diff --git a/vlib/http/backend_nix.v b/vlib/http/backend_nix.v
index ab1aad4496..706fa28106 100644
--- a/vlib/http/backend_nix.v
+++ b/vlib/http/backend_nix.v
@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@ fn ssl_do(method, host_name, path string) Response {
 		C.SSL_CTX_free(ctx) 
 	}
 
-	return parse_response(sb.str() )
+	return parse_response(sb.str())
 }
diff --git a/vlib/http/backend_win.v b/vlib/http/backend_win.v
index 5ec18340e6..6bcd54877c 100644
--- a/vlib/http/backend_win.v
+++ b/vlib/http/backend_win.v
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ import net.urllib
  
 #include "vschannel.c"
 
-const (
-	max_redirects = 4
-)
-
 fn init_module() {}
 
 fn ssl_do(method, host_name, path string) Response { 
@@ -26,22 +22,9 @@ fn ssl_do(method, host_name, path string) Response {
 	// dynamically increase in vschannel.c if needed
 	mut buff := malloc(44000)
 	
-	mut p := if path == '' { '/' } else { path }
-	mut req := build_request_headers('', method, host_name, p)
-	mut length := int(C.request(host_name.str, req.str, buff))
-	mut resp := parse_response(string(buff, length))
+	p := if path == '' { '/' } else { path }
+	req := build_request_headers('', method, host_name, p)
+	length := int(C.request(host_name.str, req.str, buff))
 	
-	mut no_redirects := 0
-	for resp.status_code == 301 && no_redirects <= max_redirects {
-		u := urllib.parse(resp.headers['Location']) or { break }
-		p = if u.path == '' { '/' } else { u.path }
-		req = build_request_headers('', method, u.hostname(), p)
-		length = int(C.request(u.hostname().str, req.str, buff))
-		resp = parse_response(string(buff, length))
-		no_redirects++
-	}
-
-	free(buff)
-	C.vschannel_cleanup()
-	return resp
+	return parse_response(string(buff, length))
 }
diff --git a/vlib/http/http.v b/vlib/http/http.v
index 69ca0b68c0..5404c690cb 100644
--- a/vlib/http/http.v
+++ b/vlib/http/http.v
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ module http
 import net.urllib
 import http.chunked
 
+const (
+	max_redirects = 4
+)
+
 struct Request {
 pub:
 	headers2  []string
@@ -100,15 +104,33 @@ pub fn (req &Request) do() Response {
 		//h := '$key: $val'
 	}
 	url := urllib.parse(req.url) or {
-		// panic('http.request.do: invalid URL $req.url'
-		return Response{} //error('ff')}
+		panic('http.request.do: invalid URL $req.url')
+		// return Response{} //error('ff')}
 	}
 	is_ssl := url.scheme == 'https'
 	if !is_ssl {
 		panic('non https requests are not supported right now') 
 	}
-	
-	return ssl_do(req.typ, url.hostname(), url.path)
+
+	// first request
+	mut u := if url.query().size > 0 { '$url.path?${url.query().encode()}' } else { url.path }
+	mut resp := ssl_do(req.typ, url.hostname(), u)
+	// follow any redirects
+	mut no_redirects := 0
+	for resp.status_code in [301, 302, 303, 307 ,308] {
+		if no_redirects == max_redirects {
+			panic('http.request.do: maximum number of redirects reached ($max_redirects)')
+		}
+		h_loc := resp.headers['Location']
+		r_url := urllib.parse(h_loc) or { 
+			panic('http.request.do: cannot follow redirect, location header has invalid url $h_loc')
+		}
+		u = if r_url.query().size > 0 { '$r_url.path?${r_url.query().encode()}' } else { r_url.path }
+		resp = ssl_do(req.typ, r_url.hostname(), u)
+		no_redirects++
+	}
+
+	return resp
 }
 
 fn parse_response(resp string) Response {