diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java
index 710cfc45..e98cfe32 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ public final class HttpClient {
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpClient.class);
 
+    public HttpClient() {
+        setHeader("Accept", SCRAPE_ACCEPT);
+    }
+
     public void setUserAgent(final String userAgent) {
         this.userAgent = userAgent;
     }
@@ -240,7 +244,6 @@ public final class HttpClient {
             final MediaType m = requestContentType != null ? MediaType.parse(requestContentType) : null;
             request.post(RequestBody.create(m, postRequest));
         }
-        request.header("Accept", SCRAPE_ACCEPT);
         if (userAgent != null)
             request.header("User-Agent", userAgent);
         if (referer != null)