diff --git a/src/Csv.php b/src/Csv.php
index 51ca6b0..5037791 100644
--- a/src/Csv.php
+++ b/src/Csv.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace ParseCsv;
 
+use ParseCsv\enums\FileProcessingModeEnum;
 use ParseCsv\extensions\DatatypeTrait;
 
 class Csv {
@@ -379,16 +380,16 @@ class Csv {
      * @param  string $file   File location to save to
      * @param  array  $data   2D array of data
      * @param  bool   $append Append current data to end of target CSV, if file exists
-     * @param  array  $fields Field names
+     * @param  array  $fields Field names. Sets the header. If it is not set $this->titles would be used instead.
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function save($file = '', $data = array(), $append = false, $fields = array()) {
+    public function save($file = '', $data = array(), $append = FileProcessingModeEnum::MODE_FILE_OVERWRITE, $fields = array()) {
         if (empty($file)) {
             $file = &$this->file;
         }
 
-        $mode = $append ? 'ab' : 'wb';
+        $mode = FileProcessingModeEnum::getAppendMode($append);
         $is_php = preg_match('/\.php$/i', $file) ? true : false;
 
         return $this->_wfile($file, $this->unparse($data, $fields, $append, $is_php), $mode);
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ class Csv {
      *
      * @return string CSV data
      */
-    public function unparse($data = array(), $fields = array(), $append = false, $is_php = false, $delimiter = null) {
+    public function unparse($data = array(), $fields = array(), $append = FileProcessingModeEnum::MODE_FILE_OVERWRITE, $is_php = false, $delimiter = null) {
         if (!is_array($data) || empty($data)) {
             $data = &$this->data;
         }
diff --git a/src/enums/FileProcessingModeEnum.php b/src/enums/FileProcessingModeEnum.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab88055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/enums/FileProcessingModeEnum.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ParseCsv\enums;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class FileProcessingEnum
+ *
+ * @package ParseCsv\enums
+ *
+ * todo extends a basic enum class after merging #121
+ */
+class FileProcessingModeEnum {
+
+    const __default = self::MODE_FILE_OVERWRITE;
+
+    const MODE_FILE_APPEND = true;
+
+    const MODE_FILE_OVERWRITE = false;
+
+    public static function getAppendMode($mode) {
+        if ($mode == self::MODE_FILE_APPEND){
+            return 'ab';
+        }
+
+        return 'wb';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/methods/SaveTest.php b/tests/methods/SaveTest.php
index 6e43b97..335844c 100644
--- a/tests/methods/SaveTest.php
+++ b/tests/methods/SaveTest.php
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class SaveTest extends TestCase
         $this->saveAndCompare($expected);
     }
 
+    public function testSaveWithNewHeader() {
+        $this->csv->linefeed = "\n";
+        $this->csv->titles = array("NewTitle");
+        $expected = "NewTitle\n0444\n5555\n";
+        $this->saveAndCompare($expected);
+    }
+
     public function testSaveWithoutHeader() {
         $this->csv->linefeed = "\n";
         $this->csv->heading = false;