diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 72fc28c..8226e88 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = "thirdlight",
-    version = "0.1.1",
+    version = "0.1.2",
     author = "ReThought Ltd",
     author_email = "code@rethought-solutions.com",
     url = "https://github.com/Rethought/thirdlight.git",
diff --git a/src/thirdlight.py b/src/thirdlight.py
index da0e577..332795a 100644
--- a/src/thirdlight.py
+++ b/src/thirdlight.py
@@ -252,9 +252,19 @@ def upload_image(self, source, folderId=None, folderPath=None, caption="",
         if folderId is None:
             folderId = self.resolve_folder_id(folderPath)
 
-        response = self.Upload_CreateUpload(params=dict(destination=folderId,
-                                                        synchronous=False,
-                                                        lifetime=60))
+        edit_md = dict(
+            caption='OPTIONAL',
+            keywords='OPTIONAL'
+        )
+        for key in extra_meta:
+            edit_md.update({key: 'OPTIONAL'})
+
+        response = self.Upload_CreateUpload(params=dict(
+            destination=folderId,
+            synchronous=False,
+            lifetime=60,
+            editablemetadata=edit_md
+        ))
         uploadKey = response.uploadKey
 
         # get the file base64 encoded - we'll look to sort out the big file