diff --git a/netbox.go b/netbox.go
index 7d79744..241aa26 100644
--- a/netbox.go
+++ b/netbox.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -184,59 +183,37 @@ func (c *Client) SetToken(token string) {
 }
 
 // FetchSessionKey fetches sessionkey
-func (n *Client) FetchSessionKey(privatekey string) error {
+func (c *Client) FetchSessionKey(privatekey string) error {
 	form := url.Values{}
 	form.Add("private_key", privatekey)
 	query := form.Encode()
 
-	transport := &http.Transport{
-		// #nosec XXX: FIXIT
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: n.InsecureSkipVerify},
-	}
-	timeout := time.Duration(60 * time.Second)
-	client := &http.Client{
-		Timeout:   timeout,
-		Transport: transport,
-	}
-	const secretsPath = "/secrets"
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", secretsPath+"/get-session-key/", strings.NewReader(query))
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, "POST", secretsPath+"/get-session-key/", "", strings.NewReader(query))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
-	request.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
 
-	if n.FetchMode != "" {
-		request.Header.Add("js.fetch:mode", "no-cors")
+	if c.FetchMode != "" {
+		req.Header.Add("js.fetch:mode", "no-cors")
 	}
 
-	request.Header.Add("Authorization", " Token "+n.Token)
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return errors.Errorf("response was: %d should be %d\n%s\n", response.StatusCode, http.StatusOK, response.Header)
-	}
-
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = response.Body.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", " Token "+c.Token)
 
 	var sessionkey NetBoxSessionKey
-	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &sessionkey)
+	res, err := c.do(req, sessionkey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	n.SessionKey = sessionkey.XSessionKey
+
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return errors.Errorf("response was: %d should be %d\n%s\n", res.StatusCode, http.StatusOK, res.Header)
+	}
+
+	c.SessionKey = sessionkey.XSessionKey
 
 	return nil
 }