diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da0ec900..40868fda 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ share/python-wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
+.gptexecthread
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
diff --git a/roboflow/adapters/rfapi.py b/roboflow/adapters/rfapi.py
index 638aebda..83407423 100644
--- a/roboflow/adapters/rfapi.py
+++ b/roboflow/adapters/rfapi.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import urllib
-
+import json
 import requests
 from requests_toolbelt.multipart.encoder import MultipartEncoder
 
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def save_annotation(
     annotation_string: str,
     image_id: str,
     is_prediction: bool = False,
+    annotation_labelmap=None,
 ):
     """
     Upload an annotation to a specific project.
@@ -98,8 +99,8 @@ def save_annotation(
 
     response = requests.post(
         upload_url,
-        data=annotation_string,
-        headers={"Content-Type": "text/plain"},
+        data=json.dumps({"data": annotation_string, "labelmap": annotation_labelmap}),
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
     )
     responsejson = None
     try:
diff --git a/roboflow/core/project.py b/roboflow/core/project.py
index 2e963d2a..bc7b629b 100644
--- a/roboflow/core/project.py
+++ b/roboflow/core/project.py
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ def single_upload(
         self,
         image_path=None,
         annotation_path=None,
+        annotation_labelmap=None,
         hosted_image=False,
         image_id=None,
         split="train",
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ def single_upload(
                     annotation_str,
                     image_id,
                     is_prediction=is_prediction,
+                    annotation_labelmap=annotation_labelmap,
                 )
             except BaseException as e:
                 uploaded_annotation = {"error": e}
diff --git a/roboflow/core/workspace.py b/roboflow/core/workspace.py
index a85c0c8e..a2000af9 100644
--- a/roboflow/core/workspace.py
+++ b/roboflow/core/workspace.py
@@ -374,9 +374,13 @@ def _upload_image(imagedesc):
             annotationdesc = imagedesc.get("annotationfile")
             if annotationdesc:
                 annotation_path = f"{location}{annotationdesc['file']}"
+                labelmap = annotationdesc.get("labelmap")
             try:
                 uploadres = project.single_upload(
-                    image_path=image_path, annotation_path=annotation_path, split=split
+                    image_path=image_path,
+                    annotation_path=annotation_path,
+                    annotation_labelmap=labelmap,
+                    split=split,
                 )
                 _log_img_upload(image_path, uploadres)
             except Exception as e:
diff --git a/roboflow/util/folderparser.py b/roboflow/util/folderparser.py
index 860fe0a8..3b33a974 100644
--- a/roboflow/util/folderparser.py
+++ b/roboflow/util/folderparser.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def parsefolder(folder):
     _decide_split(images)
     annotations = [f for f in files if f["extension"] in ANNOTATION_EXTENSIONS]
     labelmaps = [f for f in files if f["extension"] in LABELMAPS_EXTENSIONS]
+    labelmaps = _load_labelmaps(folder, labelmaps)
     _map_labelmaps_to_annotations(annotations, labelmaps)
     _map_annotations_to_images(images, annotations)
     return {
@@ -72,7 +73,23 @@ def _map_labelmaps_to_annotations(annotations, labelmaps):
     for ann in annotations:
         labelmap = labelmapmap.get(ann["dirname"])
         if labelmap:
-            ann["labelmapfile"] = labelmap
+            ann["labelmap"] = labelmap["labelmap"]
+
+
+def _load_labelmaps(folder, labelmaps):
+    for labelmap in labelmaps:
+        try:
+            labelmap["labelmap"] = _load_labelmap(f"{folder}/{labelmap['file']}")
+        except:
+            # raise
+            pass
+    return [lm for lm in labelmaps if lm.get("labelmap")]
+
+
+def _load_labelmap(f):
+    with open(f, "r") as file:
+        lines = [line for line in file.readlines() if line.strip()]
+        return {i: l.strip() for i, l in enumerate(lines)}
 
 
 def _decide_split(images):
diff --git a/tests/manual/debugme.py b/tests/manual/debugme.py
index 667b9973..143f94e1 100644
--- a/tests/manual/debugme.py
+++ b/tests/manual/debugme.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
+# import requests
+
+# requests.urllib3.disable_warnings()
+
 thisdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 rootdir = os.path.abspath(f"{thisdir}/../..")
 os.environ["ROBOFLOW_CONFIG_DIR"] = f"{thisdir}/data/.config"
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@
     # args = parser.parse_args(f"upload {thisdir}/../datasets/chess -w wolfodorpythontests -p chess -f auto".split())
     args = parser.parse_args(
         # f"upload {thisdir}/data/cultura-pepino-voc -w wolfodorpythontests -p cultura-pepino-voc -f auto -c 50".split()
-        f"upload {thisdir}/data/cultura-pepino-darknet -w wolfodorpythontests -p cultura-pepino-darknet -f auto -c 50".split()
+        f"upload {thisdir}/data/cultura-pepino-darknet -w wolfodorpythontests -p cultura-pepino-darknet -f auto -c 100".split()
         # f"upload {thisdir}/data/0311fisheye -w wolfodorpythontests -p 0311fisheye -f auto -c 50".split()
     )
     args.func(args)
diff --git a/tests/manual/upload.sh b/tests/manual/upload.sh
index f8091188..7d0ea29d 100755
--- a/tests/manual/upload.sh
+++ b/tests/manual/upload.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export ROBOFLOW_CONFIG_DIR=./data/.config
 # python ../../roboflowpy.py upload ./data/cultura-pepino-yolov8 -w wolfodorpythontests -p cultura-pepino-upload-test-yolov8 -f yolov8
 python ../../roboflowpy.py upload ./data/yellow -w wolfodorpythontests -p yellow-auto -f darknet
 # python ../../roboflowpy.py upload ./data/cultura-pepino-yolov5pytorch -w wolfodorpythontests -p cultura-pepino-upload-test-yolov5 -f yolov5
+# python ../../roboflowpy.py upload ./data/0311fisheye -w wolfodorpythontests -p 0311fisheye -f auto
diff --git a/tests/manual/uselocal b/tests/manual/uselocal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a33ac183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/uselocal
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export API_URL=https://localhost.roboflow.one
+export APP_URL=https://localhost.roboflow.one