diff --git a/go/datas/remote_database_handlers.go b/go/datas/remote_database_handlers.go
index 8274220a11..b40757e617 100644
--- a/go/datas/remote_database_handlers.go
+++ b/go/datas/remote_database_handlers.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type URLParams interface {
 type Handler func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps URLParams, cs chunks.ChunkStore)
 
 // NomsVersionHeader is the name of the header that Noms clients and servers must set in every request/response.
-const NomsVersionHeader = "X-Noms-Vers"
+const NomsVersionHeader = "x-noms-vers"
 
 var (
 	// HandleWriteValue is meant to handle HTTP POST requests to the writeValue/ server endpoint. The payload should be an appropriately-ordered sequence of Chunks to be validated and stored on the server.
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index bf046b8b4f..6a503ff23f 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@attic/noms",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "47.0.0",
+  "version": "48.0.0",
   "description": "Noms JS SDK",
   "repository": "https://github.com/attic-labs/noms",
   "main": "dist/commonjs/noms.js",
diff --git a/js/src/browser/fetch.js b/js/src/browser/fetch.js
index 718e36ee16..b509ebf226 100644
--- a/js/src/browser/fetch.js
+++ b/js/src/browser/fetch.js
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ export type FetchOptions = {
   method?: string,
   body?: any,
   headers?: {[key: string]: string},
-  respHeaders?: string[],
   withCredentials? : boolean,
 };
 
-type TextResponse = {headers: Map<string, string>, buf: string}
-type BufResponse = {headers: Map<string, string>, buf: Uint8Array}
-type Response<T> = {headers: Map<string, string>, buf: T}
+type Response<T> = {headers: {[key: string]: string}, buf: T};
+type TextResponse = Response<string>;
+type BufResponse = Response<Uint8Array>;
 
 function fetch<T>(url: string, responseType: string, options: FetchOptions = {}):
  Promise<Response<T>> {
@@ -26,15 +25,9 @@ function fetch<T>(url: string, responseType: string, options: FetchOptions = {})
   const p = new Promise((res, rej) => {
     xhr.onloadend = () => {
       if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
-        const headers = new Map();
-        if (options.respHeaders) {
-          for (const header of options.respHeaders) {
-            headers.set(header, res.headers[header]);
-          }
-        }
-        res({headers: headers, buf: xhr.response});
+        res({headers: res.headers, buf: xhr.response});
       } else {
-        rej(xhr.status);
+        rej(new Error(`HTTP Error: ${xhr.status}`));
       }
     };
   });
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ function fetch<T>(url: string, responseType: string, options: FetchOptions = {})
 export function fetchText(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<TextResponse> {
   if (self.fetch) {
     return self.fetch(url, options)
-      .then(resp => ({headers: new Map(resp.headers), buf: resp.text()}));
+      .then(resp => ({headers: resp.headers, buf: resp.text()}));
   }
 
   return fetch(url, 'text', options);
@@ -62,8 +55,7 @@ export function fetchText(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<Text
 export function fetchUint8Array(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<BufResponse> {
   if (self.fetch) {
     return self.fetch(url, options)
-      .then(resp => [resp.headers, resp.arrayBuffer()])
-      .then((headers, ar) => ({headers: headers, buf: new Uint8Array(ar)}));
+      .then(resp => ({headers: resp.headers, buf: new Uint8Array(resp.arrayBuffer())}));
   }
 
   return fetch(url, 'arraybuffer', options);
diff --git a/js/src/fetch.js b/js/src/fetch.js
index 85760073f9..9797a6c071 100644
--- a/js/src/fetch.js
+++ b/js/src/fetch.js
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ export type FetchOptions = {
   method?: string,
   body?: any,
   headers?: {[key: string]: string},
-  respHeaders?: string[],
   withCredentials? : boolean,
 };
 
-type TextResponse = {headers: Map<string, string>, buf: string}
-type BufResponse = {headers: Map<string, string>, buf: Uint8Array}
+type Response<T> = {headers: {[key: string]: string}, buf: T};
+type TextResponse = Response<string>;
+type BufResponse = Response<Uint8Array>;
 
 function fetch(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<BufResponse> {
   const opts: any = parse(url);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function fetch(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<BufResponse> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const req = request(opts, res => {
       if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
-        reject(res.statusCode);
+        reject(new Error(`HTTP Error: ${res.statusCode}`));
         return;
       }
 
