diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index fb36792..8b05212 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "@andyburke/serverus",
 	"description": "A flexible HTTP server for mixed content. Throw static files, markdown, Typescript and (hopefully, eventually) more into a directory and serverus can serve it up a bit more like old-school CGI.",
-	"version": "0.14.0",
+	"version": "0.14.1",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"exports": {
 		".": "./serverus.ts",
diff --git a/handlers/spa.ts b/handlers/spa.ts
index 75821ee..fa82343 100644
--- a/handlers/spa.ts
+++ b/handlers/spa.ts
@@ -87,17 +87,9 @@ export const HANDLERS: Partial<Record<HTTP_METHOD, HANDLER_METHOD>> = {
 
 				if (index_file_stat.isFile) {
 					const processed: string = await load_html_with_ssi(index_file_path);
-
-					const accepts = request.headers.get('accept') ?? 'text/html';
-					if (!['*/*', 'text/html', 'text/plain'].includes(accepts)) {
-						return new Response('unsupported accepts header for SPA: ' + accepts, {
-							status: 400
-						});
-					}
-
 					return new Response(processed, {
 						headers: {
-							'Content-Type': accepts === '*/*' ? 'text/html' : accepts
+							'Content-Type': request.headers.get('accept')?.indexOf('text/plain') !== -1 ? 'text/plain' : 'text/html'
 						}
 					});
 				}
@@ -111,7 +103,7 @@ export const HANDLERS: Partial<Record<HTTP_METHOD, HANDLER_METHOD>> = {
 		}
 	},
 
-	OPTIONS: async (request: Request, normalized_path: string): Promise<Response | undefined> => {
+	OPTIONS: async (_request: Request, normalized_path: string): Promise<Response | undefined> => {
 		const spa_root = await find_spa_file_root(normalized_path);
 		if (!spa_root) {
 			return;
@@ -123,13 +115,6 @@ export const HANDLERS: Partial<Record<HTTP_METHOD, HANDLER_METHOD>> = {
 				const index_file_stat = await Deno.stat(index_file_path);
 
 				if (index_file_stat.isFile) {
-					const accepts = request.headers.get('accept') ?? 'text/html';
-					if (!['*/*', 'text/html', 'text/plain'].includes(accepts)) {
-						return new Response('unsupported accepts header for SPA: ' + accepts, {
-							status: 400
-						});
-					}
-
 					const allowed = ['GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS'];
 
 					return new Response('', {