@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 #import "OFString_UTF8.h"
 #import "OFArray.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
 #import "OFFile.h"
 #import "OFURL.h"
+#import "OFHTTPClient.h"
 #import "OFHTTPRequest.h"
 #import "OFDataArray.h"
 #import "OFXMLElement.h"
 
 #import "OFHTTPRequestFailedException.h"
@@ -724,10 +725,11 @@
 
 - initWithContentsOfURL: (OFURL*)URL
 	       encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding
 {
 	void *pool;
+	OFHTTPClient *client;
 	OFHTTPRequest *request;
 	OFHTTPRequestResult *result;
 	OFString *contentType;
 	Class c;
 
@@ -744,12 +746,13 @@
 						encoding: encoding];
 		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 		return self;
 	}
 
+	client = [OFHTTPClient client];
 	request = [OFHTTPRequest requestWithURL: URL];
-	result = [request perform];
+	result = [client performRequest: request];
 
 	if ([result statusCode] != 200)
 		@throw [OFHTTPRequestFailedException
 		    exceptionWithClass: [request class]
 			       request: request