diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
index 855f3c72..1f0df964 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/base.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class YarrProvider(Provider):
         try:
             cookiejar = cookielib.CookieJar()
             opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookiejar))
+            opener.addheaders = []
             urllib2.install_opener(opener)
             log.info2('Logging into %s', self.urls['login'])
             f = opener.open(self.urls['login'], self.getLoginParams())