diff --git a/src/services/api.rs b/src/services/api.rs
index bebb318..8182145 100644
--- a/src/services/api.rs
+++ b/src/services/api.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use dotenv::dotenv;
 use reqwest::Client;
 use reqwest::RequestBuilder;
 use reqwest::{Response, Error, Method};
+use reqwest::header::{HeaderValue, CONTENT_TYPE, HeaderMap, IntoHeaderName};
 use crate::utils::api::ApiProps;
 use crate::commands::config;
 use crate::commands::clone::get_url_props;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ pub enum ApiError {
 pub struct ApiBuilder {
     client: Client,
     request: Option<RequestBuilder>,
+    headers: Option<HeaderMap>
 }
 
 impl ApiBuilder {
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
         ApiBuilder {
             client: Client::new(),
             request: None,
+            headers: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -84,11 +87,18 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
             },
             Some(req) => {
                 self.request = Some(req.body(xml_payload));
+                self.set_header(CONTENT_TYPE, HeaderValue::from_static("application/xml"));
             }
         }
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn set_header<K: IntoHeaderName>(&mut self, key: K, val: HeaderValue) -> &mut ApiBuilder {
+        let map = self.headers.get_or_insert(HeaderMap::new());
+        map.insert(key, val);
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn set_body(&mut self, body: Vec<u8>) -> &mut ApiBuilder {
         match self.request.take() {
             None => {
@@ -110,7 +120,13 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
                 eprintln!("fatal: incorrect request");
                 std::process::exit(1);
             },
-            Some(req) => req.send().await.map_err(Error::from),
+            Some(req) => {
+                if let Some(headers) = &self.headers {
+                    req.headers(headers.clone()).send().await.map_err(Error::from)
+                } else {
+                    req.send().await.map_err(Error::from)
+                }
+            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/req_props.rs b/src/services/req_props.rs
index 076bc72..71aed71 100644
--- a/src/services/req_props.rs
+++ b/src/services/req_props.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::io::Cursor;
 use chrono::{Utc, DateTime};
 use reqwest::{Method, Response, Error};
 use xml::reader::{EventReader, XmlEvent};
+use reqwest::header::HeaderValue;
 use crate::utils::time::parse_timestamp;
 use crate::utils::api::{get_relative_s, ApiProps};
 use crate::services::api::{ApiBuilder, ApiError};
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ impl ReqProps {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn set_depth(&mut self, depth: &str) -> &mut ReqProps {
+        self.api_builder.set_header("Depth", HeaderValue::from_str(depth).unwrap());
+        self
+    }
+
     fn validate_xml(&mut self) -> &mut ReqProps {
         let mut xml = String::from(r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><d:propfind xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns" xmlns:nc="http://nextcloud.org/ns"><d:prop>"#);
         xml.push_str(&self.xml_payload.clone());
@@ -138,6 +144,8 @@ impl ReqProps {
     }
 
     pub fn send_req_single(&mut self) -> Result<ObjProps, ApiError> {
+        // set depth to 0 as we only need one element
+        self.set_depth("0");
         match self.send_with_err() {
             Ok(body) => {
                 let objs = self.parse(body, false);