diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e73a9e03..9dc43422 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ target
 .project
 .settings
 test-output
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index df58360f..ee4342bd
--- a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ public String post_xml(String path, String xml_data, boolean crumbFlag) throws I
         }
         HttpResponse response = client.execute(request, localContext);
         getJenkinsVersionFromHeader(response);
-        httpResponseValidator.validateResponse(response);
         try {
+            httpResponseValidator.validateResponse(response);
             return IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent());
         } finally {
             EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity());
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ public String post_text(String path, String textData, ContentType contentType, b
         }
         HttpResponse response = client.execute(request, localContext);
         getJenkinsVersionFromHeader(response);
-        httpResponseValidator.validateResponse(response);
         try {
+            httpResponseValidator.validateResponse(response);
             return IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent());
         } finally {
             EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity());