diff --git a/lib/io.dart b/lib/io.dart
index af3bc4ad..ba37a298 100644
--- a/lib/io.dart
+++ b/lib/io.dart
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class IOCommandProcessor implements CommandProcessor {
   }
 
   void _setUpRequest(HttpClientRequest request) {
-    request.followRedirects = false;
+    request.followRedirects = true;
     request.headers.add(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, "application/json");
     request.headers.add(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_CHARSET, UTF8.name);
     request.headers.add(HttpHeaders.CACHE_CONTROL, "no-cache");