diff --git a/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb b/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb
index dda0477..3915909 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/abstract_response.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ module RestClient
 
     attr_reader :net_http_res
 
+    def initialize net_http_res
+      @net_http_res = net_http_res
+    end
+
     # HTTP status code
     def code
       @code ||= @net_http_res.code.to_i
diff --git a/lib/restclient/raw_response.rb b/lib/restclient/raw_response.rb
index 8f4274c..7890b36 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/raw_response.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/raw_response.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ module RestClient
 
     attr_reader :file
 
-    def initialize(tempfile, net_http_res)
-      @net_http_res = net_http_res
+    def initialize tempfile, net_http_res
+      super net_http_res
       @file = tempfile
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/restclient/response.rb b/lib/restclient/response.rb
index 12cba9b..0d77127 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/response.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/response.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ module RestClient
 
     attr_reader :body
 
-    def initialize(body, net_http_res)
-      @net_http_res = net_http_res
+    def initialize body, net_http_res
+      super net_http_res
       @body = body || ""
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/abstract_response_spec.rb b/spec/abstract_response_spec.rb
index 9d7ace0..1dddf38 100644
--- a/spec/abstract_response_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/abstract_response_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/base'
 describe RestClient::AbstractResponse do
   before do
     @net_http_res = mock('net http response')
-    @response = AbstractResponse.new('abc', @net_http_res)
+    @response = RestClient::AbstractResponse.new(@net_http_res)
   end
 
   it "fetches the numeric response code" do
diff --git a/spec/response_spec.rb b/spec/response_spec.rb
index 269f584..b5e971a 100644
--- a/spec/response_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/response_spec.rb
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ describe RestClient::Response do
 
     it "should throw an exception for other codes" do
       RestClient::Exceptions::EXCEPTIONS_MAP.each_key do |code|
-        net_http_res = mock('net http response', :code => code.to_i)
-        response = RestClient::Response.new('abc', net_http_res)
-        lambda { response.return!}.should raise_error
+        unless (200..206).include? code
+          net_http_res = mock('net http response', :code => code.to_i)
+          response = RestClient::Response.new('abc', net_http_res)
+          lambda { response.return!}.should raise_error
+        end
       end
     end