diff --git a/gluon/contrib/webclient.py b/gluon/contrib/webclient.py
index 7f6e288b..6454e97f 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/webclient.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/webclient.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class WebClient(object):
         self.forms = {}
         self.history = []
         self.cookies = {}
+        self.cookiejar = cookielib.CookieJar()
         self.default_headers = default_headers
         self.sessions = {}
         self.session_regex = session_regex and re.compile(session_regex)
@@ -79,9 +80,8 @@ class WebClient(object):
         cookies = cookies or {}
         headers = headers or {}
 
-        cj = cookielib.CookieJar()
         args = [
-            urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj),
+            urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(self.cookiejar),
             urllib2.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=0)
             ]
         # if required do basic auth
diff --git a/gluon/tests/test_web.py b/gluon/tests/test_web.py
index adac0f28..c8f5be29 100644
--- a/gluon/tests/test_web.py
+++ b/gluon/tests/test_web.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TestWeb(LiveTest):
         self.assertTrue('Welcome Homer' in client.text)
 
         client = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/')
-        client.post('index', data=dict(password='hello'))
+        client.post('index', data=dict(password='testpass'))
         client.get('site')
         client.get('design/welcome')