diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTPublisher.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTPublisher.java
index 873b44d..9223844 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/GeoServerRESTPublisher.java
@@ -3212,13 +3212,6 @@ public class GeoServerRESTPublisher {
      * @author Carl Schroedl - cschroedl@usgs.gov
      */
     public enum BBoxRecalculationMode {
-        /**
-         * Do not calculate any fields, regardless of the projection, projection
-         * policy, etc. This might be useful to avoid slow recalculation when 
-         * operating against large datasets.
-         */
-        NONE(""),
-        
         /**
          * Recalculate the native bounding box, but do not recalculate the 
          * lat/long bounding box.
@@ -3229,7 +3222,14 @@ public class GeoServerRESTPublisher {
          * Recalculate both the native bounding box and the lat/long bounding 
          * box.
          */
-        NATIVE_AND_LAT_LON_BBOX("nativebbox,latlonbbox")
+        NATIVE_AND_LAT_LON_BBOX("nativebbox,latlonbbox"),
+        
+        /**
+         * Do not calculate any fields, regardless of the projection, projection
+         * policy, etc. This might be useful to avoid slow recalculation when 
+         * operating against large datasets.
+         */
+        NONE(""),
         ;
         
         private final String paramValue;
@@ -3256,24 +3256,36 @@ public class GeoServerRESTPublisher {
      * Recalculate the bounding box for a feature type or a coverage
      * 
      * @param type
+     * @param xmlElementName - either featureType or coverage
      * @param workspace
      * @param storeName
      * @param layerName
      * @param calculationMode
      * @return true if recalculation succeeded, false otherwise.
      */
-    private boolean recalculateBBox(StoreType type, String workspace, String storeName, String layerName, BBoxRecalculationMode calculationMode){
+    private boolean recalculateBBox(StoreType type, String xmlElementName, String workspace, String storeName, String layerName, BBoxRecalculationMode calculationMode, boolean enabled){
         
-        String sUrl = restURL + "/rest/workspaces/" + workspace + "/" +
-                type.getType() +"s/" + storeName + "/" +
-                type.getTypeName() + "/" +
-                layerName + "." + Format.XML.toString() + "?recalculate=" +
-                calculationMode.getParamValue();
+        String baseUrl = restURL + "/rest/workspaces/" + workspace + "/" +
+                type.getType().toLowerCase() +"s/" + storeName + "/" +
+                type.getTypeName().toLowerCase() + "/" +
+                layerName + "." + Format.XML.toString();
                 
-        LOGGER.debug("Constructed the following url for bounding box recalculation: " + sUrl);
         
