diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b009dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lts/*
diff --git a/__tests__/middleware.test.js b/__tests__/middleware.test.js
index 8543c32..c843a9f 100644
--- a/__tests__/middleware.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/middleware.test.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('apiMiddleware', () => {
 
   it('Should dispatch action success and return the data body - json', async () => {
     function get() {
-      return 'application/json';
+      return 'application/json; charset=utf-8';
     }
 
     const body = {
diff --git a/dist/api.js b/dist/api.js
index ffeed4f..c21a357 100644
--- a/dist/api.js
+++ b/dist/api.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var _defineProperty2 = _interopRequireDefault(require("@babel/runtime/helpers/de
 
 function ownKeys(object, enumerableOnly) { var keys = Object.keys(object); if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var symbols = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(object); if (enumerableOnly) symbols = symbols.filter(function (sym) { return Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, sym).enumerable; }); keys.push.apply(keys, symbols); } return keys; }
 
-function _objectSpread(target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i] != null ? arguments[i] : {}; if (i % 2) { ownKeys(source, true).forEach(function (key) { (0, _defineProperty2.default)(target, key, source[key]); }); } else if (Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors) { Object.defineProperties(target, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(source)); } else { ownKeys(source).forEach(function (key) { Object.defineProperty(target, key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(source, key)); }); } } return target; }
+function _objectSpread(target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i] != null ? arguments[i] : {}; if (i % 2) { ownKeys(Object(source), true).forEach(function (key) { (0, _defineProperty2.default)(target, key, source[key]); }); } else if (Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors) { Object.defineProperties(target, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(source)); } else { ownKeys(Object(source)).forEach(function (key) { Object.defineProperty(target, key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(source, key)); }); } } return target; }
 
 function buildRequest(url, requestData) {
   var request = new Request(url, _objectSpread({}, requestData));
diff --git a/dist/middleware.js b/dist/middleware.js
index 57c08e9..27a4450 100644
--- a/dist/middleware.js
+++ b/dist/middleware.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function apiMiddleware(_ref) {
       return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
         apiCallFunction(dispatch).then(function (response) {
           // if it's a json response, we unpack and parse it
-          if (response.headers && typeof response.headers.get === 'function' && response.headers.get('content-type') === 'application/json') {
+          if (response.headers && typeof response.headers.get === 'function' && response.headers.get('content-type').startsWith('application/json')) {
             response.json().then(function (data) {
               response.data = data; // from backend response
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function apiMiddleware(_ref) {
           }
         }).catch(function (error) {
           // if it's a json response, we unpack and parse it
-          if (error.headers && typeof error.headers.get === 'function' && error.headers.get('content-type') === 'application/json') {
+          if (error.headers && typeof error.headers.get === 'function' && error.headers.get('content-type').startsWith('application/json')) {
             error.json().then(function (data) {
               error.data = data; // form backend error
 
diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
index 7e8bbb2..7601870 100644
--- a/lib/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function apiMiddleware({ dispatch, getState }) {
           if (
             response.headers &&
             typeof response.headers.get === 'function' &&
-            response.headers.get('content-type') === 'application/json'
+            response.headers.get('content-type').startsWith('application/json')
           ) {
             response.json().then(data => {
               response.data = data; // from backend response
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export default function apiMiddleware({ dispatch, getState }) {
           if (
             error.headers &&
             typeof error.headers.get === 'function' &&
-            error.headers.get('content-type') === 'application/json'
+            error.headers.get('content-type').startsWith('application/json')
           ) {
             error.json().then(data => {
               error.data = data; // form backend error
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d992015..80e8ceb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-redux-api-tools",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.1.2",
   "description": "Middleware and helpers to improve the React-Redux flow when communicating with APIs.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {