diff --git a/lib/www/mechanize/chain/auth_headers.rb b/lib/www/mechanize/chain/auth_headers.rb
index 205f347f..13bd3520 100644
--- a/lib/www/mechanize/chain/auth_headers.rb
+++ b/lib/www/mechanize/chain/auth_headers.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def handle(ctx, params)
 
         def gen_auth_header(uri, request, auth_header, is_IIS = false)
           auth_header =~ /^(\w+) (.*)/
-  
+
           params = {}
           $2.gsub(/(\w+)=("[^"]*"|[^,]*)/) {
             params[$1] = $2.gsub(/^"/, '').gsub(/"$/, '')
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def gen_auth_header(uri, request, auth_header, is_IIS = false)
             "#{field}=\"#{params[field]}\""
           }.compact.join(', ')
 
-          header << "nc=#{'%08x' % @@nonce_count[params['nonce']]}, "
+          header << ", nc=#{'%08x' % @@nonce_count[params['nonce']]}, "
           header << "cnonce=\"#{CNONCE}\", "
           header << "response=\"#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(request_digest)}\""
   
diff --git a/test/chain/test_auth_headers.rb b/test/chain/test_auth_headers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d566e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chain/test_auth_headers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', "helper"))
+
+class TestAuthHeaders < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_auth
+    url = URI.parse('http://www.anthonychaves.net/tests.xml')
+    digest = %Q!Digest realm="www.anthonychaves.net", qop="auth", algorithm=MD5, nonce="MTI0NTEyMTYyNjo0ZTY2MjhlZWMyZmM1ZjA0M2Y1Njc1MGU0YTA2MWY5OQ==", opaque="9f455d4e71e8d46a6d3aaef8bf8b0d9e"!
+    v = WWW::Mechanize::Chain.new([
+      WWW::Mechanize::Chain::AuthHeaders.new({(url.host) => :digest}, "anthony", "password", digest)
+    ])
+    
+    hash = {
+      :request => Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.request_uri),
+      :uri => url
+    }
+    v.handle(hash) 
+    actual_authorization = hash[:request]['Authorization'] 
+    # The chain gave our request an Authorization header with client-generated values and derivatives.
+    # They should be scrubbed before comparing to the expected result because they change
+    # on each invokation
+    actual_authorization.gsub!(/cnonce=\"\w+?\"/, "cnonce=\"scrubbed_cnonce\"").gsub!(/response=\"\w+?\"/, "response=\"scrubbed_response\"")
+    
+    expected_authorization = %Q!Digest username="anthony", qop=auth, uri="/tests.xml", algorithm="MD5", opaque="9f455d4e71e8d46a6d3aaef8bf8b0d9e", nonce="MTI0NTEyMTYyNjo0ZTY2MjhlZWMyZmM1ZjA0M2Y1Njc1MGU0YTA2MWY5OQ==", realm="www.anthonychaves.net", nc=00000001, cnonce="scrubbed_cnonce", response="scrubbed_response"!
+    assert_equal(expected_authorization, actual_authorization)
+  end
+end