diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ccd667..6afdfc7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.bigboxer23</groupId>
   <artifactId>switchbotapi-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.7</version>
+  <version>1.1.8</version>
 
   <name>switchbotapi-java</name>
   <url>https://github.com/bigboxer23/switchbotapi-java</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bigboxer23/switch_bot/SwitchBotDeviceApi.java b/src/main/java/com/bigboxer23/switch_bot/SwitchBotDeviceApi.java
index 3290f42..971e506 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bigboxer23/switch_bot/SwitchBotDeviceApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bigboxer23/switch_bot/SwitchBotDeviceApi.java
@@ -86,15 +86,14 @@ public Device getDeviceStatus(String deviceId) throws IOException {
 	 *     href="https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/SwitchBotAPI#send-device-control-commands">send
 	 *     device control commands</a>
 	 */
-	public void sendDeviceControlCommands(String deviceId, DeviceCommand command) throws IOException {
-
+	public IApiResponse sendDeviceControlCommands(String deviceId, DeviceCommand command) throws IOException {
 		String stringCommand = provider.getMoshi().adapter(DeviceCommand.class).toJson(command);
 		try (Response response = OkHttpUtil.postSynchronous(
 				SwitchBotApi.baseUrl + "v1.1/devices/" + deviceId + "/commands",
 				RequestBody.create(URLDecoder.decode(stringCommand, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.displayName())
 						.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
 				provider.addAuth())) {
-			parseResponse(response, DeviceApiResponse.class);
+			return parseResponse(response, DeviceApiResponse.class);
 		}
 	}