diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index d8a60087..5f2846dd 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    
     package="de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader"
-    android:versionCode="24"
-    android:versionName="0.4.1" >
+    android:versionCode="25"
+    android:versionName="0.4.2" >
 
     <uses-sdk
         android:minSdkVersion="7"
diff --git a/OwncloudNewsReader.apk b/OwncloudNewsReader.apk
index fd0d8f81..6d53bca7 100644
Binary files a/OwncloudNewsReader.apk and b/OwncloudNewsReader.apk differ
diff --git a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java
index e0218916..e0af0664 100644
--- a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java
+++ b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java
@@ -25,18 +25,20 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.SettingsActivity;
 import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.helper.CustomTrustManager;
+import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.reader.owncloud.API;
 import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.util.Base64;
 
 public class HttpJsonRequest {
 	//private static final String TAG = "HttpJsonRequest";
 
+	//@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD)
 	@SuppressLint("DefaultLocale")
 	public static InputStream PerformJsonRequest(String urlString, List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs, final String username, final String password, Context context) throws AuthenticationException, Exception
 	{	
 		if(nameValuePairs != null)
             urlString += "&" + URLEncodedUtils.format(nameValuePairs, "utf-8"); 
 		
-		URL url = new URL(urlString);
+		URL url = new URL(API.validateURL(urlString));
 		
 		HttpURLConnection urlConnection = getUrlConnection(url, context, username, password);
 		//HttpsURLConnection urlConnection = null;
@@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ public class HttpJsonRequest {
         urlConnection.setReadTimeout(120000);//2min  
         urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","application/json");
         
+        
+        //if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD)
+        //	CookieHandler.setDefault(new CookieManager());
+        
+        
+        //urlConnection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)");
         //urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Host", "de.luhmer.ownCloudNewsReader");
         urlConnection.connect();  
         
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ public class HttpJsonRequest {
 	@SuppressLint("DefaultLocale")
 	public static int performTagChangeRequest(String urlString, String username, String password, Context context, String content) throws Exception
 	{
-		URL url = new URL(urlString);
+		URL url = new URL(API.validateURL(urlString));
 		HttpURLConnection urlConnection = getUrlConnection(url, context, username, password);
 		urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
 		urlConnection.setRequestMethod("PUT");
diff --git a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/API.java b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/API.java
index ca019c97..2029d8b9 100644
--- a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/API.java
+++ b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/API.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.reader.owncloud.apiv2.APIv2;
 
 public abstract class API {
 	protected SharedPreferences mPrefs;
-	Pattern RemoveAllDoubleSlashes = Pattern.compile("[^:](\\/\\/)");
+	static final Pattern RemoveAllDoubleSlashes = Pattern.compile("[^:](\\/\\/)");
 	
 	public API(Context cont) {
 		mPrefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(cont);
@@ -46,14 +46,16 @@ public abstract class API {
 	
 	/**
 	 * 
-	 * @return http(s)://url_to_server/
+	 * @return http(s)://url_to_server
 	 */
 	protected String getOcRootPath() {
 		String oc_root_path = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING, "");
 		oc_root_path = RemoveAllDoubleSlashes.matcher(oc_root_path).replaceAll("/");
 		
-		if(!oc_root_path.endsWith("/"))
-			oc_root_path += "/";
+		//if(!oc_root_path.endsWith("/"))
+		//	oc_root_path += "/";
+		//while(oc_root_path.endsWith("/"))
+		//	oc_root_path += oc_root_path.substring(0, oc_root_path.length() - 2);
 		
 		return oc_root_path;
 	}
@@ -83,5 +85,9 @@ public abstract class API {
 		return OwnCloudReaderMethods.GetUpdatedItems(tag, cont, lastSync, api);
 	}
 	
+	public static String validateURL(String url) {
+		return RemoveAllDoubleSlashes.matcher(url).replaceAll("/");		
+	}
+	
 	public abstract boolean PerformTagExecution(List<String> itemIds, FeedItemTags.TAGS tag, Context context, API api);
 }
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