diff --git a/lib/request.ex b/lib/request.ex
index e731cc2..5579823 100644
--- a/lib/request.ex
+++ b/lib/request.ex
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ defmodule Vultr.Request do
 				end)
 
 			if is_special_param do
-				{String.upcase(k), v}
+				{k |> Atom.to_string |> String.upcase, v}
 			else
 				{k, v}
 			end
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ defmodule Vultr.Request do
 			raise ArgumentError, message: "Bad method"
 		end
 
-		method |> Atom.to_string |> String.upcase()
+		method |> Atom.to_string |> String.upcase
 	end
 
 	defp doc_api_key(nil), do: "No"
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index f1b9089..2075d73 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Vultr.Mixfile do
 	def project do
 		[
 			app: :vultr,
-			version: "0.2.0",
+			version: "0.2.1",
 			elixir: "~> 1.3",
 			deps: deps(),
 			description: @description,
diff --git a/test/vultr_test.exs b/test/vultr_test.exs
index b2762c5..d2c68c5 100644
--- a/test/vultr_test.exs
+++ b/test/vultr_test.exs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ defmodule VultrTest do
   use ExUnit.Case
 
   test "requests work" do
-  	response = Vultr.app_list()
-    assert response.status === 200
+    assert {:ok, _} = Vultr.app_list()
   end
 end