diff --git a/spec/lib/ldp/client_spec.rb b/spec/lib/ldp/client_spec.rb
index 17348f4..cac27d4 100644
--- a/spec/lib/ldp/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/ldp/client_spec.rb
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@
       ).to_return(status: 200, body: "", headers: {})
 
       ldp_client.initialize_http_client do |conn|
-        conn.request :authorization, :basic, 'Aladdin', 'open sesame'
+        conn.request :authorization, :basic, 'Kevin Mitnick', 'hack the planet'
       end
 
       ldp_client.post "http://localhost/a_container", 'foo'
 
       expect(a_request(:post, "http://localhost/a_container").with(body: "foo", headers: {
-        'Authorization'=>'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==',
+        'Authorization'=>'Basic S2V2aW4gTWl0bmljazpoYWNrIHRoZSBwbGFuZXQ=',
         'Content-Type'=>'text/turtle',
       })).to have_been_made.once
     end
@@ -258,31 +258,41 @@
     end
 
     it "should preserve basic auth headers" do
-      #subject.http.basic_auth('Aladdin', 'open sesame')
-      http do |conn|
-        conn.request :authorization, :basic, 'Aladdin', 'open sesame'
-      end
+      stub_request(:put, "http://localhost/a_resource").with(
+        body: "some-payload",
+      ).to_return(status: 200, body: "", headers: {})
 
-      subject.put "a_resource", "some-payload" do |req|
-        expect(req.headers).to include({ "Authorization" => "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==" })
+      ldp_client.initialize_http_client do |conn|
+        conn.request :authorization, :basic, 'Kevin Mitnick', 'hack the planet'
       end
+
+      ldp_client.put "http://localhost/a_resource", "some-payload"
+
+      expect(a_request(:put, "http://localhost/a_resource").with(body: "some-payload", headers: {
+        'Authorization'=>'Basic S2V2aW4gTWl0bmljazpoYWNrIHRoZSBwbGFuZXQ=',
+        'Content-Type'=>'text/turtle',
+      })).to have_been_made.once
     end
 
   end
 
   describe 'patch' do
-
     it "should preserve basic auth headers" do
-      #subject.http.basic_auth('Aladdin', 'open sesame')
-      http do |conn|
-        conn.request :authorization, :basic, 'Aladdin', 'open sesame'
-      end
+      stub_request(:patch, "http://localhost/a_container").with(
+        body: "foo",
+      ).to_return(status: 200, body: "", headers: {})
 
-      subject.patch "a_container", 'foo' do |req|
-        expect(req.headers).to include({ "Authorization" => "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==" })
+      ldp_client.initialize_http_client do |conn|
+        conn.request :authorization, :basic, 'Kevin Mitnick', 'hack the planet'
       end
-    end
 
+      ldp_client.patch "http://localhost/a_container", "foo"
+
+      expect(a_request(:patch, "http://localhost/a_container").with(body: "foo", headers: {
+        'Authorization'=>'Basic S2V2aW4gTWl0bmljazpoYWNrIHRoZSBwbGFuZXQ=',
+        'Content-Type'=>'application/sparql-update',
+      })).to have_been_made.once
+    end
   end
 
   describe "find_or_initialize" do