diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15337f0..583eb21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,47 @@ tmp*
 *egg-info*
 .coverage
 *.tmpl
+
+example/idp3/htdocs/login.mako
+
+example/idp3/idp.py
+
+example/idp3/idp.xml
+
+example/idp3/idp_conf.py
+
+example/idp3/idp_err.xml
+
+example/idp3/idp_user.py
+
+example/idp3/metadata.xml
+
+example/idp3/modules/login.mako.py
+
+example/idp3/modules/root.mako.py
+
+example/idp3/pki/create_key.sh
+
+example/idp3/pki/mycert.pem
+
+example/idp3/pki/mykey.pem
+
+example/idp3/templates/root.mako
+
+example/sp2/attributemaps/basic.py
+
+example/sp2/attributemaps/saml_uri.py
+
+example/sp2/attributemaps/shibboleth_uri.py
+
+example/sp2/pki/mycert.pem
+
+example/sp2/pki/mykey.pem
+
+example/sp2/sp.py
+
+example/sp2/sp.xml
+
+example/sp2/sp_conf.py
+
+example/sp2/who.ini
diff --git a/src/saml2/ecp_client.py b/src/saml2/ecp_client.py
index 26b186f..821e035 100644
--- a/src/saml2/ecp_client.py
+++ b/src/saml2/ecp_client.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class Client(Entity):
         config.key_file = key_file
         config.cert_file = cert_file
         config.ca_certs = ca_certs
+        config.xmlsec_binary = xmlsec_binary
 
         Entity.__init__(self, "sp", config)
         self._idp = idp
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ class Client(Entity):
         else:
             self._metadata = None
 
+        self.metadata = self._metadata
+
         self.cookie_handler = None
 
         self.done_ecp = False
@@ -112,9 +115,9 @@ class Client(Entity):
             ht_args["headers"].extend(headers)
 
         logger.debug("[P2] Sending request: %s" % ht_args["data"])
-            
+
         # POST the request to the IdP
-        response = self.send(destination, **ht_args)
+        response = self.send(**ht_args)
 
         logger.debug("[P2] Got IdP response: %s" % response)