diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 2c3241d4..c46d8ed1 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Request(object):
 
     def __init__(self, url=None, headers=dict(), files=None, method=None,
                  data=dict(), auth=None, cookiejar=None, timeout=None,
-                 redirect=True, allow_redirects=False):
+                 redirect=False, allow_redirects=False):
 
         socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
 
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class Request(object):
 
         return opener.open
 
+
     def _build_response(self, resp):
         """Build internal :class:`Response <models.Response>` object from given response."""
 
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ class Request(object):
                 except zlib.error:
                     pass
 
+            # TODO: Support deflate
+
             response.url = getattr(resp, 'url', None)
 
             return response