diff --git a/src/lib/api.js b/src/lib/api.js
index 78691d2f822fc92a001a7c82bf3c5a21f82eb2d1..4528db5b5089f24b98600751e4b70f50a88e6a03 100644
--- a/src/lib/api.js
+++ b/src/lib/api.js
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import xhr from 'xhr';
 
 const api = (options, token, callback) => {
     defaultsdeep(options, {
-        host: 'https://api.scratch.mit.edu',
-        headers: {},
-        responseType: 'json'
+        host: 'https://api.scratch.mit.edu'
     });
     defaultsdeep(options, {
         uri: options.host + options.path,