diff --git a/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py b/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py
index ede4a5f..d6f893c 100644
--- a/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py
+++ b/src/webqueue2api/parser/item.py
@@ -225,6 +225,27 @@ def __parseSections(self) -> list:
 
         return body_sections
 
+    def __add_initial_message_headers(self, initial_message: dict) -> dict:
+        """Adds header information to the intial message
+
+        Example:
+                [example]
+
+        Args:
+                initial_message (dict): the intial message dictionary without any headers
+
+        Returns:
+                dict: modified initial message dictionary to include headers
+        """
+        initial_message["datetime"] = self.date_received
+        initial_message["from_name"] = self.user_name
+        initial_message["from_email"] = self.user_email
+        initial_message["to"] = self.__get_most_recent_header_by_type("To")
+        initial_message["cc"] = self.__get_most_recent_header_by_type("CC")
+        initial_message["subject"] = self.subject
+
+        return initial_message
+
     def __getSortedSections(self, sectionsList: list) -> list:
         """Sorts the sections chronologically by datetime