diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 191eb47..5a59f4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 ### Added
 ### Fixed
 ### Changed
+- requests status code is optional, defaults to 200
+
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Security
diff --git a/pytest_filedata/__init__.py b/pytest_filedata/__init__.py
index 1a1c9cc..f94c815 100644
--- a/pytest_filedata/__init__.py
+++ b/pytest_filedata/__init__.py
@@ -114,13 +114,18 @@ def callback(self, request, context):
         path = urlparse.urlparse(request.url).path
         path = os.path.join(test_dir, 'data', self.prefix, path.lstrip('/'))
         files = get_test_files(path)
+
         if len(files) != 1:
             raise NotImplementedError("Currently there must be only one response file")
 
         fname = files[0]
 
-        # file extension is status code
-        context.status_code = int(os.path.splitext(fname)[1].lstrip('.'))
+        try:
+            # file extension is status code
+            context.status_code = int(os.path.splitext(fname)[1].lstrip('.'))
+
+        except ValueError:
+            context.status_code = 200
 
         with open(fname) as fobj:
             return fobj.read()
diff --git a/tests/data/req/test0/data.200 b/tests/data/req/test0/data
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/data/req/test0/data.200
rename to tests/data/req/test0/data