gistfile1.java

diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 95a2a99..6ab8daf 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.ning</groupId>
       <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.2</version>
+      <version>1.3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/client/XmlRpcAhcTransport.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/client/XmlRpcAhcTransindex 97200dd..f30a484 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/client/XmlRpcAhcTransport.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/client/XmlRpcAhcTransport.java
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ public class XmlRpcAhcTransport
                 enc = XmlRpcStreamConfig.UTF8_ENCODING;
             }
 
-            realmBuilder = (new Realm.RealmBuilder()).setPrincipal( userName ).setPassword( pConfig.getBasicPassword() );
+            realmBuilder = (new Realm.RealmBuilder()).setPrincipal( userName ).setPassword( pConfig.getBasicPassword() )
+                    .setUsePreemptiveAuth( true ).setEnconding( enc );
         }
     }
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ public class XmlRpcAhcTransport
                     throw new XmlRpcIOException( e );
                 }
             }
-        } );        
+        } );
     }
 
     //
@@ -158,10 +159,8 @@ public class XmlRpcAhcTransport
             requestBuilder.build();
             
             // Check the status of the return
-            Future<Response> future = requestBuilder.execute();
-            
-            Response response = future.get();
-            
+            Response response = requestBuilder.execute().get();
+
             return response.getResponseBodyAsStream();
         }
         catch ( InterruptedException e )