diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/ScmServletModule.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/ScmServletModule.java
index 017582dc4c..5f23484ab2 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/ScmServletModule.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/ScmServletModule.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import sonia.scm.group.GroupManager;
 import sonia.scm.group.xml.XmlGroupManager;
 import sonia.scm.io.DefaultFileSystem;
 import sonia.scm.io.FileSystem;
+import sonia.scm.net.HttpClient;
+import sonia.scm.net.URLHttpClient;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.DefaultPluginManager;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.Plugin;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.PluginLoader;
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ import com.sun.jersey.api.json.JSONConfiguration;
 import com.sun.jersey.guice.spi.container.servlet.GuiceContainer;
 import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer;
 
-
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-
 /**
  *
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ public class ScmServletModule extends ServletModule
     bind(GroupManager.class).to(XmlGroupManager.class);
     bind(CGIExecutorFactory.class).to(DefaultCGIExecutorFactory.class);
 
+    // bind httpclient
+    bind(HttpClient.class).to(URLHttpClient.class);
+
     /*
      * filter(PATTERN_PAGE,
      *      PATTERN_STATIC_RESOURCES).through(StaticResourceFilter.class);
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index c103239ccd..803c879a3e 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import sonia.scm.SCMContextProvider;
 import sonia.scm.cache.Cache;
 import sonia.scm.cache.CacheManager;
 import sonia.scm.config.ScmConfiguration;
+import sonia.scm.net.HttpClient;
 import sonia.scm.security.SecurityContext;
 import sonia.scm.util.AssertUtil;
 import sonia.scm.util.IOUtil;
@@ -112,19 +113,21 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager
    * @param configuration
    * @param pluginLoader
    * @param cacheManager
+   * @param client
    */
   @Inject
   public DefaultPluginManager(
           SCMContextProvider context,
           Provider<SecurityContext> securityContextProvicer,
           ScmConfiguration configuration, PluginLoader pluginLoader,
-          CacheManager cacheManager)
+          CacheManager cacheManager, HttpClient client)
   {
     this.context = context;
     this.securityContextProvicer = securityContextProvicer;
     this.configuration = configuration;
     this.cache = cacheManager.getCache(String.class, PluginCenter.class,
                                        CACHE_NAME);
+    this.client = client;
     installedPlugins = new HashMap<String, Plugin>();
 
     for (Plugin plugin : pluginLoader.getInstalledPlugins())
@@ -533,10 +536,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager
 
           try
           {
-            
-            URLConnection connection = new URL(pluginUrl).openConnection();
-
-            input = connection.getInputStream();
+            input = client.get(pluginUrl).getContent();
 
             /*
              *  TODO: add gzip support
@@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager
   /** Field description */
   private Cache<String, PluginCenter> cache;
 
+  /** Field description */
+  private HttpClient client;
+
   /** Field description */
   private ScmConfiguration configuration;