diff --git a/netbox.go b/netbox.go
index 089056a..2aa59c5 100644
--- a/netbox.go
+++ b/netbox.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func (c *Client) FetchSessionKey(privatekey string) error {
 	query := form.Encode()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, "POST", secretsPath+"/get-session-key/", "", query)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", secretsPath+"/get-session-key/", strings.NewReader(query))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ func (c *Client) FetchSessionKey(privatekey string) error {
 	req.Header.Add("Authorization", " Token "+c.Token)
 
 	var sessionkey NetBoxSessionKey
+
 	res, err := c.do(req, sessionkey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err