diff --git a/js/csrfprotector.js b/js/csrfprotector.js
index aa548cb..0d22955 100644
--- a/js/csrfprotector.js
+++ b/js/csrfprotector.js
@@ -289,16 +289,8 @@ function csrfprotector_init() {
 	 */
 	function new_send(data) {
 		if (this.method.toLowerCase() === 'post') {
-			if (data !== null && typeof data === 'object') {
-				data.append(CSRFP.CSRFP_TOKEN, CSRFP._getAuthKey());
-			} else {
-				if (typeof data != "undefined") {
-					data += "&";
-				} else {
-					data = "";
-				}
-				data += CSRFP.CSRFP_TOKEN +"=" +CSRFP._getAuthKey();
-			}
+			// attach the token in request header
+			this.setRequestHeader(CSRFP.CSRFP_TOKEN, CSRFP._getAuthKey());
 		}
 		return this.old_send(data);
 	}
diff --git a/libs/csrf/csrfprotector.php b/libs/csrf/csrfprotector.php
index fa258cf..7e097a2 100755
--- a/libs/csrf/csrfprotector.php
+++ b/libs/csrf/csrfprotector.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-
 if (!defined('__CSRF_PROTECTOR__')) {
 	define('__CSRF_PROTECTOR__', true); 	// to avoid multiple declaration errors
 
@@ -90,10 +89,17 @@ class csrfProtector
 		/**
 		 * Variable: $cookieConfig
 		 * Array of parameters for the setcookie method
-		 * @var cookieConfig;
+		 * @var array<any>
 		 */
 		private static $cookieConfig = null;
 
+		/**
+		 * Variable: $tokenHeaderKey
+		 * Key value in header array, which contain the token
+		 * @var string
+		 */
+		private static $tokenHeaderKey = null;
+
 		/*
 		 * Variable: $requestType
 		 * Varaible to store weather request type is post or get
@@ -188,6 +194,9 @@ public static function init($length = null, $action = null)
 			if (self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN'] == '')
 				self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN'] = CSRFP_TOKEN;
 
+			self::$tokenHeaderKey = 'HTTP_' .strtoupper(self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']);
+			self::$tokenHeaderKey = str_replace('-', '_', self::$tokenHeaderKey);
+
 			// load parameters for setcookie method
 			if (!isset(self::$config['cookieConfig']))
 				self::$config['cookieConfig'] = array();
@@ -248,19 +257,19 @@ public static function authorizePost()
 				//set request type to POST
 				self::$requestType = "POST";
 
+				// look for token in payload else from header
+				$token = self::getTokenFromRequest();
+
 				//currently for same origin only
-				if (!(isset($_POST[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']]) 
-					&& isset($_SESSION[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']])
-					&& (self::isValidToken($_POST[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']]))
-					)) {
+				if (!($token && isset($_SESSION[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']])
+					&& (self::isValidToken($token)))) {
 
 					//action in case of failed validation
-					self::failedValidationAction();			
+					self::failedValidationAction();
 				} else {
 					self::refreshToken();	//refresh token for successfull validation
 				}
 			} else if (!static::isURLallowed()) {
-				
 				//currently for same origin only
 				if (!(isset($_GET[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']]) 
 					&& isset($_SESSION[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']])
@@ -275,6 +284,36 @@ public static function authorizePost()
 			}	
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Fucntion: getTokenFromRequest
+		 * function to get token in case of POST request
+		 *
+		 * Parameters: 
+		 * void
+		 *
+		 * Returns: 
+		 * any (string / bool) - token retrieved from header or form payload
+		 */
+		private static function getTokenFromRequest() {
+			// look for in $_POST, then header
+			if (isset($_POST[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']])) {
+				return $_POST[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']];
+			}
+
+			if (function_exists('apache_request_headers')) {
+				if (isset(apache_request_headers()[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']])) {
+					return apache_request_headers()[self::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']];
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (self::$tokenHeaderKey === null) return false;
+			if (isset($_SERVER[self::$tokenHeaderKey])) {
+				return $_SERVER[self::$tokenHeaderKey];
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Function: isValidToken
 		 * function to check the validity of token in session array
diff --git a/test/csrfprotector_test.php b/test/csrfprotector_test.php
index 388ff9a..52a1279 100644
--- a/test/csrfprotector_test.php
+++ b/test/csrfprotector_test.php
@@ -350,11 +350,10 @@ public function testAuthorisePost_failedAction_6()
     }
 
     /**
-     * test authorise success
+     * test authorise success with token in $_POST
      */
     public function testAuthorisePost_success()
     {
-
         $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
         $_POST[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']]
             = $_GET[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']]
@@ -382,6 +381,34 @@ public function testAuthorisePost_success()
         // $this->assertTrue(csrfp_wrapper::checkHeader($_SESSION[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']][0]));  // Combine these 3 later
     }
 
+    /**
+     * test authorise success with token in header
+     */
+    public function testAuthorisePost_success_2()
+    {
+        unset($_POST[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']]);
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
+        $serverKey = 'HTTP_' .strtoupper(csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']);
+        $serverKey = str_replace('-', '_', $serverKey);
+
+        $csrfp = new csrfProtector;
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionClass(get_class($csrfp));
+        $property = $reflection->getProperty('tokenHeaderKey');
+        $property->setAccessible(true);
+        // change value to false
+        $property->setValue($csrfp, $serverKey);
+
+        $_SERVER[$serverKey] = $_SESSION[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']][0];
+        $temp = $_SESSION[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']];
+
+        csrfprotector::authorizePost(); //will create new session and cookies
+        $this->assertFalse($temp == $_SESSION[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']][0]);
+        $this->assertTrue(csrfp_wrapper::checkHeader('Set-Cookie'));
+        $this->assertTrue(csrfp_wrapper::checkHeader('csrfp_token'));
+        // $this->assertTrue(csrfp_wrapper::checkHeader($_SESSION[csrfprotector::$config['CSRFP_TOKEN']][0]));  // Combine these 3 later
+ 
+    }
+
     /**
      * test for generateAuthToken()
      */