diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5a1c642..2e7a7b3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -118,12 +118,17 @@ Add any of these variables into your project settings to override them.
 * Function used to encode response data. Receives a dict and returns a string
 * Default: ``DjangoJSONEncoder().encode``
 
-``CHUNKED_UPLOAD_MIMETYPE``
+``CHUNKED_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* Mimetype for the response data.
+* Content-Type for the response data.
 * Default: ``'application/json'``
 
+``CHUNKED_UPLOAD_MIMETYPE``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* **Deprecated**, use ``CHUNKED_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE`` instead.
+
 ``CHUNKED_UPLOAD_MAX_BYTES``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index e6d5cb8..e4c0d46 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/chunked_upload/response.py b/chunked_upload/response.py
index 4da9898..22eb7b9 100644
--- a/chunked_upload/response.py
+++ b/chunked_upload/response.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
-from .settings import ENCODER, MIMETYPE
+from .settings import ENCODER, CONTENT_TYPE
 
 
 class Response(HttpResponse):
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Response(HttpResponse):
     def __init__(self, content, status=None, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Response, self).__init__(
             content=ENCODER(content),
-            mimetype=MIMETYPE,
+            content_type=CONTENT_TYPE,
             status=status,
             *args, **kwargs
         )
diff --git a/chunked_upload/settings.py b/chunked_upload/settings.py
index cd3572f..70f995d 100644
--- a/chunked_upload/settings.py
+++ b/chunked_upload/settings.py
@@ -38,9 +38,15 @@
 ENCODER = getattr(settings, 'CHUNKED_UPLOAD_ENCODER', DEFAULT_ENCODER)
 
 
-# Mimetype for the response data
-DEFAULT_MIMETYPE = 'application/json'
-MIMETYPE = getattr(settings, 'CHUNKED_UPLOAD_MIMETYPE', DEFAULT_MIMETYPE)
+# Content-Type for the response data
+DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/json'
+CONTENT_TYPE = getattr(settings, 'CHUNKED_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE',
+                       DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE)
+
+
+# CHUNKED_UPLOAD_MIMETYPE is deprecated, but kept for backward compatibility
+CONTENT_TYPE = getattr(settings, 'CHUNKED_UPLOAD_MIMETYPE',
+                       DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE)
 
 
 # Max amount of data (in bytes) that can be uploaded. `None` means no limit