diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e289fd8..a205911 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The Basics
 **Initialize** a client and get a queue object:
 
     Client client = new Client("my project", "my token");
-    Queue queue := client.queue("my_queue");
+    Queue queue = client.queue("my_queue");
 
 **Push** a message on the queue:
 
diff --git a/buildfile b/buildfile
index 4aac84f..a257e93 100644
--- a/buildfile
+++ b/buildfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 repositories.remote << 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2'
 
 define 'ironmq' do
-  project.version = "0.0.1"
+  project.version = "0.0.2"
   test.with 'junit:junit:jar:4.10'
   compile.with transitive('net.sf.json-lib:json-lib:jar:jdk15:2.4')
   package :jar
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java b/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java
index b6880e2..9bb7752 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
  * The Client class provides access to the IronMQ service.
  */
 public class Client {
-    static final private String proto = "http";
+    static final private String proto = "https";
     static final private String host = "mq-aws-us-east-1.iron.io";
+    static final private int port = 443;
     static final private String apiVersion = "1";
 
     private String projectId;
@@ -57,14 +58,19 @@ JSONObject post(String endpoint, String body) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private JSONObject request(String method, String endpoint, String body) throws IOException {
-        String path = "/" + apiVersion + "/projects/" + projectId + "/" + endpoint + "?oauth=" + token;
-        URL url = new URL(proto, host, path);
+        String path = "/" + apiVersion + "/projects/" + projectId + "/" + endpoint;
+        URL url = new URL(proto, host, port, path);
+
         HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         conn.setRequestMethod(method);
+        conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
+        conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "OAuth " + token);
+        conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "IronMQ Java Client");
+
         if (body != null) {
-            conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
             conn.setDoOutput(true);
         }
+
         conn.connect();
 
         if (body != null) {