diff --git a/conductor/conductor.py b/conductor/conductor.py
index dd05c17..7b8acbc 100644
--- a/conductor/conductor.py
+++ b/conductor/conductor.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class BaseClient(object):
         self.baseResource = baseResource
 
     def get(self, resPath, queryParams=None, timeout=(5, 10)):
-        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath)
+        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.strip("/"))
         resp = requests.get(theUrl, params=queryParams, headers=self.headers, timeout=timeout)
         self.__checkForSuccess(resp)
         if(resp.content == b''):
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ class BaseClient(object):
             return resp.json()
 
     def post(self, resPath, queryParams, body, headers=None, timeout=(5, 10)):
-        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.lstrip("/"))
+        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.strip("/"))
         theHeader = self.headers
         if headers is not None:
             theHeader = self.mergeTwoDicts(self.headers, headers)
         if body is not None:
             jsonBody = json.dumps(body, ensure_ascii=True)
+            print(theUrl, queryParams, theHeader, jsonBody)	
             resp = requests.post(theUrl, params=queryParams, data=jsonBody, headers=theHeader, timeout=timeout)
         else:
             resp = requests.post(theUrl, params=queryParams, headers=theHeaders, timeout=timeout)
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class BaseClient(object):
         return self.__return(resp, theHeader)
 
     def put(self, resPath, queryParams=None, body=None, headers=None, timeout=(5, 10)):
-        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.lstrip("/"))
+        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.strip("/"))
         theHeader = self.headers
         if headers is not None:
             theHeader = self.mergeTwoDicts(self.headers, headers)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class BaseClient(object):
         self.__checkForSuccess(resp)
 
     def delete(self, resPath, queryParams, timeout=(5, 10)):
-        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.lstrip("/"))
+        theUrl = "{}/{}".format(self.baseURL, resPath.strip("/"))
         resp = requests.delete(theUrl, params=queryParams, headers=self.headers, timeout=timeout)
         self.__print(resp)
         self.__checkForSuccess(resp)
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ class TaskClient(BaseClient):
 
     def updateTask(self, taskObj):
         url = self.makeUrl('')
-        headers = {'Accept': 'text/plain; encodingcharset=utf-8'}
+        headers = {'Content-Type':'application/json', 'Accept': 'text/plain; encodingcharset=utf-8'}
         self.post(url, None, taskObj, headers)
 
     def pollForTask(self, taskType, workerid, domain=None, extraParams=None, reRegisterFunction=None):
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ class TaskClient(BaseClient):
             params = dict(list(extraParams.items()) + list(params.items()))
         try:
             logging.getLogger("pyexec").debug("Polling at %s with %s", url, params)
-            return self.get(url, params, timeout=(1, 3))
+            return self.get(url, params)
         except requests.HTTPError as err:
             if reRegisterFunction is not None:
                 reRegisterFunction()