diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 503831c..84f740d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import java.time.ZonedDateTime
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "1.6.9"
+    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "1.7.1"
     id "org.sonarqube" version "2.6.1"
     id "io.codearte.nexus-staging" version "0.11.0"
     id "org.xbib.gradle.plugin.asciidoctor" version "1.5.6.0.1"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ subprojects {
         scmDeveloperConnection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/' + user + '/' + name + '.git'
     }
 
-    task xbibUpload(type: Upload) {
+    /*task xbibUpload(type: Upload) {
         group = 'publish'
         configuration = configurations.archives
         uploadDescriptor = true
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ subprojects {
                 }
             }
         }
-    }
+    }*/
 
     task sonaTypeUpload(type: Upload) {
         group = 'publish'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b58aa65..69a3ec0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = netty-http
-version = 4.1.35.1
+version = 4.1.35.2
 
 # main packages
 netty.version = 4.1.35.Final
diff --git a/netty-http-client/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/RequestBuilder.java b/netty-http-client/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/RequestBuilder.java
index 665df93..f0e8a9f 100644
--- a/netty-http-client/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/RequestBuilder.java
+++ b/netty-http-client/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/RequestBuilder.java
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ public class RequestBuilder {
         if (url.getHost() == null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("host in URL not defined: " + url);
         }
+        // add path from uri()
         if (uri != null) {
             try {
                 url = URL.base(url).resolve(uri);
@@ -292,9 +293,7 @@ public class RequestBuilder {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
             }
         }
-        // add explicit parameters to URL
-        queryParameters.forEach(param -> url.getQueryParams().add(param));
-        // let Netty's query string decoder/encoder work over the URL to add paramters given implicitly in url()
+        // let Netty's query string decoder/encoder work over the URL to add parameters given implicitly in url()
         QueryStringDecoder queryStringDecoder = new QueryStringDecoder(URI.create(url.toString()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         QueryStringEncoder queryStringEncoder = new QueryStringEncoder(queryStringDecoder.path());
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : queryStringDecoder.parameters().entrySet()) {
@@ -302,15 +301,25 @@ public class RequestBuilder {
                 queryStringEncoder.addParam(entry.getKey(), value);
             }
         }
+        // attach user query parameters
+        queryParameters.forEach(param -> queryStringEncoder.addParam(param.getFirst(), param.getSecond()));
         // build uri from QueryStringDecoder
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         String pathAndQuery = queryStringEncoder.toString();
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append(pathAndQuery.isEmpty() ? "/" : pathAndQuery);
         String ref = url.getFragment();
         if (ref != null && !ref.isEmpty()) {
             sb.append('#').append(ref);
         }
         String uri = sb.toString();
+        // resolve again
+        if (!uri.equals("/")) {
+            try {
+                url = uri.startsWith("/") ? URL.base(url).resolve(uri) : URL.base(url).resolve("/" + uri) ;
+            } catch (URLSyntaxException | MalformedInputException | UnmappableCharacterException e) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+            }
+        }
         DefaultHttpHeaders validatedHeaders = new DefaultHttpHeaders(true);
         validatedHeaders.set(headers);
         String scheme = url.getScheme();
diff --git a/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/RequestBuilderTest.java b/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/RequestBuilderTest.java
index c6a99c5..caf234e 100644
--- a/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/RequestBuilderTest.java
+++ b/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/RequestBuilderTest.java
@@ -4,16 +4,54 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.xbib.netty.http.client.Request;
 
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 
 class RequestBuilderTest {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RequestBuilderTest.class.getName());
-
     @Test
     void testSimpleRequest() {
-        Request request = Request.builder(HttpMethod.GET).content("Hello", "text/plain").build();
-        logger.log(Level.INFO, request.toString());
+        Request request = Request.builder(HttpMethod.GET)
+                .content("Hello", "text/plain")
+                .build();
+        assertEquals("localhost", request.url().getHost());
+        assertNull(request.url().getPort());
+        assertEquals("Hello", request.content().toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetRequest() {
+        Request request = Request.builder(HttpMethod.GET)
+                .url("http://xbib.org")
+                .addParameter("param1", "value1")
+                .addParameter("param2", "value2")
+                .build();
+        assertEquals("?param1=value1&param2=value2", request.relativeUri());
+        assertEquals("http://xbib.org/?param1=value1&param2=value2", request.url().toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testPostRequest() {
+        Request request = Request.builder(HttpMethod.POST)
+                .url("http://xbib.org")
+                .addParameter("param1", "value1")
+                .addParameter("param2", "value2")
+                .content("Hello", "text/plain")
+                .build();
+        assertEquals("?param1=value1&param2=value2", request.relativeUri());
+        assertEquals("http://xbib.org/?param1=value1&param2=value2", request.url().toString());
+        assertEquals("Hello", request.content().toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRequest() {
+        Request request = Request.get()
+                .url("https://google.com")
+                .setVersion("HTTP/1.1")
+                .build();
+        assertEquals("google.com", request.url().getHost());
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/URITest.java b/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/URITest.java
index f4dc03a..d1fc5c2 100644
--- a/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/URITest.java
+++ b/netty-http-client/src/test/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/test/URITest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class URITest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testRequestURIs() {
+    void testRelativeUri() {
         RequestBuilder httpRequestBuilder = Request.get();
         httpRequestBuilder.url("https://localhost").uri("/path");
         assertEquals("/path", httpRequestBuilder.build().relativeUri());