diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6d64f0..877de7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 
 # Changelog
 
+## v5.2.0
+
+- fix a small issue when no header was given
+- add support for baseURL option
+- export ExtendedRequest type for validator typing
+
 ## v5.1.0
 
 - add support for initial headers when creating wrapper
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 123eddb..089ee84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This library offers a fetch wrapper that can:
 - accept a timeout option and abort when timeout is reached
 - add `Accept` header with value `application/json, text/plain, */*` if not already set by you
 - set global headers when creating the wrapper
+- set a `baseURL` when creating the wrapper
 
 Version v5.0.0+ is the recommended version now (abort controller is used now). please don't use v4 of fetch goody anymore.
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Version v5.0.0+ is the recommended version now (abort controller is used now). p
 you can import `wrapFetch` from `mod.ts` file.
 
 ```js
-export { wrapFetch } from 'https://deno.land/x/fetch_goody@v5.0.0/mod.ts';
+export { wrapFetch } from 'https://deno.land/x/fetch_goody@v5.2.0/mod.ts';
 ```
 
 ### wrapFetch
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ const resp3 = await wrappedfetch("url",{
 // adding a response validator where you can throw errors
 
 const resp4 = await wrappedfetch("url",{
-  validator(response: Response, init: ExtendedRequestInit) {
+  validator(response: Response, init: ExtendedRequest) {
     if (response.status > 200) {
       throw new Error('yada');
     }
diff --git a/fetch_wrapper.ts b/fetch_wrapper.ts
index 999493a..de757ef 100644
--- a/fetch_wrapper.ts
+++ b/fetch_wrapper.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export type WrapFetchOptions = {
   timeout?: number;
   /** if set, will be used as default headers. new added headers will be added on top of these. */
   headers?: Headers;
+  /** if set, will be prepended to the target url using URL api. */
+  baseURL?: string | URL;
 };
 
 export function wrapFetch(options?: WrapFetchOptions) {
@@ -84,8 +86,8 @@ export function wrapFetch(options?: WrapFetchOptions) {
     validator,
     timeout = 99999999,
     headers,
+    baseURL,
   } = options || {};
-
   return async function wrappedFetch(
     input: string | Request | URL,
     init?: ExtendedRequestInit | RequestInit | undefined,
@@ -211,7 +213,18 @@ export function wrapFetch(options?: WrapFetchOptions) {
       interceptedInit.signal = abortController.signal;
     }
 
-    const response = await fetch(input, interceptedInit as RequestInit);
+    let newInput;
+    if (input instanceof Request) {
+      newInput = input.url;
+    } else {
+      newInput = input.toString();
+    }
+
+    if (baseURL) {
+      newInput = new URL(newInput, baseURL);
+    }
+
+    const response = await fetch(newInput, interceptedInit as RequestInit);
     clearTimeout(timeoutId);
 
     if (typeof validator === "function") {
diff --git a/fetch_wrapper_test.ts b/fetch_wrapper_test.ts
index 2193513..18ba32f 100644
--- a/fetch_wrapper_test.ts
+++ b/fetch_wrapper_test.ts
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Deno.test("interaction with a server", {
 
       assertStrictEquals(
         response,
-        "foo=bar&foo=baz", // test fails, but data is sent: https://github.com/denoland/deno_std/issues/716
+        "foo=bar&foo=baz",
       );
     });
 
@@ -558,6 +558,18 @@ Deno.test("interaction with a server", {
         true,
       );
     });
+
+    await t.step("WrappedFetch uses the given baseURL", async () => {
+      const wrappedFetch = wrapFetch({
+        baseURL: serverOneUrl,
+      });
+
+      const headerString = await wrappedFetch("/accept").then((
+        r,
+      ) => r.text());
+
+      assertStrictEquals(headerString, "application/json, text/plain, */*");
+    });
   } finally {
     server1.close();
   }
diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index e4e06e7..7322f4f 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 export * from "./fetch_wrapper.ts";
-export type { ExtendedRequestInit } from "./extended_request_init.ts";
+export type {
+  ExtendedRequest,
+  ExtendedRequestInit,
+} from "./extended_request_init.ts";