diff --git a/example-project/Gemfile b/example-project/Gemfile
index df0a57d..653c6b6 100644
--- a/example-project/Gemfile
+++ b/example-project/Gemfile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
-gem "logtail", "~> 0.1.15"
+gem "logtail", "~> 0.1.17"
diff --git a/example-project/Gemfile.lock b/example-project/Gemfile.lock
index 00bfe58..3917123 100644
--- a/example-project/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/example-project/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    logtail (0.1.15)
+    logtail (0.1.17)
       msgpack (~> 1.0)
-    msgpack (1.7.2)
+    msgpack (1.8.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  logtail (~> 0.1.15)
+  logtail (~> 0.1.17)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.1.4
diff --git a/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb b/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
index a7baf3f..f94303f 100755
--- a/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def build_request(msgs)
           req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(path)
           req['Authorization'] = authorization_payload
           req['Content-Type'] = CONTENT_TYPE
-          req['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
+          req['Content-Encoding'] = 'deflate'
           req['User-Agent'] = USER_AGENT
           uncompressed = msgs.map { |msg| force_utf8_encoding(msg.to_hash) }.to_msgpack
           req.body = Zlib::Deflate.deflate(uncompressed, Zlib::BEST_SPEED)
diff --git a/lib/logtail/version.rb b/lib/logtail/version.rb
index 6a1ffaa..533c69f 100755
--- a/lib/logtail/version.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Logtail
-  VERSION = "0.1.16"
+  VERSION = "0.1.17"
 end
diff --git a/logtail.gemspec b/logtail.gemspec
index baa25c2..4a35eaa 100644
--- a/logtail.gemspec
+++ b/logtail.gemspec
@@ -34,10 +34,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency('rspec-its', '>= 0')
   spec.add_development_dependency('timecop', '>= 0')
   spec.add_development_dependency('webmock', '~> 2.3')
-
-  if RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
-    spec.add_development_dependency('activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter', '>= 0')
-  else
-    spec.add_development_dependency('sqlite3', '>= 0')
-  end
 end