diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpEntityOptions.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpEntityOptions.java
index 2b0963c8..bc5ee396 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpEntityOptions.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpEntityOptions.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.*;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpContentTypes.APPLICATION_JSON;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpContentTypes.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.json.JsonUtil.*;
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -22,12 +23,14 @@ public class BubbleHttpEntityOptions extends BubbleHttpOptions {
 
     public String getRequestJson() {
         final String data = readStdin();
-        // does the JSON contain any comments? scrub them before sending...
-        if (data.contains("//") || data.contains("/*")) {
-            try {
-                return json(json(data, JsonNode.class, FULL_MAPPER_ALLOW_COMMENTS), COMPACT_MAPPER);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.warn("getRequestJson: error scrubbing comments from JSON, sending as-is: " + shortError(e));
+        if (getContentType().equals(APPLICATION_JSON)) {
+            // does the JSON contain any comments? scrub them before sending...
+            if (data.contains("//") || data.contains("/*")) {
+                try {
+                    return json(json(data, JsonNode.class, FULL_MAPPER_ALLOW_COMMENTS), COMPACT_MAPPER);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    log.warn("getRequestJson: error scrubbing comments from JSON, sending as-is: " + shortError(e));
+                }
             }
         }
         return data;
@@ -43,11 +46,16 @@ public class BubbleHttpEntityOptions extends BubbleHttpOptions {
     public boolean hasMultipartFileName() { return !empty(multipartFileName); }
 
 
-    public static final String USAGE_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type to send. Default is application/json";
+    public static final String USAGE_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type to send. Default is application/json, or multipart/form-data for multipart requests";
     public static final String OPT_CONTENT_TYPE = "-C";
     public static final String LONGOPT_CONTENT_TYPE= "--content-type";
     @Option(name=OPT_CONTENT_TYPE, aliases=LONGOPT_CONTENT_TYPE, usage=USAGE_CONTENT_TYPE)
-    @Getter @Setter private String contentType = APPLICATION_JSON;
+    @Setter private String contentType = null;
+    public String getContentType () {
+        if (contentType != null) return contentType;
+        if (hasMultipartFileName()) return MULTIPART_FORM_DATA;
+        return APPLICATION_JSON;
+    }
 
     public ContentType contentType() { return ContentType.create(getContentType()); }
 
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpMain.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpMain.java
index 2a0f0a16..51af020c 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpMain.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/main/http/BubbleHttpMain.java
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ import org.cobbzilla.wizard.util.RestResponse;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
 
+import static org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.errorString;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpContentTypes.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpStatusCodes.OK;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.json.JsonUtil.prettyJson;
 
 public abstract class BubbleHttpMain<OPT extends BubbleHttpOptions> extends BubbleApiMain<OPT> {
 
+    public static final NameAndValue[] HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE_MULTIPART = {new NameAndValue(CONTENT_TYPE, MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)};
+
     protected abstract RestResponse request(String url) throws Exception;
 
     protected abstract String getMethod();
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ public abstract class BubbleHttpMain<OPT extends BubbleHttpOptions> extends Bubb
             final BubbleHttpEntityOptions entityOptions = (options instanceof BubbleHttpEntityOptions) ? (BubbleHttpEntityOptions) options : null;
             if (entityOptions != null) {
                 if (entityOptions.hasMultipartFileName()) {
-                    request = new HttpRequestBean(getMethod(), requestUrl, entityOptions.getRequestStream(), entityOptions.getMultipartFileName(), NameAndValue.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+                    request = new HttpRequestBean(getMethod(), requestUrl, entityOptions.getRequestStream(), entityOptions.getMultipartFileName(), HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE_MULTIPART);
                 } else {
                     request = new HttpRequestBean(getMethod(), requestUrl, entityOptions.getRequestJson());
                 }
@@ -59,7 +63,16 @@ public abstract class BubbleHttpMain<OPT extends BubbleHttpOptions> extends Bubb
             if (options.hasHttpBasicUser()) request.setAuthUsername(options.getHttpBasicUser());
             if (options.hasHttpBasicPassword()) request.setAuthPassword(options.getHttpBasicPassword());
             if (entityOptions != null && entityOptions.hasMultipartFileName()) {
-                IOUtils.copyLarge(getApiClient().uploadMultipartStream(request, entityOptions.getMultipartFileName()), System.out);
+                RestResponse response = getApiClient().uploadStream(options.getUrl(), entityOptions.getRequestStream(), entityOptions.getMultipartFileName(), getMethod());
+                if (response.status == OK) {
+                    try {
+                        out(prettyJson(response.json));
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        out(response.json);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    error(response, null, "unexpected status");
+                }
             } else {
                 IOUtils.copyLarge(getApiClient().getStream(request), System.out);
             }
@@ -68,7 +81,11 @@ public abstract class BubbleHttpMain<OPT extends BubbleHttpOptions> extends Bubb
             try {
                 response = request(requestUrl);
                 if (response.status == OK) {
-                    out(prettyJson(response.json));
+                    try {
+                        out(prettyJson(response.json));
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        out(response.json);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     error(response, null, "unexpected status");
                 }
diff --git a/utils/cobbzilla-wizard b/utils/cobbzilla-wizard
index 23e6ab73..b4e6a580 160000
--- a/utils/cobbzilla-wizard
+++ b/utils/cobbzilla-wizard
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 23e6ab7399be669a1f9bb9abf64186f3d029eda5
+Subproject commit b4e6a58077a87a2ddcb679d3f16f550077096993