diff --git a/lib/restler.js b/lib/restler.js
index 2664233..83a68a4 100644
--- a/lib/restler.js
+++ b/lib/restler.js
@@ -63,15 +63,18 @@ function Request(uri, options) {
         console.log("Building multipart request without Content-Length header, please specify all file sizes");
     }
   } else {
-    if (typeof this.options.data == 'object') {
-      this.options.data = qs.stringify(this.options.data);
-      this.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
-      this.headers['Content-Length'] = this.options.data.length;
-    }
-    if(typeof this.options.data == 'string') {
-      var buffer = new Buffer(this.options.data, this.options.encoding || 'utf8');
-      this.options.data = buffer;
-      this.headers['Content-Length'] = buffer.length;
+    if (!this.data) {
+      this.data = this.options.data;
+      if (typeof this.data == 'object') {
+        this.data = qs.stringify(this.data);
+        this.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+        this.headers['Content-Length'] = this.data.length;
+      }
+      if(typeof this.data == 'string') {
+        var buffer = new Buffer(this.data, this.options.encoding || 'utf8');
+        this.data = buffer;
+        this.headers['Content-Length'] = buffer.length;
+      }
     }
   }
   
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ mixin(Request.prototype, {
             self.url    = url.parse(url.resolve(self.url.href, response.headers['location']));
             self.options.method = 'GET';
             delete self.options.data;
+            delete self.data;
             self._retry();
         } else {
             self.url = url.parse(url.resolve(self.url.href, response.headers['location']));
@@ -239,12 +243,12 @@ mixin(Request.prototype, {
   run: function() {
     var self = this;
     if (this.options.multipart) {
-      multipart.write(this.request, this.options.data, function() {
+      multipart.write(this.request, this.data, function() {
         self.request.end();
       });
     } else {
-      if (this.options.data) {
-        this.request.write(this.options.data.toString(), this.options.encoding || 'utf8');
+      if (this.data) {
+        this.request.write(this.data.toString(), this.options.encoding || 'utf8');
       }
       this.request.end();
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c96f316..3fe5d78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "restler",
-    "version": "2.0.1",
+    "version": "2.0.2",
     "description": "An HTTP client library for node.js",
     "contributors": [{ "name": "Dan Webb", "email": "dan@danwebb.net" }],
     "homepage": "https://github.com/danwrong/restler",