diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 058bf82f..ac70b82b 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [10.4.1] - 2020-09-18
+
+(cobra connection and bots) set an HTTP header when connecting to help with debugging bots
+
 ## [10.4.0] - 2020-09-12
 
 (http server) read body request when the Content-Length is specified + set timeout to read the request to 30 seconds max by default, and make it configurable as a constructor parameter
diff --git a/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraBot.cpp b/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraBot.cpp
index b2a80bd6..b221b585 100644
--- a/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraBot.cpp
+++ b/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraBot.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ namespace ix
         auto limitReceivedEvents = botConfig.limitReceivedEvents;
         auto batchSize = botConfig.batchSize;
 
+        config.headers["X-Cobra-Channel"] = channel;
+
         ix::CobraConnection conn;
         conn.configure(config);
         conn.connect();
diff --git a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConfig.h b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConfig.h
index 26b85e41..ccf95653 100644
--- a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConfig.h
+++ b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConfig.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketTLSOptions.h>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions.h>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHttpHeaders.h>
 
 namespace ix
 {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ namespace ix
         std::string rolesecret;
         WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions;
         SocketTLSOptions socketTLSOptions;
+        WebSocketHttpHeaders headers;
 
         CobraConfig(const std::string& a = std::string(),
                     const std::string& e = std::string(),
diff --git a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
index 523993c2..02de9c2b 100644
--- a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
+++ b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ namespace ix
         const std::string& rolename,
         const std::string& rolesecret,
         const WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions& webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions,
-        const SocketTLSOptions& socketTLSOptions)
+        const SocketTLSOptions& socketTLSOptions,
+        const WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers)
     {
         _roleName = rolename;
         _roleSecret = rolesecret;
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ namespace ix
         _webSocket->setUrl(url);
         _webSocket->setPerMessageDeflateOptions(webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions);
         _webSocket->setTLSOptions(socketTLSOptions);
+        _webSocket->setExtraHeaders(headers);
 
         // Send a websocket ping every N seconds (N = 30) now
         // This should keep the connection open and prevent some load balancers such as
@@ -283,7 +285,8 @@ namespace ix
                   config.rolename,
                   config.rolesecret,
                   config.webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions,
-                  config.socketTLSOptions);
+                  config.socketTLSOptions,
+                  config.headers);
     }
 
     //
diff --git a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.h b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.h
index 66d5df9a..ea4a7863 100644
--- a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.h
+++ b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ namespace ix
                        const std::string& rolename,
                        const std::string& rolesecret,
                        const WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions& webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions,
-                       const SocketTLSOptions& socketTLSOptions);
+                       const SocketTLSOptions& socketTLSOptions,
+                       const WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers);
 
         void configure(const ix::CobraConfig& config);
 
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp
index c3c42135..6d27e7f9 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace ix
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
         _url = url;
     }
+
     void WebSocket::setExtraHeaders(const WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers)
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_configMutex);
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 71da73c3..b88a3303 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "10.4.0"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "10.4.1"