diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 21ded78..13e7f9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "newrelic": "1.5.5",
     "node-statsd": "0.0.7",
     "nunjucks": "0.1.9",
+    "request": "^2.64.0",
     "uuid": "1.4.1",
     "webmaker-auth": "0.1.4"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/export_to_s3.js b/scripts/export_to_s3.js
index 2a772e3..ed6f807 100644
--- a/scripts/export_to_s3.js
+++ b/scripts/export_to_s3.js
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ function outputToS3(callback) {
     s3.putObject({
       Bucket: bucket,
       Key: username + '/makes.json',
-      Body: JSON.stringify(makes)
+      Body: new Buffer(JSON.stringify(makes), 'utf8'),
+      ContentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+      CacheControl: 'public, max-age=86400'
     }, callback);
   }