers.length; i < l; i++) {
-            var header = r.headers[i];
-            log(header.name + ":" + header.value);
-        }
-
-        log("Content:" + r.content.toString())
+       var status = r.statusCode;
 
+       for (var header in r.headers) {
+           //
+       }
+     
+       var result = r.content.toJSON();
     }).fail(function (e) { log(e) });
 
     http.getString("http://www.reddit.com/").then(function(result) {
diff --git a/net/http_request.android.ts b/net/http_request.android.ts
index ac9f31ed2..ac6bf00db 100644
--- a/net/http_request.android.ts
+++ b/net/http_request.android.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
     try {
         var headers = new com.koushikdutta.async.http.libcore.RawHeaders();
 
-        if (options.headers && options.headers.length) {
-            for (var i = 0, l = options.headers.length; i < l; i++) {
-                var header = options.headers[i];
-                headers.add(header.name, header.value)
-                }
+        if (options.headers) {
+            for (var key in options.headers) {
+                headers.add(key, options.headers[key])
+            }
         }
 
         var isImage = options.url.match(/\.(jpeg|jpg|gif|png)$/i) != null;
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
                             toImage: () => { return require("Image/image").Image.imageFromNativeBitmap(data); }
                         },
                         statusCode: 0,
-                        headers: []
+                        headers: {}
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/net/http_request.d.ts b/net/http_request.d.ts
index fada0f87d..7e8df3569 100644
--- a/net/http_request.d.ts
+++ b/net/http_request.d.ts
@@ -9,18 +9,13 @@ export declare function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<H
 export interface HttpRequestOptions {
     url: string;
     method: string;
-    headers?: HttpHeader[];
+    headers?: any;
     content?: any;
 }
 
-export interface HttpHeader {
-    name: string;
-    value: string;
-}
-
 export interface HttpResponse {
     statusCode: number;
-    headers: HttpHeader[];
+    headers: any;
     content?: HttpContent;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/http_request.ios.ts b/net/http_request.ios.ts
index b2fb849ae..03e4ad22c 100644
--- a/net/http_request.ios.ts
+++ b/net/http_request.ios.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
         var urlRequest = Foundation.NSMutableURLRequest.requestWithURL(
             Foundation.NSURL.URLWithString(options.url));
 
-        urlRequest.setHTTPMethod(options.method);
+        if (options.method) {
+            urlRequest.setHTTPMethod(options.method);
+        }
 
-        if (options.headers && options.headers.length) {
-            for (var i = 0, l = options.headers.length; i < l; i++) {
-                var header = options.headers[i];
-
-                urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(header.name, header.value);
+        if (options.headers) {
+            for (var header in options.headers) {
+                urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(options.headers[header], header);
             }
         }
 
@@ -36,14 +36,13 @@ export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http
                     d.reject(new Error(error.localizedDescription()));
                 } else {
 
-                    var headers = new Array<http.HttpHeader>();
+                    var headers = {};
                     var headerFields = response.allHeaderFields();
                     var keys = headerFields.allKeys();
 
                     for (var i = 0, l = keys.count(); i < l; i++) {
                         var key = keys.objectAtIndex(i);
-
-                        headers.push({ name: key, value: headerFields.valueForKey(key) });
+                        headers[key] = headerFields.valueForKey(key);
                     }
 
                     d.resolve({