diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ae1109..de07406 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gitea-react-toolkit",
-  "version": "2.2.6-beta",
+  "version": "2.2.6-beta.2",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "A Gitea API React Toolkit Component Library",
   "homepage": "https://gitea-react-toolkit.netlify.com/",
diff --git a/src/components/file/useEdit.js b/src/components/file/useEdit.js
index 5e343eb..2ae33bd 100644
--- a/src/components/file/useEdit.js
+++ b/src/components/file/useEdit.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { patchContent, updateContent } from '../..';
  * @param {object} config - config settings for fetches (timeout, cache, etc.)
  * @param {string} branch - branch name.
  * @param {string} author - author of the edit.
+ * @param {string} email - email of the author.
  * @param {string} content - Edited/updated content.
  * @param {string} message - Optional commit message.
  * @param {string} filePath - file path, file path for the file being edited.
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export default function useEdit({
   config,
   branch,
   author,
+  email,
   content,
   message,
   filepath,
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ export default function useEdit({
           owner,
           config,
           author,
+          email,
           content,
           filepath,
           message: _message,
diff --git a/src/core/gitea-api/repos/contents/contents.ts b/src/core/gitea-api/repos/contents/contents.ts
index 55c6dfd..168aeb0 100644
--- a/src/core/gitea-api/repos/contents/contents.ts
+++ b/src/core/gitea-api/repos/contents/contents.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface ModifyContentOptions {
   content?: string;
   message: string;
   author: Author;
+  email?: string;
   sha?: string;
   onOpenValidation?: (filename: string, content: string, url: string) => never;
 };
@@ -116,21 +117,30 @@ export const readContent = async ({
 
 // POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/diffpatch
 export const patchContent = async ({
-  config, owner, repo, branch, filepath, content, message, author, sha,
+  config, owner, repo, branch, filepath, content, message, author, email, sha,
 }: ModifyContentOptions): Promise<ContentObject> => {
   const url = Path.join(apiPath, 'repos', owner, repo, 'diffpatch');
   let contentObject: ContentObject;
+  const author_ = {
+    email: email || '',
+    name: author,
+  }
+  var date = new Date();
+  var isoDate = date.toISOString();
   
   try {
     const _payload =
     {
-      author,
+      author: author_,
       branch,
-      committer: author,
-      content: utf8.encode(content || ''),
+      committer: author_,
+      content: content || '',
       from_path: ".",
+      dates: {
+        author: isoDate,
+        committer: isoDate
+      },
       message,
-      new_branch: branch,
       sha,
       signoff: true,
     }