diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
index 5a3703e5..322ecd0f 100644
--- a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.params.CoreConnectionPNames;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
+import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public class JenkinsHttpClient {
 
     private URI uri;
     private CloseableHttpClient client;
-    private BasicHttpContext localContext;
+    private HttpContext localContext;
     private HttpResponseValidator httpResponseValidator;
     // private HttpResponseContentExtractor contentExtractor;
 
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ public JenkinsHttpClient(URI uri, String username, String password) {
      */
     public <T extends BaseModel> T get(String path, Class<T> cls) throws IOException {
         HttpGet getMethod = new HttpGet(api(path));
+        
         HttpResponse response = client.execute(getMethod, localContext);
         getJenkinsVersionFromHeader(response);
         try {
@@ -520,7 +522,7 @@ private void releaseConnection(HttpRequestBase httpRequestBase) {
         httpRequestBase.releaseConnection();
     }
 
-    private static HttpClientBuilder addAuthentication(HttpClientBuilder builder, URI uri, String username,
+    protected static HttpClientBuilder addAuthentication(HttpClientBuilder builder, URI uri, String username,
             String password) {
         if (isNotBlank(username)) {
             CredentialsProvider provider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
@@ -533,4 +535,12 @@ private static HttpClientBuilder addAuthentication(HttpClientBuilder builder, UR
         }
         return builder;
     }
+
+    protected HttpContext getLocalContext() {
+      return localContext;
+    }
+
+    protected void setLocalContext(HttpContext localContext) {
+      this.localContext = localContext;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/PreemptiveAuth.java b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/PreemptiveAuth.java
index d14b0dcd..ce772ca9 100644
--- a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/PreemptiveAuth.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/PreemptiveAuth.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-class PreemptiveAuth implements HttpRequestInterceptor {
+public class PreemptiveAuth implements HttpRequestInterceptor {
 
     @Override
     public void process(HttpRequest request, HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException {