diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b516a79..e0b4ddc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+
+#### **Version v0.0.7**
+
+##### FEATURES
+ * Adding the ability to the perform raw queries to vault, the formatting stays the same - a single
+   data key 'content' is returned, example: -cn=raw:platform/pki/ca/pem:fmt=txt,file=ca
+
 #### **Version v0.0.6**
 
 ##### FEATURES:
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6c40ec8..72e18f7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Prog    = "vault-sidekick"
-	Version = "v0.0.6"
+	Version = "v0.0.7"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/vault.go b/vault.go
index 8bca704..a0bc301 100644
--- a/vault.go
+++ b/vault.go
@@ -319,11 +319,39 @@ func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) (err error) {
 	for k, v := range rn.resource.options {
 		params[k] = interface{}(v)
 	}
-	glog.V(10).Infof("get path: %s, params: %v", rn.resource.path, params)
+	glog.V(10).Infof("get, resource: %s, path: %s, params: %v", rn.resource.resource, rn.resource.path, params)
 
 	glog.V(5).Infof("attempting to retrieve the resource: %s from vault", rn.resource)
 	// step: perform a request to vault
 	switch rn.resource.resource {
+	case "raw":
+		request := r.client.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/" + rn.resource.path)
+		for k, v := range rn.resource.options {
+			request.Params.Add(k, v)
+		}
+		resp, err := r.client.RawRequest(request)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("FAILED HERE")
+			return err
+		}
+		// step: read the response
+		content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// step: construct a secret from the response
+		secret = &api.Secret{
+			LeaseID:       "raw",
+			Renewable:     false,
+			Data: map[string]interface{}{
+				"content" : fmt.Sprintf("%s", content),
+			},
+		}
+		if rn.resource.update > 0 {
+			secret.LeaseDuration = int(rn.resource.update.Seconds())
+		} else {
+			secret.LeaseDuration = int((time.Duration(24) * time.Hour).Seconds())
+		}
 	case "pki":
 		secret, err = r.client.Logical().Write(fmt.Sprintf(rn.resource.path), params)
 	case "transit":
diff --git a/vault_resource.go b/vault_resource.go
index 0045072..a768112 100644
--- a/vault_resource.go
+++ b/vault_resource.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var (
 
 	// a map of valid resource to retrieve from vault
 	validResources = map[string]bool{
+		"raw":       true,
 		"pki":       true,
 		"aws":       true,
 		"secret":    true,