diff --git a/gomatic/go_cd_configurator.py b/gomatic/go_cd_configurator.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/gomatic/go_cd_configurator.py
+++ b/gomatic/go_cd_configurator.py
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ class HostRestClient(object):
         return (self.__username, self.__password) if self.__username or self.__password else None
 
     def get(self, path):
-        result = requests.get(self.__path(path), auth=self.__auth(), verify=self.__verify_ssl)
+        header = {'Accept': 'application/vnd.go.cd.v1+json'}
+        result = requests.get(self.__path(path), auth=self.__auth(), verify=self.__verify_ssl, headers=header)
         count = 0
         while ((result.status_code == 503) or (result.status_code == 504)) and (count < 5):
             result = requests.get(self.__path(path))
adding Accept header to allow reuse with API endpoints