diff --git a/s3file.py b/s3file.py
index 890769d..f165d09 100644
--- a/s3file.py
+++ b/s3file.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def s3open(*args, **kwargs):
 
 class S3File(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, url, key=None, secret=None, expiration_days=0, private=False, content_type=None, create=True):
+    def __init__(self, url, key=None, secret=None, expiration_days=0, private=False, content_type=None, create=True, versioning=False):
         from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection
         from boto.s3.key import Key
 
@@ -36,15 +36,31 @@ def __init__(self, url, key=None, secret=None, expiration_days=0, private=False,
 
         self.name = "s3://" + bucket + self.url.path
 
-        if create:
-            self.bucket = self.client.create_bucket(bucket)
-        else:
-            self.bucket = self.client.get_bucket(bucket, validate=False)
+        self.bucket = self.client.lookup(bucket, validate=False)
+        if self.bucket is None:
+            if create:
+                self.bucket = self.client.create_bucket(bucket)
+                if versioning is True:
+                    bucket.configure_versioning(True)
+            else:
+                raise Exception(self.bucket)
 
         self.key = Key(self.bucket)
         self.key.key = self.url.path.lstrip("/")
+        self.version_id = None
         self.buffer.truncate(0)
 
+    def get_versions(self):
+        return self.bucket.list_versions(prefix=self.key.key)
+    
+    def set_version(self, version_id):
+        self.version_id = version_id 
+        self.buffer.truncate(0)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def delete(cls, url, key, secret, all_versions = False):
+        pass
+
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@ def _remote_read(self):
         if self._readreq:
                 self.buffer.truncate(0)
                 if self.key.exists():
-                    self.key.get_contents_to_file(self.buffer)
+                    self.key.get_contents_to_file(self.buffer, version_id = self.version_id)
                 self.buffer.seek(0)
                 self._readreq = False
 
@@ -68,9 +84,10 @@ def _remote_write(self):
         if self._writereq:
             self.truncate(self.tell())
 
-            headers = {
-                "x-amz-acl":  "private" if self.private else "public-read"
-            }
+            #headers = {
+            #    "x-amz-acl":  "private" if self.private else "public-read"
+            #}
+            headers = {}
 
             if self.content_type:
                 headers["Content-Type"] = self.content_type
@@ -80,7 +97,7 @@ def _remote_write(self):
                 then = now + datetime.timedelta(self.expiration_days)
                 headers["Expires"] = then.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT")
                 headers["Cache-Control"] = 'max-age=%d' % (self.expiration_days * 24 * 3600,)
-
+            
             self.key.set_contents_from_file(self.buffer, headers=headers, rewind=True)
 
     def close(self):