diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01ef253..25a2e49 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.2b1.dev99',
+        version='2.2b1.dev100',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/warcprox/warcproxy.py b/warcprox/warcproxy.py
index e49d44d..9af6fe6 100644
--- a/warcprox/warcproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/warcproxy.py
@@ -186,14 +186,22 @@ class WarcProxyHandler(warcprox.mitmproxy.MitmProxyHandler):
         req, prox_rec_res = warcprox.mitmproxy.MitmProxyHandler._proxy_request(
                 self)
 
+        content_type = None
+        try:
+            content_type = prox_rec_res.headers.get('content-type')
+        except AttributeError: # py2
+            raw = prox_rec_res.msg.getrawheader('content-type')
+            if raw:
+                content_type = raw.strip()
+
         recorded_url = RecordedUrl(
                 url=self.url, request_data=req,
                 response_recorder=prox_rec_res.recorder, remote_ip=remote_ip,
                 warcprox_meta=warcprox_meta, status=prox_rec_res.status,
                 size=prox_rec_res.recorder.len,
                 client_ip=self.client_address[0],
-                content_type=prox_rec_res.headers.get("Content-Type"),
-                method=self.command, timestamp=timestamp, host=self.hostname,
+                content_type=content_type, method=self.command,
+                timestamp=timestamp, host=self.hostname,
                 duration=datetime.datetime.utcnow()-timestamp)
         self.server.recorded_url_q.put(recorded_url)