diff --git a/test/unit/test_authorization_v1.py b/test/unit/test_authorization_v1.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdc2d5f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_authorization_v1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+import responses
+import watson_developer_cloud
+
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_request_token():
+    url = 'https://stream.watsonplatform.net/authorization/api/v1/token?url=https://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api'
+    responses.add(responses.GET,
+                  url=url,
+                  body=b'mocked token',
+                  status=200)
+    authorization = watson_developer_cloud.AuthorizationV1(username='xxx',
+                                                           password='yyy')
+    authorization.get_token(url=watson_developer_cloud.SpeechToTextV1.default_url)
+    assert responses.calls[0].request.url == url
+    assert responses.calls[0].response.content.decode('utf-8') == 'mocked token'
diff --git a/watson_developer_cloud/authorization_v1.py b/watson_developer_cloud/authorization_v1.py
index f1e15aaae..75cc8f248 100644
--- a/watson_developer_cloud/authorization_v1.py
+++ b/watson_developer_cloud/authorization_v1.py
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ def get_token(self, url):
         self.url = urlparse.urlunsplit(parsed_url)
 
         response = self.request(method='GET', url='/v1/token?url=' + url)
-        return response.text
+        return response.result.text