diff --git a/application/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php b/application/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php
index 98e8f9b6..117ce600 100644
--- a/application/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php
+++ b/application/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class AsynchronousFileReader {
 	 * @param string $contentType
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function loadFile($url, $function, $contentType = 'UTF-8') {
+	public function loadFile($url, $function, $contentType = 'UTF-8', $keepAlive = 0) {
 		if (!is_callable($function)) {
 			$this->maniaControl->log("Function is not callable");
 			return false;
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ class AsynchronousFileReader {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		if($keepAlive){
+			$header  = array("Content-Type: " . $contentType, "Keep-Alive: " . $keepAlive, "Connection: Keep-Alive");
+		}else{
+			$header = array("Content-Type: " . $contentType);
+		}
+
 		$request = new Request($url);
 
 		$request->getOptions()->set(CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5) //
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ class AsynchronousFileReader {
 			->set(CURLOPT_CRLF, true) //linux linefeed
 			->set(CURLOPT_ENCODING, "")//accept encoding
 			->set(CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, true)//accept link reference
-			->set(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-Type: " . $contentType)) //
+			->set(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header) //
 			->set(CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'ManiaControl v' . ManiaControl::VERSION) //
 			->set(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
diff --git a/application/plugins/KarmaTest.php b/application/plugins/KarmaTest.php
index 49e5a202..a8f48caa 100644
--- a/application/plugins/KarmaTest.php
+++ b/application/plugins/KarmaTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ use ManiaControl\Plugins\Plugin;
  * Time: 14:03
  */
 class KarmaTest implements Plugin {
+	const MX_KARMA_URL             = 'http://karma.mania-exchange.com/api2/';
+	const MX_KARMA_STARTSESSION    = 'startSession';
+	const MX_KARMA_ACTIVATESESSION = 'activateSession';
+
+	/** @var ManiaControl $maniaControl */
 	private $maniaControl = null;
 
 	/**
@@ -29,9 +34,64 @@ class KarmaTest implements Plugin {
 	 */
 	public function load(ManiaControl $maniaControl) {
 		$this->maniaControl = $maniaControl;
+		return;
+		$this->openSession();
+	}
 
-		$serverLogin = $this->maniaControl->server->login;
+	private function openSession() {
+		//$serverLogin           = $this->maniaControl->server->login;
+		$serverLogin           = ".escsiege";
+		$applicationIdentifier = 'ManiaControl v' . ManiaControl::VERSION;
+		$testMode              = 'true';
 
+		$query = self::MX_KARMA_URL . self::MX_KARMA_STARTSESSION;
+		$query .= '?serverLogin=' . $serverLogin;
+		$query .= '&applicationIdentifier=' . urlencode($applicationIdentifier);
+		$query .= '&game=sm';
+		$query .= '&testMode=' . $testMode;
+
+
+		$this->maniaControl->fileReader->loadFile($query, function ($data, $error) {
+			var_dump($error);
+			if (!$error) {
+				$data = json_decode($data);
+				if ($data->success) {
+					$this->activateSession($data->data->sessionKey, $data->data->sessionSeed);
+				} else {
+					$this->maniaControl->log("Error while authenticating on Mania-Exchange Karma");
+				}
+			} else {
+				$this->maniaControl->log($error);
+			}
+		}, "application/json", 1000);
+	}
+
+	private function activateSession($sessionKey, $sessionSeed) {
+		$hash = $this->buildActivationHash($sessionSeed, "XNTOWRNVQCKEUBBKXNJSCPYOAA");
+
+		$query = self::MX_KARMA_URL . self::MX_KARMA_ACTIVATESESSION;
+		$query .= '?sessionKey=' . urlencode($sessionKey);
+		$query .= '&activationHash=' . urlencode($hash);
+
+		var_dump($query);
+
+		$this->maniaControl->fileReader->loadFile($query, function ($data, $error) {
+			if (!$error) {
+				$data = json_decode($data);
+				if (!$data->activated) {
+					$this->maniaControl->log("Error while authenticating on Mania-Exchange Karma");
+				} else {
+					$this->maniaControl->log("Successfully authenticated on Mania-Exchange Karma");
+				}
+			} else {
+				$this->maniaControl->log($error);
+			}
+		}, "application/json", 1000);
+
+	}
+
+	private function buildActivationHash($sessionSeed, $mxKey) {
+		return hash('sha512', $mxKey . $sessionSeed);
 	}
 
 	/**