diff --git a/io/stomp/18-stomp.html b/io/stomp/18-stomp.html
index 6591bf3c..f5284220 100644
--- a/io/stomp/18-stomp.html
+++ b/io/stomp/18-stomp.html
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="stomp in">
     <p>Connects to a server using the Stomp protocol to receive messages.</p>
+    <p>If the message received is JSON <b>msg.payload</b> will be parsed into an
+    object. If not it will be the raw data.</p>
+    <p><b>msg.headers</b> contains any header information that was also delivered.</p>
+    <p><b>msg.topic</b> is set to the predefined subscription topic.</p>
+    <p><b>Note</b>: While not a requirement of the Stomp protocol, if connecting to an ActiveMQ server, the destination should
+    begin with <i>"/queue/"</i> or with <i>"/topic/"</i>. See
+    <a href="https://stomp.github.io/stomp-specification-1.0.html#frame-SEND" target="new">Stomp 1.0 spec</a>
+    for more details.</p>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -72,7 +80,12 @@
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="stomp out">
     <p>Connects to an Stomp capable server to send messages.</p>
-    <p>The <b>Destination</b> field is optional. If set it overrides the <b>msg.topic</b> property of the message.</p>
+    <p>The <b>Destination</b> field is optional. If set it overrides the <b>msg.topic</b>
+    property of the message.</p>
+    <p><b>Note</b>: While not a requirement of the Stomp protocol, if connecting to an ActiveMQ server, the destination should
+    begin with <i>"/queue/"</i> or with <i>"/topic/"</i>. See
+    <a href="https://stomp.github.io/stomp-specification-1.0.html#frame-SEND" target="new">Stomp 1.0 spec</a>
+    for more details.</p>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/io/stomp/18-stomp.js b/io/stomp/18-stomp.js
index 982fb6d7..d8f4ffc1 100644
--- a/io/stomp/18-stomp.js
+++ b/io/stomp/18-stomp.js
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 node.status({fill:"green",shape:"dot",text:"connected"});
                 node.log('subscribed to: '+node.topic);
                 node.client.subscribe(node.topic, function(body, headers) {
-                    msg.payload = JSON.parse(body);
+                    try {
+                        msg.payload = JSON.parse(body);
+                    }
+                    catch(e) {
+                        msg.payload = body;
+                    }
+                    msg.headers = headers;
+                    msg.topic = node.topic;
                     node.send(msg);
                 });
             }, function(error) {
diff --git a/io/stomp/README.md b/io/stomp/README.md
index 94e4ceb4..2f957c8b 100644
--- a/io/stomp/README.md
+++ b/io/stomp/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Usage
 
 Connects to a Stomp capable server to send and receive messages.
 
-The **destination** field is optional. If set it overrides the **msg.topic** property of the message.
+The **destination** field is optional. If set it overrides the **msg.topic**
+property of the message.
+
+As noted [here](https://github.com/easternbloc/node-stomp-client#queue-names),
+while not a requirement of the Stomp protocol,
+if talking to an **ActiveMQ** server the *destination* should begin with
+**"/queue/"** or with **"/topic/"**.
 
 This node only uses the simple security version of the stomp-client.
diff --git a/io/stomp/package.json b/io/stomp/package.json
index b4eb4a73..d1bc3a61 100644
--- a/io/stomp/package.json
+++ b/io/stomp/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-stomp",
-    "version"       : "0.0.2",
+    "version"       : "0.0.3",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node to publish and subscribe to/from a Stomp server",
     "dependencies"  : {
-        "stomp-client"   : "0.5.0"
+        "stomp-client"   : "0.6.2"
     },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",