diff --git a/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb b/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
index f94303f..ffd5492 100755
--- a/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
+++ b/lib/logtail/log_devices/http.rb
@@ -206,10 +206,14 @@ def build_request(msgs)
           req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(path)
           req['Authorization'] = authorization_payload
           req['Content-Type'] = CONTENT_TYPE
-          req['Content-Encoding'] = 'deflate'
+          req['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
           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)
+          string_io = StringIO.new
+          Zlib::GzipWriter.wrap(string_io) do |gz|
+            gz.write(uncompressed)
+          end
+          req.body = string_io.string
           req
         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
diff --git a/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb b/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb
index fad540e..ad00f0e 100755
--- a/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/logtail/log_devices/http_spec.rb
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
       request_queue = http.instance_variable_get(:@request_queue)
       request_attempt = request_queue.deq
       expect(request_attempt.request).to be_kind_of(Net::HTTP::Post)
-      decompressed_body = Zlib::Inflate.inflate(request_attempt.request.body)
-      expect(decompressed_body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"))
+      decompressed_body = Zlib::GzipReader.new(StringIO.new(request_attempt.request.body)).read
+      expect(decompressed_body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1")
 
       message_queue = http.instance_variable_get(:@msg_queue)
       expect(message_queue.size).to eq(0)
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
     it "should deliver requests on an interval" do
       stub = stub_request(:post, "https://in.logs.betterstack.com/").
         with do |request|
-        decompressed_body = Zlib::Inflate.inflate(request.body)
-        expect(decompressed_body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"))
+        decompressed_body = Zlib::GzipReader.new(StringIO.new(request.body)).read
+        expect(decompressed_body).to start_with("\x92\x84\xA5level\xA4INFO\xA2dt\xBB2016-09-01T12:00:00.000000Z\xA7message\xB2test log message 1")
 
         expect(request.headers['Authorization']).to eq('Bearer MYKEY')
         expect(request.headers['Content-Type']).to eq('application/msgpack')