-        String sendResult = HTTPUtils.put(sUrl, "", "text/plain", gsuser,
-                gspass);
+//        LOGGER.debug("Retrieving current state of item from "+ baseUrl);
+//        String getResult = HTTPUtils.get(baseUrl, gsuser, gspass);
+        
+//        LOGGER.debug("Current state of item is:\n" + getResult);
+
+        String sUrl = baseUrl + "?recalculate=" + calculationMode.getParamValue();
+        LOGGER.debug("Constructed the following url for bounding box recalculation: " + sUrl);
+
+//        String body = getResult
+//        GSWorkspaceEncoder wsenc = new GSWorkspaceEncoder(workspace);
+        
+//        String body = wsenc.toString();
+        String body = "<" + xmlElementName +"><name>" + layerName + "</name>" + 
+                "<enabled>" + enabled + "</enabled></" + xmlElementName + ">";
+        String sendResult = HTTPUtils.putXml(sUrl, body, gsuser, gspass);
         boolean success = sendResult != null;
         return success;
     }
@@ -3284,10 +3296,10 @@ public class GeoServerRESTPublisher {
      * @param storeName
      * @param layerName
      * @param calculationMode
-     * @return 
+     * @return true if successful, false otherwise
      */
-    public boolean recalculateFeatureTypeBBox(String workspace, String storeName, String layerName, BBoxRecalculationMode calculationMode){
-        return recalculateBBox(StoreType.DATASTORES, workspace, storeName, layerName, calculationMode);
+    public boolean recalculateFeatureTypeBBox(String workspace, String storeName, String layerName, BBoxRecalculationMode calculationMode, boolean enabled){
+        return recalculateBBox(StoreType.DATASTORES, "featureType", workspace, storeName, layerName, calculationMode, enabled);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -3296,9 +3308,9 @@ public class GeoServerRESTPublisher {
      * @param storeName
      * @param layerName
      * @param calculationMode
-     * @return 
+     * @return true if successful, false otherwise
      */
-    public boolean recalculateCoverageBBox(String workspace, String storeName, String layerName, BBoxRecalculationMode calculationMode){
-        return recalculateBBox(StoreType.COVERAGESTORES, workspace, storeName, layerName, calculationMode);
+    public boolean recalculateCoverageBBox(String workspace, String storeName, String layerName, BBoxRecalculationMode calculationMode, boolean enabled){
+        return recalculateBBox(StoreType.COVERAGESTORES, "coverage", workspace, storeName, layerName, calculationMode, enabled);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/publisher/GeoserverRESTRecalculateTest.java b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/publisher/GeoserverRESTRecalculateTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f94f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/publisher/GeoserverRESTRecalculateTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ *  GeoServer-Manager - Simple Manager Library for GeoServer
+ *  
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007,2011 GeoSolutions S.A.S.
+ *  http://www.geo-solutions.it
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.publisher;
+
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoServerRESTPublisher;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoServerRESTPublisher.StoreType;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoServerRESTPublisher.UploadMethod;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoserverRESTTest;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.RESTLayer;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSResourceEncoder.ProjectionPolicy;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.coverage.GSCoverageEncoderTest;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+/**
+ * Testcase for publishing layers on geoserver.
+ * We need a running GeoServer to properly run the tests. 
+ * If such geoserver instance cannot be contacted, tests will be skipped.
+ *
+  * @author Carl Schroedl - cschroedl@usgs.gov
+ */
+public class GeoserverRESTRecalculateTest extends GeoserverRESTTest {
+
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GeoserverRESTRecalculateTest.class);
+    
+    @Before
+    @Override
+    public void before(){
+        super.before();
+        deleteAll();
+        assertTrue(publisher.createWorkspace(DEFAULT_WS));
+    }
+    
+    @After
+    public void cleanUp(){
+        deleteAll();
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRecalculateFeatureTypeBBox() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+        if (!enabled()) 
+            return;
+
+        String storeName = "resttestshp";
+        String layerName = "cities";
+
+        File zipFile = new ClassPathResource("testdata/resttestshp.zip").getFile();
+        assertTrue(publisher.publishShp(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, layerName, zipFile));
+        
+        for(GeoServerRESTPublisher.BBoxRecalculationMode recalcMode : GeoServerRESTPublisher.BBoxRecalculationMode.values()){
+            boolean recalculated = publisher.recalculateFeatureTypeBBox(DEFAULT_WS,storeName, layerName, recalcMode, true);
+            assertTrue("recalculateBBox failed with recalculation mode '" +recalcMode.toString() + "'.", recalculated);
+        }
+    }
+        
+    @Test
+    public void testRecalculateCoverageBBox() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+        if (!enabled()) 
+            return;
+        
+        String storeName = "testRESTStoreArcGrid";
+        String layerName = "resttestdem";
+        
+        File arcgrid = new ClassPathResource("testdata/resttestdem.asc").getFile();
+        
+        assertTrue(publisher.publishArcGrid(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, layerName, arcgrid));
+        
+        for(GeoServerRESTPublisher.BBoxRecalculationMode recalcMode : GeoServerRESTPublisher.BBoxRecalculationMode.values()){
+            boolean recalculated = publisher.recalculateCoverageBBox(DEFAULT_WS,storeName, layerName, recalcMode, true);
+            assertTrue("recalculateBBox failed with recalculation mode '" +recalcMode.toString() + "'.", recalculated);
+        }
+    }
+}