diff --git a/lib/scalarm/service_core/information_service.rb b/lib/scalarm/service_core/information_service.rb
index c905b18..9d181b2 100644
--- a/lib/scalarm/service_core/information_service.rb
+++ b/lib/scalarm/service_core/information_service.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ def initialize(service_url, username, password, development=false)
       @username = username
       @password = password
       @development = development
+
+
+      scheme = @development ? 'http' : 'https'
+
+      @uri = URI("#{scheme}://#{username}:#{password}@#{service_url}")
     end
 
     def register_service(service, host, port)
@@ -64,37 +69,36 @@ def get_list_of(service)
     end
 
     def send_request(request, data = nil, opts = {})
-      @host, @port = @service_url.split(':')
-      @port, @prefix = @port.split('/')
-      @prefix = @prefix.nil? ? '/' : "/#{@prefix}/"
-
-      Logger.info("InformationService: sending #{request} request to the Information Service at '#{@host}:#{@port}'")
+      Logger.info("[InformationService]: sending #{request} request at '#{@uri}")
+      resource = @uri.path + '/' + request
 
       req = if data.nil?
-              Net::HTTP::Get.new(@prefix + request)
+              Net::HTTP::Get.new(resource)
             else
               if opts.include?(:method) and opts[:method] == 'DELETE'
-                Net::HTTP::Delete.new(@prefix + request)
+                Net::HTTP::Delete.new(resource)
               else
-                Net::HTTP::Post.new(@prefix + request)
+                Net::HTTP::Post.new(resource)
               end
             end
 
-      req.basic_auth(@username, @password)
-      req.set_form_data(data) unless data.nil?
+      if not req.is_a?(Net::HTTP::Get)
+        req.basic_auth(@username, @password)
+        req.set_form_data(data) unless data.nil?
+      end
 
-      if @development
+      if @uri.scheme == 'http'
         ssl_options = {}
       else
         ssl_options = { use_ssl: true, verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE }
       end
 
       begin
-        response = Net::HTTP.start(@host, @port, ssl_options) { |http| http.request(req) }
+        response = Net::HTTP.start(@uri.host, @uri.port, ssl_options) { |http| http.request(req) }
         #puts "#{Time.now} --- response from Information Service is #{response.code} #{response.body}"
         return response.code, response.body
       rescue Exception => e
-        Logger.error("Exception occurred on request to Information Service: #{e.to_s}")
+        Logger.error("[InformationService] Exception occurred: #{e.to_s}")
         Logger.error(e.backtrace.join("\n\t"))
 
         raise
diff --git a/scalarm-service_core.gemspec b/scalarm-service_core.gemspec
index d915411..f89801f 100644
--- a/scalarm-service_core.gemspec
+++ b/scalarm-service_core.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ InformationService client, parameters validator and other utils.
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.7'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'mocha'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'webmock'
   spec.add_dependency 'activesupport', '~> 4.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'actionpack', '~> 4.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'rest-client', '~> 1.8'
diff --git a/test/information_service_test.rb b/test/information_service_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..398ba14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/information_service_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'webmock/minitest'
+
+require '../lib/scalarm/service_core/information_service'
+require '../lib/scalarm/service_core/logger'
+
+class InformationServiceTest < Minitest::Test
+
+  def setup
+    @host = 'system.scalarm.com'
+
+    @is = Scalarm::ServiceCore::InformationService.new("#{@host}:11300", 'scalarm', 'scalarm')
+    @is2 = Scalarm::ServiceCore::InformationService.new("#{@host}/information", 'scalarm', 'scalarm')
+  end
+
+  def test_get_experiment_manager_host_port
+    stub_request(:any, "https://#{@host}:11300/experiment_managers").to_return(
+        body: "[\"system.scalarm.com\"]",
+        headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}
+    )
+
+    em_list = @is.get_list_of('experiment_managers')
+    assert (not em_list.empty?)
+  end
+
+  def test_get_experiment_manager_host_path
+    stub_request(:any, "https://#{@host}/information/experiment_managers").to_return(
+        body: "[\"system.scalarm.com\"]",
+        headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}
+    )
+
+    stub_request(:any, "https://#{@host}/information/storage_managers").to_return(
+        body: '[]',
+        headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'}
+    )
+
+    em_list = @is2.get_list_of('experiment_managers')
+    assert (not em_list.empty?)
+
+    sm_list = @is2.get_list_of('storage_managers')
+    assert (not sm_list.nil?)
+    assert_empty sm_list
+  end
+
+end
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