diff --git a/glymur/jp2box.py b/glymur/jp2box.py
index ff0ce85..3dfa1b8 100644
--- a/glymur/jp2box.py
+++ b/glymur/jp2box.py
@@ -543,9 +543,10 @@ class ContiguousCodestreamBox(Jp2kBox):
         List of segments in the codestream header.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, main_header=[], **kwargs):
         Jp2kBox.__init__(self, id='jp2c', longname='Contiguous Codestream')
         self.__dict__.update(**kwargs)
+        self.main_header = main_header
 
     def __str__(self):
         msg = Jp2kBox.__str__(self)
@@ -701,12 +702,13 @@ class ImageHeaderBox(Jp2kBox):
     compression : int
         The compression type, should be 7 if JP2.
     colorspace_unknown : bool
-        false if the color space is known and correctly specified.
+        False if the color space is known and correctly specified.
     ip_provided : bool
-        false if the file does not contain intellectual propery rights information.
+        False if the file does not contain intellectual propery rights
+        information.
     """
     def __init__(self, height, width, num_components=1, signed=False,
-                 bits_per_component=8, compression=7, colorspace_unknown=False, 
+                 bits_per_component=8, compression=7, colorspace_unknown=False,
                  ip_provided=False, **kwargs):
         """
         Examples
@@ -861,7 +863,7 @@ class JP2HeaderBox(Jp2kBox):
         List of boxes contained in this superbox.
     """
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        Jp2kBox.__init__(self, id='', longname='JP2 Header')
+        Jp2kBox.__init__(self, id='jp2h', longname='JP2 Header')
         self.__dict__.update(**kwargs)
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py b/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py
index 6a68cc5..93b4be0 100644
--- a/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py
+++ b/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import numpy as np
 import pkg_resources
 
 import glymur
+from glymur.jp2box import *
+
 
 # Doc tests should be run as well.
 def load_tests(loader, tests, ignore):
     tests.addTests(doctest.DocTestSuite('glymur.jp2box'))
     return tests
 
+
 @unittest.skipIf(glymur.lib.openjp2._OPENJP2 is None,
                  "Missing openjp2 library.")
 class TestJp2Boxes(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -23,12 +26,12 @@ class TestJp2Boxes(unittest.TestCase):
         pass
 
     def test_default_JPEG2000SignatureBox(self):
-        # Should be able to instantiate a JPEG2000SignatureBox 
+        # Should be able to instantiate a JPEG2000SignatureBox
         b = glymur.jp2box.JPEG2000SignatureBox()
         self.assertEqual(b.signature, (13, 10, 135, 10))
 
     def test_default_FileTypeBox(self):
-        # Should be able to instantiate a FileTypeBox 
+        # Should be able to instantiate a FileTypeBox
         b = glymur.jp2box.FileTypeBox()
         self.assertEqual(b.brand, 'jp2 ')
         self.assertEqual(b.minor_version, 0)
@@ -72,7 +75,15 @@ class TestJp2Boxes(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(IOError):
             b = glymur.jp2box.ColourSpecificationBox(colorspace, approximation)
 
+    def test_default_JP2HeaderBox(self):
+        b1 = JP2HeaderBox()
+        b1.box = [ImageHeaderBox(height=512, width=256),
+                  ColourSpecificationBox(colorspace=glymur.core.GREYSCALE)]
+
+    def test_default_ContiguousCodestreamBox(self):
+        b = ContiguousCodestreamBox()
+        self.assertEqual(b.id, 'jp2c')
+        self.assertEqual(b.main_header, [])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
-