diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 182727a3..911ae522 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Resty  [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/go-resty/resty.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/go-resty/resty) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/branch/master)  [![GoReport](https://goreportcard.com/badge/go-resty/resty)](https://goreportcard.com/report/go-resty/resty)  [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1-blue.svg)](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/latest)  [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-resty/resty?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-resty/resty) [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/go-resty/resty.svg)](LICENSE)
+# Resty  [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/go-resty/resty.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/go-resty/resty) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/branch/master)  [![GoReport](https://goreportcard.com/badge/go-resty/resty)](https://goreportcard.com/report/go-resty/resty)  [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.2-blue.svg)](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/latest)  [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-resty/resty?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-resty/resty) [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/go-resty/resty.svg)](LICENSE)
 
 Simple HTTP and REST client for Go inspired by Ruby rest-client. [Features](#features) section describes in detail about Resty capabilities.
 
-***v1.1 [released](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/latest) and tagged on Jan 25, 2018.***
+***v1.2 [released](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/latest) and tagged on Jan 26, 2018.***
 
 *Since Go v1.6 HTTP/2 & HTTP/1.1 protocol is used transparently. `Resty` works fine with HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1.*
 
diff --git a/resty.go b/resty.go
index b3fb1595..a8e96ab7 100644
--- a/resty.go
+++ b/resty.go
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 package resty
 
 // Version # of resty
-const Version = "1.2-edge"
+const Version = "1.2"
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index edf81d2b..1aa3397d 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ func composeRequestURL(pathURL string, c *Client, r *Request) string {
 		pathURL = "/" + pathURL
 	}
 
+	hasTrailingSlash := false
+	if strings.HasSuffix(pathURL, "/") && len(pathURL) > 1 {
+		hasTrailingSlash = true
+	}
+
 	reqURL := "/"
 	for _, segment := range strings.Split(pathURL, "/") {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(segment, "{") && strings.HasSuffix(segment, "}") {
@@ -229,5 +234,9 @@ func composeRequestURL(pathURL string, c *Client, r *Request) string {
 		reqURL = path.Join(reqURL, segment)
 	}
 
+	if hasTrailingSlash {
+		reqURL = reqURL + "/"
+	}
+
 	return reqURL
 }