diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 84e91faa..3745d0cc 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ Changelog
 *You can click a version name to see a diff with the previous one.*
 
 * `0.4.0-alpha`_
-    * Requests v1.0.3.
+    * Python 3.3 compatibility.
+    * Requests v1.0.4 compatibility.
     * Added ``httpie`` management command.
     * Added support for credentials in URL.
     * Added ``--no-option`` for every ``--option`` to be config-friendly.
diff --git a/httpie/sessions.py b/httpie/sessions.py
index 0ac32912..938c45c8 100644
--- a/httpie/sessions.py
+++ b/httpie/sessions.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def get_response(name, request_kwargs, config_dir, read_only=False):
     session = Session(host, name)
     session.load()
 
+
     # Update session headers with the request headers.
     session['headers'].update(request_kwargs.get('headers', {}))
     # Use the merged headers for the request
@@ -49,10 +50,10 @@ def get_response(name, request_kwargs, config_dir, read_only=False):
         request_kwargs['auth'] = session.auth
 
     requests_session = requests.Session()
+    requests_session.cookies = session.cookies
 
     try:
-        response = requests_session.request(cookies=session.cookies,
-                                            **request_kwargs)
+        response = requests_session.request(**request_kwargs)
     except Exception:
         raise
     else:
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index f7ab32a6..a8e6cc04 100755
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ def http(*args, **kwargs):
 
 class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    maxDiff = 100000
+
     if is_py26:
         def assertIn(self, member, container, msg=None):
             self.assertTrue(member in container, msg)