diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
index 724c6c35..8a396a4b 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
@@ -269,13 +269,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 	protected SuggestLocationsResult jsonStopfinderRequest(final Location constraint) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = stopfinderRequestParameters(constraint, "JSON");
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(stopFinderEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
-
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = stopfinderRequestParameters(constraint, "JSON");
+		final CharSequence page;
+		if (httpPost)
+			page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", Charsets.UTF_8);
+		else
+			page = httpClient.get(uri.append(parameters).toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 		final ResultHeader header = new ResultHeader(network, SERVER_PRODUCT);
 
 		try
@@ -379,18 +379,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 	protected SuggestLocationsResult xmlStopfinderRequest(final Location constraint) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = stopfinderRequestParameters(constraint, "XML");
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(stopFinderEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = stopfinderRequestParameters(constraint, "XML");
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -426,18 +426,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 	protected SuggestLocationsResult mobileStopfinderRequest(final Location constraint) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = stopfinderRequestParameters(constraint, "XML");
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(stopFinderEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = stopfinderRequestParameters(constraint, "XML");
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -545,18 +545,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 	protected NearbyLocationsResult xmlCoordRequest(final EnumSet<LocationType> types, final int lat, final int lon, final int maxDistance,
 			final int maxStations) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = xmlCoordRequestParameters(types, lat, lon, maxDistance, maxStations);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(coordEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = xmlCoordRequestParameters(types, lat, lon, maxDistance, maxStations);
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -624,18 +624,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 	protected NearbyLocationsResult mobileCoordRequest(final EnumSet<LocationType> types, final int lat, final int lon, final int maxDistance,
 			final int maxStations) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = xmlCoordRequestParameters(types, lat, lon, maxDistance, maxStations);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(coordEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = xmlCoordRequestParameters(types, lat, lon, maxDistance, maxStations);
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 	private NearbyLocationsResult nearbyStationsRequest(final String stationId, final int maxLocations) throws IOException
 	{
+		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(departureMonitorEndpoint);
 		final StringBuilder parameters = new StringBuilder();
 		appendCommonRequestParams(parameters, "XML");
 		parameters.append("&type_dm=stop&name_dm=").append(normalizeStationId(stationId));
@@ -938,16 +939,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		parameters.append("&useAllStops=1");
 		parameters.append("&mode=direct");
 
-		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(departureMonitorEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
-
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -1501,18 +1501,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 	private QueryDeparturesResult xsltDepartureMonitorRequest(final String stationId, final @Nullable Date time, final int maxDepartures,
 			final boolean equivs) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = xsltDepartureMonitorRequestParameters(stationId, time, maxDepartures, equivs);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(departureMonitorEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = xsltDepartureMonitorRequestParameters(stationId, time, maxDepartures, equivs);
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -1663,18 +1663,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 	protected QueryDeparturesResult queryDeparturesMobile(final String stationId, final @Nullable Date time, final int maxDepartures,
 			final boolean equivs) throws IOException
 	{
-		final StringBuilder parameters = xsltDepartureMonitorRequestParameters(stationId, time, maxDepartures, equivs);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(departureMonitorEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final StringBuilder parameters = xsltDepartureMonitorRequestParameters(stationId, time, maxDepartures, equivs);
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpReferer, null);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpReferer);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpReferer);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			final XmlPullParser pp = parserFactory.newPullParser();
@@ -2125,19 +2125,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 			final @Nullable Set<Product> products, final @Nullable Optimize optimize, final @Nullable WalkSpeed walkSpeed,
 			final @Nullable Accessibility accessibility, final @Nullable Set<Option> options) throws IOException
 	{
-
-		final String parameters = xsltTripRequestParameters(from, via, to, date, dep, products, optimize, walkSpeed, accessibility, options);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(tripEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final String parameters = xsltTripRequestParameters(from, via, to, date, dep, products, optimize, walkSpeed, accessibility, options);
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpRefererTrip);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpRefererTrip);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpRefererTrip);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			return queryTrips(uri.toString(), is);
@@ -2161,19 +2160,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 			final boolean dep, final @Nullable Collection<Product> products, final @Nullable Optimize optimize, final @Nullable WalkSpeed walkSpeed,
 			final @Nullable Accessibility accessibility, final @Nullable Set<Option> options) throws IOException
 	{
-
-		final String parameters = xsltTripRequestParameters(from, via, to, date, dep, products, optimize, walkSpeed, accessibility, options);
-
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(tripEndpoint);
-		if (!httpPost)
-			uri.append(parameters);
+		final String parameters = xsltTripRequestParameters(from, via, to, date, dep, products, optimize, walkSpeed, accessibility, options);
 