@@ -54,13 +54,7 @@ function fetch(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<BufResponse> {
         offset += size;
       });
       res.on('end', () => {
-        const headers = new Map();
-        if (opts.respHeaders) {
-          for (const header of opts.respHeaders) {
-            headers.set(header, res.headers[header]);
-          }
-        }
-        resolve({headers: headers, buf: Bytes.subarray(buf, 0, offset)});
+        resolve({headers: res.headers, buf: Bytes.subarray(buf, 0, offset)});
       });
     });
     req.on('error', err => {
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@ function normalizeBody(opts: FetchOptions): FetchOptions {
 
 export function fetchText(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<TextResponse> {
   return fetch(url, normalizeBody(options))
-    .then(({headers, buf}) => ({headers: headers, buf: bufferToString(buf)}));
+    .then(({headers, buf}) => ({headers, buf: bufferToString(buf)}));
 }
 
 export function fetchUint8Array(url: string, options: FetchOptions = {}): Promise<BufResponse> {
diff --git a/js/src/http-batch-store.js b/js/src/http-batch-store.js
index ce5698e6d3..da7b5c84e4 100644
--- a/js/src/http-batch-store.js
+++ b/js/src/http-batch-store.js
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ import type {FetchOptions} from './fetch.js';
 import type {ChunkStream} from './chunk-serializer.js';
 import {serialize, deserializeChunks} from './chunk-serializer.js';
 import {emptyChunk} from './chunk.js';
-import {fetchUint8Array, fetchText} from './fetch.js';
+import {
+  fetchUint8Array as fetchUint8ArrayWithoutVersion,
+  fetchText as fetchTextWithoutVersion,
+} from './fetch.js';
 import {notNull} from './assert.js';
-import {NomsVersion} from './version.js';
+import nomsVersion from './version.js';
 
 const HTTP_STATUS_CONFLICT = 409;
-const VersionHeader = 'X-Noms-Vers';
+const versionHeader = 'x-noms-vers';
 
 type RpcStrings = {
   getRefs: string,
@@ -24,13 +27,20 @@ type RpcStrings = {
   writeValue: string,
 };
 
-const versOptions = {
+const versionOptions = {
   headers: {
-    VersionHeader: NomsVersion,
+    [versionHeader]: nomsVersion,
   },
-  respHeaders: [VersionHeader],
 };
 
+function fetchText(url: string, options: FetchOptions) {
+  return fetchTextWithoutVersion(url, mergeOptions(options, versionOptions));
+}
+
+function fetchUint8Array(url: string, options: FetchOptions) {
+  return fetchUint8ArrayWithoutVersion(url, mergeOptions(options, versionOptions));
+}
+
 const readBatchOptions = {
   method: 'POST',
   headers: {
@@ -81,8 +91,8 @@ export class Delegate {
 
   constructor(rpc: RpcStrings, fetchOptions: FetchOptions) {
     this._rpc = rpc;
-    this._rootOptions = mergeOptions(versOptions, fetchOptions);
-    this._readBatchOptions = mergeOptions(readBatchOptions, this._rootOptions);
+    this._rootOptions = fetchOptions;
+    this._readBatchOptions = mergeOptions(readBatchOptions, fetchOptions);
     this._body = new ArrayBuffer(0);
   }
 
@@ -150,10 +160,10 @@ export class Delegate {
 }
 
 function checkVersion(headers: {[key: string]: string}): ?Error {
-  const vers = headers[VersionHeader];
-  if (vers !== NomsVersion) {
+  const version = headers[versionHeader];
+  if (version !== nomsVersion) {
     return new Error(
-      `SDK version ${NomsVersion} is not compatible with data of version ${vers}.`);
+      `SDK version ${nomsVersion} is not compatible with data of version ${version}.`);
   }
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/js/src/version.js b/js/src/version.js
index 8432f67758..53701fd379 100644
--- a/js/src/version.js
+++ b/js/src/version.js
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0:
 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
-export const NomsVersion = '1';
+export default '1';
diff --git a/samples/js/counter/package.json b/samples/js/counter/package.json
index 06c458c281..bbfd1e2080 100644
--- a/samples/js/counter/package.json
+++ b/samples/js/counter/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "dist/main.js",
   "version": "1.0.1",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@attic/noms": "^42.0.0",
+    "@attic/noms": "file:../../../js/",
     "babel-regenerator-runtime": "6.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {