diff --git a/app-config.yaml b/app-config.yaml
index a0cc6a48b4..3eb6311463 100644
--- a/app-config.yaml
+++ b/app-config.yaml
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ proxy:
   '/gocd':
     target: https://your.gocd.instance.com/go/api
     allowedMethods: ['GET']
+    allowedHeaders: ['Authorization', 'Accept']
     headers:
-      Authorization: ${GOCD_AUTH_TOKEN}
+      Authorization: Basic ${GOCD_AUTH_TOKEN}
+      Accept: application/vnd.go.cd+json
 
 organization:
   name: My Company
@@ -458,4 +460,4 @@ apacheAirflow:
   baseUrl: https://your.airflow.instance.com
 
 gocd:
-  baseUrl: https://your.gocd.instance.com
\ No newline at end of file
+  baseUrl: https://your.gocd.instance.com
diff --git a/plugins/gocd/README.md b/plugins/gocd/README.md
index 9dcf23705d..96329e7e13 100644
--- a/plugins/gocd/README.md
+++ b/plugins/gocd/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ proxy:
   '/gocd':
     target: '<go cd server host>/go/api'
     allowedMethods: ['GET']
+    allowedHeaders: ['Authorization', 'Accept']
     headers:
-      Authorization: ${GOCD_AUTH_TOKEN}
+      Authorization: Basic ${GOCD_AUTH_TOKEN}
+      Accept: application/vnd.go.cd+json
 ```
 
 You should also include the `gocd` section to allow for the plugin to redirect back to GoCD pipelines in your deployed instance: