diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 8829781..acecc12 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 History
 -------
 
+3.1.0 (2014-04-24)
+------------------
+
+* Added control over expansion of response. Documentation at http://www.eventbrite.com/developer/v3/reference/expansions/
+
 3.0.5 (2014-04-24)
 ------------------
 
-* Removed 'content-type' header from all GET requests
+* Removed 'content-type' header from all GET requests. Thank you @xxv for identifying the problem and contributing code.
 
 3.0.4 (2014-03-12)
 ------------------
diff --git a/eventbrite/__init__.py b/eventbrite/__init__.py
index 8d22a2f..e886c4e 100755
--- a/eventbrite/__init__.py
+++ b/eventbrite/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'Daniel Greenfeld'
 __email__ = 'danny@eventbrite.com'
-__version__ = '3.0.5'
+__version__ = '3.1.0'
 
 
 from .client import Eventbrite
diff --git a/eventbrite/client.py b/eventbrite/client.py
index 8bc7eeb..0037e59 100755
--- a/eventbrite/client.py
+++ b/eventbrite/client.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def headers(self):
         }
         return headers
 
-    def api(self, method, path, data, expansions=()):
+    def api(self, method, path, data, expand=()):
         method = method.strip().lower()
         if method not in self.allowed_methods:
             msg = "The '{0}' method is not accepted by the Eventbrite " \
@@ -54,23 +54,37 @@ def api(self, method, path, data, expansions=()):
         return method(path, data)
 
     @objectify
-    def get(self, path, data=None, expansions=()):
+    def get(self, path, data=None, expand=()):
         # Resolves the search result response problem
         headers = self.headers
         if headers.has_key('content-type'):
             headers.pop('content-type')
         # Get the function path
         path = format_path(path, self.eventbrite_api_url)
+
+        if data is None:
+            data = {}
+
+        # Manage expansions
+        if data.get('expand'):
+            # Do nothing because expand is already passed in
+            pass
+        elif expand:
+            # Manage expansions
+            data['expand'] = ','.join(expand)
+        else:
+            # Anything else is None
+            data['expand'] = 'none'
         return requests.get(path, headers=headers, params=data or {})
 
     @objectify
-    def post(self, path, data=None, expansions=()):
+    def post(self, path, data=None):
         path = format_path(path, self.eventbrite_api_url)
         json_data = json.dumps(data or {})
         return requests.post(path, headers=self.headers, data=json_data)
 
     @objectify
-    def delete(self, path, data=None, expansions=()):
+    def delete(self, path, data=None):
         path = format_path(path, self.eventbrite_api_url)
         json_data = json.dumps(data or {})
         return requests.delete(path, headers=self.headers, data=data or {})
diff --git a/eventbrite/models.py b/eventbrite/models.py
index be4bca3..4193f98 100644
--- a/eventbrite/models.py
+++ b/eventbrite/models.py
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ class EventbriteObject(dict):
     def create(cls, response):
         data = response.json()
         evbobject = cls(data)
-        evbobject.resource_uri = response.url
+        try:
+            # Strip out URL parameters for resource_uri
+            evbobject.resource_uri = response.url[:response.url.index('?')]
+        except ValueError:
+            evbobject.resource_uri = response.url
         evbobject.ok = response.ok
         evbobject.elapsed = response.elapsed
         evbobject.headers = response.headers
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ab3f04c..583cb5c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
-__version__ = '3.0.5'
+__version__ = '3.1.0'
 
 if sys.argv[-1] == 'tag':
     os.system("git tag -a %s -m 'version %s'" % (__version__, __version__))
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_client.py b/tests/integration/test_client.py
index 2f7dea5..00b28db 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_client.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def test_get_user(self):
         # check that the ID's match
         self.assertEqual(evbobject.get('id'), USER_ID)
 
+
     @unittest.skipIf(condition=skip_integration_tests, reason='Needs an OAUTH_TOKEN')
     def test_webhook_no_internet(self):
         webhook = {
@@ -106,3 +107,15 @@ def test_webhook_no_internet(self):
         }
         evbobject = self.eventbrite.webhook_to_object(webhook)
         self.assertTrue('id' in evbobject)
+
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(condition=skip_user_id_tests, reason='Needs a USER_ID')
+    @unittest.skipIf(condition=skip_integration_tests, reason='Needs an OAUTH_TOKEN')
+    def test_get_event_expansions(self):
+        # Get event with no expansions
+        evbobject = self.eventbrite.get_event('11260994939')
+        self.assertFalse('ticket_classes' in evbobject)
+
+        # Now get event with ticket_classes expansion
+        evbobject = self.eventbrite.get_event('11260994939', expand='ticket_classes')
+        self.assertTrue('ticket_classes' in evbobject)
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index ddb06a5..77052ea 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
 from platform import platform
 
 from eventbrite import __version__
-from eventbrite.exceptions import InvalidResourcePath
 from eventbrite.client import Eventbrite
 
-from .base import unittest, mock
-
 
 def test_headers():
     eventbrite = Eventbrite('12345')
@@ -20,4 +17,4 @@ def test_headers():
                 system=platform(),
             )
     }
-    assert eventbrite.headers == expected_headers
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert eventbrite.headers == expected_headers