 		InputStream is = null;
 		String firstChars = null;
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), httpPost ? parameters.substring(1) : null, null, httpRefererTrip);
+			if (httpPost)
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), parameters.substring(1), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", null, httpRefererTrip);
+			else
+				is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.append(parameters).toString(), null, httpRefererTrip);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			return queryTripsMobile(uri.toString(), from, via, to, is);
@@ -2205,7 +2203,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), null, null, httpRefererTrip);
+			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), null, httpRefererTrip);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 
 			return queryTrips(uri.toString(), is);
@@ -2237,7 +2235,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 		try
 		{
-			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), null, null, httpRefererTrip);
+			is = httpClient.getInputStream(uri.toString(), null, httpRefererTrip);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 			is.mark(512);
 
diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
index 83d37a56..9fb07cdc 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHafasProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 	protected final SuggestLocationsResult jsonGetStops(final String uri) throws IOException
 	{
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri, null, jsonGetStopsEncoding);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri, jsonGetStopsEncoding);
 
 		final Matcher mJson = P_AJAX_GET_STOPS_JSON.matcher(page);
 		if (mJson.matches())
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHafasProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		try
 		{
 			final String endpoint = extXmlEndpoint != null ? extXmlEndpoint : queryEndpoint;
-			final InputStream is = httpClient.getInputStream(endpoint, request, null, null);
+			final InputStream is = httpClient.getInputStream(endpoint, request, "application/xml", null, null);
 			firstChars = HttpClient.peekFirstChars(is);
 			reader = new InputStreamReader(is, Charsets.ISO_8859_1);
 
@@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHafasProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 	protected final NearbyLocationsResult jsonNearbyLocations(final String uri) throws IOException
 	{
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri, null, jsonNearbyLocationsEncoding);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri, jsonNearbyLocationsEncoding);
 
 		try
 		{
diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractTsiProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractTsiProvider.java
index a91d67b8..0914ac55 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractTsiProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractTsiProvider.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTsiProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(stopFinderEndpoint);
 		uri.append(parameters);
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 		try
 		{
 			final List<SuggestedLocation> locations = new ArrayList<SuggestedLocation>();
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTsiProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(stopFinderEndpoint);
 		uri.append(parameters);
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 		try
 		{
 			final List<Location> stations = new ArrayList<Location>();
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTsiProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(stopFinderEndpoint);
 		uri.append(parameters);
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 		try
 		{
 			final JSONObject head = new JSONObject(page.toString());
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTsiProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(tripEndpoint);
 		uri.append(parameters);
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 		try
 		{
 			final JSONObject head = new JSONObject(page.toString());
diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/VrsProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/VrsProvider.java
index 5766bf67..4bf6a26a 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/VrsProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/VrsProvider.java
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public class VrsProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 			uri.append("&s=").append(Math.min(16, maxLocations)); // artificial server limit
 		}
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ public class VrsProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 			uri.append("&t=");
 			appendDate(uri, time);
 		}
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ public class VrsProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		final StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(API_BASE);
 		uri.append("?eID=tx_vrsinfo_his_info&i=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(stationId));
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ public class VrsProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		final String uri = API_BASE + "?eID=tx_vrsinfo_ass2_objects&sc=" + sc + "&ac=" + ac + "&pc=" + ac + "&t=sap&q="
 				+ ParserUtils.urlEncode(new Location(LocationType.ANY, null, null, constraint.toString()).name);
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri, null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri, Charsets.UTF_8);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ public class VrsProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 			uri.append("p");
 		}
 
