diff --git a/hal_codec/__init__.py b/hal_codec/__init__.py
index 034e8c0..35a3bae 100644
--- a/hal_codec/__init__.py
+++ b/hal_codec/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import uritemplate
 
 
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "1.0.1"
 
 
 def _get_string(item, key):
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ def dump(self, document, indent=False, **kwargs):
         data = _document_to_primative(document)
         return force_bytes(json.dumps(data, **options))
 
-    def load(self, bytes, base_url=None):
+    def load(self, bytes, **kwargs):
         """
         Takes a bytestring and returns a document.
         """
+        base_url = kwargs.get('base_url', None)
         try:
             data = json.loads(bytes.decode('utf-8'))
         except ValueError as exc: