diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d69559..c15c0f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for elabapy
 
+## Version 0.6.1
+
+* Fix create experiment/items not sending POST requests
+
 ## Version 0.6.0
 
 ### BREAKING CHANGE
diff --git a/elabapy/Manager.py b/elabapy/Manager.py
index f3d9706..9071c40 100644
--- a/elabapy/Manager.py
+++ b/elabapy/Manager.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ def create_experiment(self):
         """
             Create an experiment
         """
-        return self.send_req("experiments")
+        return self.send_req("experiments", verb='POST')
 
     def create_item(self, id):
         """
             Create an item, the id is the items_types id
         """
-        return self.send_req("items/" + str(id))
+        return self.send_req("items/" + str(id), verb='POST')
 
     def get_all_experiments(self):
         """
diff --git a/elabapy/__init__.py b/elabapy/__init__.py
index 0aa81c5..7b1e18f 100644
--- a/elabapy/__init__.py
+++ b/elabapy/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """A python module to interact with elabftw API"""
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0"
+__version__ = "0.6.1"
 __author__ = "Nicolas CARPi"
 __author_email__ = "nico-git@deltablot.email"
 __license__ = "GPL v3"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 646f207..47f55a6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='elabapy',
-    version='0.6.0',
+    version='0.6.1',
     description='elabftw API to manage experiments and items',
     author='Nicolas CARPi',
     author_email='nico-git@deltablot.email',