diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0e4507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+/target
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/response/message/MessageResponse.java b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/response/message/MessageResponse.java
index 0d237e4..91645ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/response/message/MessageResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/model/response/message/MessageResponse.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.cribbstechnologies.clients.mandrill.model.response.message;
 
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+
 import com.cribbstechnologies.clients.mandrill.model.response.BaseMandrillResponse;
 
 public class MessageResponse extends BaseMandrillResponse {
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@ public class MessageResponse extends BaseMandrillResponse {
 	String email; 
 	String status;
     String _id;
+    String rejectReason;
 
 	public String getEmail() {
 		return email;
@@ -31,4 +34,13 @@ public String get_id() {
     public void set_id(String _id) {
         this._id = _id;
     }
+    
+    public String getRejectReason() {
+    	return this.rejectReason;
+    }
+    
+    @JsonProperty("reject_reason")
+    public void setRejectReason(String rejectReason) {
+    	this.rejectReason = rejectReason;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/request/MandrillRESTRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/request/MandrillRESTRequest.java
index 4a5d164..2cf41a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/request/MandrillRESTRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cribbstechnologies/clients/mandrill/request/MandrillRESTRequest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ private BaseMandrillResponse performPostRequest(BaseMandrillRequest request, Str
 			request.setKey(config.getApiKey());
 			HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost(config.getServiceUrl() + serviceMethod);
 			String postData = getPostData(request);
-			StringEntity input = new StringEntity(postData, "UFT-8");
+			StringEntity input = new StringEntity(postData, "UTF-8");
 			input.setContentType("application/json");
 			postRequest.setEntity(input);