diff --git a/lib/fedex/request/rate.rb b/lib/fedex/request/rate.rb
index 20aaa0d8..0f53fd97 100644
--- a/lib/fedex/request/rate.rb
+++ b/lib/fedex/request/rate.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Rate < Base
       def process_request
         api_response = self.class.post(api_url, :body => build_xml)
         puts api_response if @debug
-        response = parse_response(api_response)
+        response = parse_response(api_response.parsed_response)
         if success?(response)
           rate_reply_details = response[:rate_reply][:rate_reply_details] || []
           rate_reply_details = [rate_reply_details] if rate_reply_details.is_a?(Hash)