diff --git a/check_results.go b/check_results.go
index 678930e..10241c0 100644
--- a/check_results.go
+++ b/check_results.go
@@ -1,6 +1,48 @@
 package main
 
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 func CheckResults(testCase *TestCase) (bool, error) {
 
+	// Check headers
+	for k, v := range testCase.Expect.Header.Contains {
+		fmt.Printf("Header contains check '%s'='%s'\n", k, v)
+
+		if k == "http_status" { // http status is a special case
+			statusCode, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				error := fmt.Sprintf("unable to convert http_status expected value '%s' to int : %s", v, err)
+				return false, errors.New(error)
+			}
+			if statusCode != testCase.ResultStatusCode {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		} else { // any other contains check
+			checkFound := false
+			for hKey, hVal := range testCase.ResultHeaders {
+				if k == hKey {
+					fmt.Printf("Found header key '%s', checking value '%s' matches test definition '%s'\n", hKey, hVal, v)
+
+					for i := range hVal {
+						if strings.Contains(hVal[i], v) {
+							fmt.Printf("Found match '%s' = '%s'\n", hVal[i], v)
+							checkFound = true
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if !checkFound {
+				fmt.Printf("Expected to find header key-value of '%s:%s' but no matching value was found\n", k, v)
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return true, nil
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c8dcd7e..4f52d93 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@ func main() {
 	// Perform specified test cases
 	for i := range testDefinitions.TestCases {
 		RunTest(&testDefinitions.TestCases[i])
-		success, _ := CheckResults(&testDefinitions.TestCases[i])
+		success, err := CheckResults(&testDefinitions.TestCases[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error running test case : %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		if !success {
 			fmt.Printf("Test result failed\n")
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	// For debugging, just dump the output
diff --git a/tests.json b/tests.json
index 318f9cf..f995c9a 100644
--- a/tests.json
+++ b/tests.json
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
             },
             "expect": {
                 "header": {
-                    "equals": {
-                        "http_status": "200"
+                    "contains": {
+                        "http_status": "200",
+                        "Content-Type": "application/json"
                     }
                 },
                 "body": {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
             "expect": {
                 "header": {
                     "contains": {
-                        "http_status": "201"
+                        "http_status": "200"
                     }
                 }
             }