diff --git a/com/api.cfc b/com/api.cfc
index cda1082..d70ae4d 100644
--- a/com/api.cfc
+++ b/com/api.cfc
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ component accessors="true" {
     public struct function resolveRequestSettings(
         struct awsCredentials = { },
         string region = defaultRegion,
-        string bucket = ''
+        string bucket = '',
+        string host = ''
     ) {
         if ( !awsCredentials.isEmpty() ) {
             awsCredentials = credentials.defaultCredentials( argumentCollection = awsCredentials );
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ component accessors="true" {
         if ( len( arguments.bucket ) ) {
             settings.bucket = arguments.bucket;
         }
+        if( len( arguments.host )){
+            settings.host = arguments.host;
+        }
         return settings;
     }
 
diff --git a/services/ssm.cfc b/services/ssm.cfc
index 1552854..263403e 100644
--- a/services/ssm.cfc
+++ b/services/ssm.cfc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ component {
     ) {
         variables.api = arguments.api;
         variables.apiVersion = arguments.settings.apiVersion;
+        variables.settings = arguments.settings;
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +51,12 @@ component {
     public string function getHost(
         required string region
     ) {
-        return variables.service & '.' & region & '.amazonaws.com';
+        if ( structKeyExists( variables.settings, 'host' ) && len( variables.settings.host ) ) {
+            var host = variables.settings.host;
+        } else {
+            var host = variables.service & '.' & region & '.amazonaws.com';
+        }
+        return host;
     }
 
     private any function apiCall(
@@ -76,7 +82,12 @@ component {
             payloadString,
             requestSettings.awsCredentials
         );
-        apiResponse[ 'data' ] = deserializeJSON( apiResponse.rawData );
+        if (isJson(apiResponse.rawData)){
+            apiResponse[ 'data' ] = deserializeJSON( apiResponse.rawData );
+        }else{
+            apiResponse[ 'data' ] = apiResponse.rawData;
+        }
+        
 
         return apiResponse;
     }