diff --git a/lib/her.rb b/lib/her.rb
index a3ae78b3..dae89bc9 100644
--- a/lib/her.rb
+++ b/lib/her.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require "faraday"
 require "active_support"
 require "active_support/inflector"
+require "active_support/core_ext/hash"
 
 require "her/model"
 require "her/api"
diff --git a/lib/her/api.rb b/lib/her/api.rb
index 1f891076..1eb55e7e 100644
--- a/lib/her/api.rb
+++ b/lib/her/api.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def setup(attrs={}) # {{{
       attrs[:url] = attrs.delete(:base_uri) if attrs.include?(:base_uri) # Support legacy :base_uri option
       @base_uri = attrs[:url]
       @options = attrs
-      @connection = Faraday.new(attrs) do |connection|
+      @connection = Faraday.new(attrs.slice(:url)) do |connection|
         yield connection if block_given?
       end
     end # }}}