diff --git a/ate/response.py b/ate/response.py
index 02585aff..727bda05 100644
--- a/ate/response.py
+++ b/ate/response.py
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ from ate import utils, exception
 
 class ResponseObject(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, resp_obj):
+    def __init__(self, resp_obj, context=None):
         """ initialize with a requests.Response object
         @param (requests.Response instance) resp_obj
+        @param (ate.context.Context instance) context
         """
         self.resp_obj = resp_obj
+        if context:
+            self.extract_response(context)
 
     def parsed_body(self):
         try:
diff --git a/ate/runner.py b/ate/runner.py
index a75ff6df..30439464 100644
--- a/ate/runner.py
+++ b/ate/runner.py
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ class TestRunner(object):
 
         resp = self.client.request(url=url, method=method, **req_kwargs)
 
-        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp)
-        resp_obj.extract_response(self.context)
+        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp, self.context)
         return resp_obj.validate(testcase['response'])
 
     def run_testset(self, testset):
diff --git a/test/test_response.py b/test/test_response.py
index 7e5b5ba7..ce2bb419 100644
--- a/test/test_response.py
+++ b/test/test_response.py
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ class TestResponse(ApiServerUnittest):
 
         test_context = context.Context()
         test_context.bind_extractors(extract_binds)
-        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp)
-        resp_obj.extract_response(test_context)
+        response.ResponseObject(resp, test_context)
 
         extract_binds_dict = test_context.extractors
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -312,10 +311,9 @@ class TestResponse(ApiServerUnittest):
 
         test_context = context.Context()
         test_context.bind_extractors(extract_binds)
-        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp)
 
         with self.assertRaises(exception.ParamsError):
-            resp_obj.extract_response(test_context)
+            response.ResponseObject(resp, test_context)
 
         extract_binds = {
             "resp_content_list_index_error": "content.person.cities.3"
@@ -323,10 +321,9 @@ class TestResponse(ApiServerUnittest):
 
         test_context = context.Context()
         test_context.bind_extractors(extract_binds)
-        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp)
 
         with self.assertRaises(exception.ParamsError):
-            resp_obj.extract_response(test_context)
+            response.ResponseObject(resp, test_context)
 
     def test_extract_response_json_string(self):
         resp = requests.post(
@@ -345,8 +342,7 @@ class TestResponse(ApiServerUnittest):
 
         test_context = context.Context()
         test_context.bind_extractors(extract_binds)
-        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp)
-        resp_obj.extract_response(test_context)
+        resp_obj = response.ResponseObject(resp, test_context)
 
         extract_binds_dict = test_context.extractors
         self.assertEqual(