diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0695080..36a415d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ php-WebHDFS is a PHP client for [WebHDFS](http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.0.3-a
 ## Install via composer
 
 ```bash
-composer require simpleenergy/php-webhdfs
+composer require dreamfactory/php-webhdfs
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ $hdfs->setReplication('user/hadoop-username/file.txt', '2');
 ```php
 $hdfs = new WebHDFS('mynamenode.hadoop.com', '50070', 'hadoop-username');
 $response = $hdfs->setTimes('user/hadoop-username/file.txt');
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 85baaaf..3bfdc02 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 {
-  "name": "simpleenergy/php-webhdfs",
+  "name": "dreamfactory/php-webhdfs",
   "description": "PHP WebHDFS, forked from https://github.com/simpleenergy/php-WebHDFS",
   "minimum-stability": "stable",
+  "repositories": [
+    {
+      "type": "vcs",
+      "url": "https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/php-WebHDFS"
+    }
+  ],
   "license": "MIT",
-  "version": "1.0.7",
   "authors": [
     {
       "name": "tranch-xiao",
@@ -28,7 +33,8 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.4.0",
-    "ext-curl": "*"
+    "ext-curl": "*",
+    "ext-json": "*"
   },
   "autoload": {
     "psr-0": {
diff --git a/src/org/apache/hadoop/WebHDFS.php b/src/org/apache/hadoop/WebHDFS.php
index fe664ef..dee95b0 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/hadoop/WebHDFS.php
+++ b/src/org/apache/hadoop/WebHDFS.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public function create(
 
         $options = array(
             'op' => 'CREATE',
-            'overwrite' => $overwrite,
+            'overwrite' => $overwrite ? 'true' : 'false',
             'blocksize' => $blocksize,
             'replication' => $replication,
             'permission' => $permission,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function createWithData(
     ) {
         $options = array(
             'op' => 'CREATE',
-            'overwrite' => $overwrite,
+            'overwrite' => $overwrite ? 'true' : 'false',
             'blocksize' => $blockSize,
             'replication' => $replication,
             'permission' => $permission,
@@ -200,7 +200,15 @@ private function _listStatus($path, $cleanLastRequest = false)
         }
     }
 
-    public function listFiles($path, $recursive = false, $includeFileMetaData = false, $maxAmountOfFiles = false)
+    /**
+     * @param string $path
+     * @param bool $recursive
+     * @param bool $includeFileMetaData
+     * @param int $maxDepth max depth to search recursively. When value below zero, it will search to the end of tree
+     * @return array
+     * @throws WebHDFS_Exception
+     */
+    public function listFiles($path, $recursive = false, $includeFileMetaData = false, $maxDepth = -1)
     {
         $result = array();
         $listStatusResult = $this->_listStatus($path);
@@ -211,21 +219,27 @@ public function listFiles($path, $recursive = false, $includeFileMetaData = fals
                 switch ($fileEntity->type) {
                     case 'DIRECTORY':
                         if ($recursive === true) {
-                            $result = array_merge($result,
-                                $this->listFiles($path.$fileEntity->pathSuffix.'/', true, $includeFileMetaData,
-                                    $maxAmountOfFiles - sizeof($result)));
+                            $result = array_merge(
+                                $result,
+                                $this->listFiles(
+                                    $this->concatPath([$path, $fileEntity->pathSuffix]),
+                                    true,
+                                    $includeFileMetaData,
+                                    $maxDepth - 1
+                                )
+                            );
                         }
                         break;
                     default:
                         if ($includeFileMetaData === true) {
-                            $fileEntity->path = $path.$fileEntity->pathSuffix;
+                            $fileEntity->path = $this->concatPath([$path, $fileEntity->pathSuffix]);
                             $result[] = $fileEntity;
                         } else {
-                            $result[] = $path.$fileEntity->pathSuffix;
+                            $result[] = $this->concatPath([$path, $fileEntity->pathSuffix]);
                         }
                 }
                 // recursion will be interrupted since we subtract the amount of the current result set from the maxAmountOfFiles amount with calling the next recursion
-                if (sizeof($result) >= $maxAmountOfFiles) {
+                if ($maxDepth === 0) {
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -247,15 +261,19 @@ public function listDirectories($path, $recursive = false, $includeFileMetaData
                 switch ($fileEntity->type) {
                     case 'DIRECTORY':
                         if ($includeFileMetaData === true) {
-                            $fileEntity->path = $path.$fileEntity->pathSuffix;
+                            $fileEntity->path = $this->concatPath([$path, $fileEntity->pathSuffix]);
                             $result[] = $fileEntity;
                         } else {
-                            $result[] = $path.$fileEntity->pathSuffix;
+                            $result[] = $this->concatPath([$path, $fileEntity->pathSuffix]);
                         }
                         if ($recursive === true) {
                             $result = array_merge($result,
-                                $this->listDirectories($path.$fileEntity->pathSuffix.'/', $recursive,
-                                    $includeFileMetaData));
+                                $this->listDirectories(
+                                    $this->concatPath([$path, $fileEntity->pathSuffix]),
+                                    $recursive,
+                                    $includeFileMetaData
+                                )
+                            );
                         }
                         break;
                 }
@@ -445,4 +463,22 @@ private function getResponseErrorException($responseData)
 
         return new WebHDFS_Exception($exceptionMessage, $exceptionCode);
     }
+
+    private function concatPath(array $paths) {
+        $result = '';
+        foreach ($paths as $path) {
+            if (!$result || preg_match('/.+\/$/', $result)) {
+                $result .= $path;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $result .= '/' . $path;
+        }
+        return $this->removeMultiSlashFromPath($result);
+    }
+
+    private function removeMultiSlashFromPath($path) {
+        return preg_replace('/(\/)\/+/', '$1', $path);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/org/apache/hadoop/tools/Curl.php b/src/org/apache/hadoop/tools/Curl.php
index 327d5e9..190a270 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/hadoop/tools/Curl.php
+++ b/src/org/apache/hadoop/tools/Curl.php
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ private function _findRedirectUrl($url, $options)
     {
         $options[CURLOPT_URL] = $url;
         $options[CURLOPT_HEADER] = true;
-        $options[CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL] = true;
         $options[CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER] = true;
         $header = $this->_exec($options);
         $matches = array();
@@ -221,8 +220,6 @@ private function _exec($options, $returnInfo = false)
                         ['Content-Length: '.strlen($options[CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS])]
                     );
                 }
-            } else {
-                $options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER] = array_merge($options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER], ['Content-Length: 0']);
             }
         }