diff --git a/lib/network.js b/lib/network.js
index 3b4d792..8f07d81 100644
--- a/lib/network.js
+++ b/lib/network.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ network.prototype.postRequest = function(hostInfo, request, done) {
             port: hostInfo.port,
             headers : request.headers,
             path: request.url || '/',
-            method: 'POST',
+            method: request.method,
             pool: this.pool
         }, callback)
         req.on('error', function requestError(err) {
@@ -139,14 +139,21 @@ network.prototype.postRequest = function(hostInfo, request, done) {
 }
 
 network.prototype.sendRequest = function(hostInfo, request, cb) {
-    if (request.method === 'GET') {
-        this.getRequest(hostInfo, request, function handleGet(response) {
-            cb(response)
-        })
-    } else {
-        this.postRequest(hostInfo, request, function handlePost(response) {
-            cb(response)
-        })
+    switch(request.method) {
+        case 'GET' :
+            this.getRequest(hostInfo, request, function handleGet(response) {
+                cb(response)
+            })
+            break
+        
+        case 'POST' :
+        case 'PUT' :
+        case 'DELETE':
+            this.postRequest(hostInfo, request, function handlePost(response) {
+                cb(response)
+            })
+            break
+
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/simple-test.js b/tests/simple-test.js
index 21f9a21..6b75740 100644
--- a/tests/simple-test.js
+++ b/tests/simple-test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test'
 var request = require('supertest')
 var testConfig = require('./test-config.json')
 
-describe('simple tests', () => {
+describe('method tests', () => {
     var server
     var originalCache = require('../config.json')
     beforeEach((done) => {
@@ -40,6 +40,22 @@ describe('simple tests', () => {
             .send("hi")
             .expect(200, done)
 
+    })    
+
+    it('basic put request', (done) => {
+        request(server)
+            .put('/status/200')
+            .send("hi")
+            .expect(200, done)
+
+    })
+
+    it('basic delete request', (done) => {
+        request(server)
+            .delete('/status/200')
+            .send("hi")
+            .expect(200, done)
+
     })
 
 })