-		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), null, Charsets.UTF_8);
+		final CharSequence page = httpClient.get(uri.toString(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 
 		try
 		{
diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java
index 275791a9..4beb838c 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/util/HttpClient.java
@@ -87,26 +87,33 @@ public final class HttpClient
 
 	public CharSequence get(final String url) throws IOException
 	{
-		return get(url, null);
+		return get(url, (String) null);
 	}
 
 	public CharSequence get(final String url, final String authorization) throws IOException
 	{
-		return get(url, null, null, authorization);
+		return get(url, null, null, null, authorization);
 	}
 
-	public CharSequence get(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, final Charset requestEncoding) throws IOException
+	public CharSequence get(final String urlStr, final Charset requestEncoding) throws IOException
 	{
-		return get(urlStr, postRequest, requestEncoding, null);
+		return get(urlStr, null, null, requestEncoding);
 	}
 
-	private CharSequence get(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, Charset requestEncoding, final String authorization) throws IOException
+	public CharSequence get(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, final String requestContentType, final Charset requestEncoding)
+			throws IOException
+	{
+		return get(urlStr, postRequest, requestContentType, requestEncoding, null);
+	}
+
+	private CharSequence get(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, final String requestContentType, Charset requestEncoding,
+			final String authorization) throws IOException
 	{
 		if (requestEncoding == null)
 			requestEncoding = Charsets.ISO_8859_1;
 
 		final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(SCRAPE_INITIAL_CAPACITY);
-		final InputStream is = getInputStream(urlStr, postRequest, requestEncoding, null, authorization);
+		final InputStream is = getInputStream(urlStr, postRequest, requestContentType, requestEncoding, null, authorization);
 		final Reader pageReader = new InputStreamReader(is, requestEncoding);
 		copy(pageReader, buffer);
 		pageReader.close();
@@ -115,17 +122,22 @@ public final class HttpClient
 
 	public InputStream getInputStream(final String url) throws IOException
 	{
-		return getInputStream(url, null, null, null);
+		return getInputStream(url, null, null);
 	}
 
-	public InputStream getInputStream(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, final Charset requestEncoding, final String referer)
-			throws IOException
+	public InputStream getInputStream(final String urlStr, final Charset requestEncoding, final String referer) throws IOException
 	{
-		return getInputStream(urlStr, postRequest, requestEncoding, referer, null);
+		return getInputStream(urlStr, null, null, requestEncoding, referer);
 	}
 
-	public InputStream getInputStream(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, Charset requestEncoding, final String referer,
-			final String authorization) throws IOException
+	public InputStream getInputStream(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, final String requestContentType, final Charset requestEncoding,
+			final String referer) throws IOException
+	{
+		return getInputStream(urlStr, postRequest, requestContentType, requestEncoding, referer, null);
+	}
+
+	public InputStream getInputStream(final String urlStr, final String postRequest, final String requestContentType, Charset requestEncoding,
+			final String referer, final String authorization) throws IOException
 	{
 		log.debug("{}: {}", postRequest != null ? "POST" : "GET", urlStr);
 
@@ -168,7 +180,7 @@ public final class HttpClient
 				final byte[] postRequestBytes = postRequest.getBytes(requestEncoding.name());
 
 				connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
-				connection.addRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
+				connection.addRequestProperty("Content-Type", requestContentType);
 				connection.addRequestProperty("Content-Length", Integer.toString(postRequestBytes.length));
 
 				final OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream();