diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 6265e02..d1fe712 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+##[v0.1.1]
+- Fixed bug which caused file uploads to be PUT requests by default instead of POST (#22)
+
 ##[v0.1.0]
 - this release includes functions to call all API routes for MarkUs version 1.9.0 (#10, #12, #13, #14, #18)
 - updated documentation to give correct instructions for pip installation (#11)
diff --git a/markusapi/markusapi.py b/markusapi/markusapi.py
index 448f6e0..cad8988 100644
--- a/markusapi/markusapi.py
+++ b/markusapi/markusapi.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def _do_file_upload(
         file_path: str,
         contents: Union[str, bytes],
         mime_type: Optional[str] = None,
-        request_type: str = "PUT",
+        request_type: str = "POST",
     ) -> ResponseType:
         """
         Helper that performs requests of <request_type> to <path> that involves uploading a file named