diff --git a/www/FileTransfer.js b/www/FileTransfer.js
index e8e89be..66a1c4b 100644
--- a/www/FileTransfer.js
+++ b/www/FileTransfer.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function getBasicAuthHeader(urlString) {
 
         var credentials = null;
         var protocol = url.protocol + "//";
-        var origin = protocol + url.host;
+        var origin = protocol + url.host.replace(":" + url.port, ""); // Windows 8 (IE10) append :80 or :443 to url.host
 
         // check whether there are the username:password credentials in the url
         if (url.href.indexOf(origin) !== 0) { // credentials found
diff --git a/www/windows8/FileTransferProxy.js b/www/windows8/FileTransferProxy.js
index e3a28d6..4ca88fc 100644
--- a/www/windows8/FileTransferProxy.js
+++ b/www/windows8/FileTransferProxy.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
     upload:function(successCallback, error, options) {
         var filePath = options[0];
         var server = options[1];
+        var headers = options[8] || {};
 
 
         var win = function (fileUploadResult) {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 var blob = MSApp.createBlobFromRandomAccessStream(storageFile.contentType, stream);
                 var formData = new FormData();
                 formData.append("source\";filename=\"" + storageFile.name + "\"", blob);
-                WinJS.xhr({ type: "POST", url: server, data: formData }).then(function (response) {
+                WinJS.xhr({ type: "POST", url: server, data: formData, headers: headers }).then(function (response) {
                     var code = response.status;
                     storageFile.getBasicPropertiesAsync().done(function (basicProperties) {
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ module.exports = {
     download:function(win, error, options) {
         var source = options[0];
         var target = options[1];
+        var headers = options[4] || {};
 
 
         if (target === null || typeof target === undefined) {
@@ -96,6 +98,13 @@ module.exports = {
             storageFolder.createFileAsync(fileName, Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.generateUniqueName).then(function (storageFile) {
                 var uri = Windows.Foundation.Uri(source);
                 var downloader = new Windows.Networking.BackgroundTransfer.BackgroundDownloader();
+
+                if (headers) {
+                    for (var header in headers) {
+                        downloader.setRequestHeader(header, headers[header]);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 download = downloader.createDownload(uri, storageFile);
                 download.startAsync().then(function () {
                     win(new FileEntry(storageFile.name, storageFile.path));