diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe852e1..e3a0f3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 setup(
     name='testrail',
     packages=['testrail'],
-    version='0.3.13',
+    version='0.5.0',
     description='Python library for interacting with TestRail via REST APIs.',
     author='Travis Pavek',
     author_email='travis.pavek@gmail.com',
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     ],
 )
diff --git a/testrail/api.py b/testrail/api.py
index 597e4bb..a670aef 100644
--- a/testrail/api.py
+++ b/testrail/api.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import yaml
 import requests
+from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 from retry import retry
 
 from testrail.helper import TestRailError, TooManyRequestsError, ServiceUnavailableError
@@ -107,10 +108,10 @@ class API(object):
                      '_timeout': 30,
                      '_project_id': None}
 
-    def __init__(self, email=None, key=None, url=None):
+    def __init__(self, email=None, key=None, url=None, verify_ssl=True, proxies=None):
         self.__dict__ = self._shared_state
         if email is not None and key is not None and url is not None:
-            config = dict(email=email, key=key, url=url)
+            config = dict(email=email, key=key, url=url, verify_ssl=verify_ssl, proxies=proxies)
             self._config = config
         elif self._config is not None:
             config = self._config
@@ -119,8 +120,14 @@ def __init__(self, email=None, key=None, url=None):
 
         self._auth = (config['email'], config['key'])
         self._url = config['url']
+        self._session = requests.Session()
+        self._session.headers.update({'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
+        self._session.auth=self._auth
         self.headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
         self.verify_ssl = config.get('verify_ssl', True)
+        self.proxies = config.get('proxies', None)
+        if not self.verify_ssl:
+            requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
 
     def _conf(self):
         TR_EMAIL = 'TESTRAIL_USER_EMAIL'
@@ -627,8 +634,7 @@ def configs(self):
     @retry((TooManyRequestsError, ValueError), tries=3, delay=1, backoff=2)
     def _get(self, uri, params=None):
         uri = '/index.php?/api/v2/%s' % uri
-        r = requests.get(self._url+uri, params=params, auth=self._auth,
-                         headers=self.headers, verify=self.verify_ssl)
+        r = self._session.get(self._url+uri, params=params,verify=self.verify_ssl, proxies=self.proxies)
 
         self._raise_on_429_or_503_status(r)
 
@@ -651,8 +657,7 @@ def _get(self, uri, params=None):
     @retry(TooManyRequestsError, tries=3, delay=1, backoff=2)
     def _post(self, uri, data={}):
         uri = '/index.php?/api/v2/%s' % uri
-        r = requests.post(self._url+uri, json=data, auth=self._auth,
-                          verify=self.verify_ssl)
+        r = self._session.post(self._url+uri, json=data, verify=self.verify_ssl, proxies=self.proxies)
 
         self._raise_on_429_or_503_status(r)
 
diff --git a/testrail/client.py b/testrail/client.py
index c12b0c8..8776ca1 100644
--- a/testrail/client.py
+++ b/testrail/client.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     unicode = str
 
 class TestRail(object):
-    def __init__(self, project_id=0, email=None, key=None, url=None):
-        self.api = API(email=email, key=key, url=url)
+    def __init__(self, project_id=0, email=None, key=None, url=None, verify_ssl=True, proxies=None):
+        self.api = API(email=email, key=key, url=url, verify_ssl=verify_ssl, proxies=proxies)
         self.api.set_project_id(project_id)
         self._project_id = project_id
 
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ def _results_for_test(self, test):
     @methdispatch
     def result(self):
         return Result()
+    
+    @result.register(dict)
+    def _result_for_dict(self, content):
+        return Result(content)
 
     @add.register(Result)
     def _add_result(self, obj):