diff --git a/http-dispatch.cabal b/http-dispatch.cabal
--- a/http-dispatch.cabal
+++ b/http-dispatch.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-dispatch
-version:             0.5.0.1
+version:             0.5.0.2
 synopsis:            High level HTTP client for Haskell
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            http://github.com/owainlewis/http-dispatch#readme
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTP/Dispatch/Headers.hs b/src/Network/HTTP/Dispatch/Headers.hs
--- a/src/Network/HTTP/Dispatch/Headers.hs
+++ b/src/Network/HTTP/Dispatch/Headers.hs
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 -- | Helper to generate Basic authentication
 basicAuth :: S.ByteString -> S.ByteString -> Header
 basicAuth user pass = ("Authorization", auth)
-    where auth = "Basic: " <> userPassEncoded
+    where auth = "Basic " <> userPassEncoded
           userPassEncoded = B64.encode $ user <> ":" <> pass