diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 555c10dd..24a802e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 **/*.rs.bk
 Cargo.lock
 .idea
+
+#vim files
+*swp
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e51646aa..fcb697cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "africastalking_gateway"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Matt Gathu <mattgathu@gmail.com>"]
+version = "0.1.1"
+authors = ["Matt Gathu <mattgathu@gmail.com>", "Brian Orwe <brian.orwe@gmail.com>"]
 
 description = "A Rust library for communicating with the Africa's Talking REST API."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/africastalking_gateway"
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 travis-ci = { repository = "rust-nairobi/africastalking-rust"}
 
 [dependencies]
-reqwest = "0.8.1"
-hyper = "0.11.6"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json","blocking"] }
 serde = "1.0.37"
 serde_derive = "1.0.37"
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59f53f09..9ab46145 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 
 A Rust library for communicating with the Africa's Talking REST API.
 
+### Requirements
+
+OpenSSL.
+*Ubuntu:*
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
+```
+
+*Fedora:*
+
+```
+sudo dnf install openssl-devel
+```
+
+
+
 
 ### installation
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f3107b0e..e0bbd413 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate error_chain;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate hyper;
 extern crate reqwest;
 extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use]
@@ -14,14 +12,13 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_json as json;
 
+use reqwest::header::{HeaderMap,ACCEPT};
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Read;
 
-use hyper::header::{Accept, Headers};
 use serde::ser::Serialize;
 
-header! { (Apikey, "apikey") => [String] }
-
 #[allow(unused_variables)]
 trait HttpAccessMethods {
     fn send_request(&self, url: &str, data: Option<HashMap<&str, &str>>) {}
@@ -40,7 +37,6 @@ error_chain! {
         } }
 
 }
-
 /// SMS Message Struct
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Default)]
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
@@ -277,11 +273,11 @@ impl AfricasTalkingGateway {
         &self,
         url: &str,
         data: Option<HashMap<&str, &str>>,
-    ) -> Result<reqwest::Response> {
-        let mut headers = Headers::new();
-        headers.set(Accept::json());
-        headers.set(Apikey(self.api_key.clone()));
-        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    ) -> Result<reqwest::blocking::Response> {
+        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+        headers.insert(ACCEPT,"application/json".parse().unwrap());
+        headers.insert("Apikey",self.api_key.clone().parse().unwrap());
+        let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::new();
         let resp = match data {
             Some(map) => client.post(url).json(&map).send()?,
             None => client.get(url).headers(headers).send()?,
@@ -290,21 +286,21 @@ impl AfricasTalkingGateway {
         Ok(resp)
     }
 
-    fn send_form_data<T: Serialize>(&self, url: &str, data: T) -> Result<reqwest::Response> {
-        let mut headers = Headers::new();
-        headers.set(Accept::json());
-        headers.set(Apikey(self.api_key.clone()));
-        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    fn send_form_data<T: Serialize>(&self, url: &str, data: T) -> Result<reqwest::blocking::Response> {
+        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+        headers.insert(ACCEPT, "application/json".parse().unwrap());
+        headers.insert("Apikey",self.api_key.clone().parse().unwrap());
+        let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::new();
         let resp = client.post(url).form(&data).headers(headers).send()?;
 
         Ok(resp)
     }
 
-    fn send_json_request<T: Serialize>(&self, url: &str, data: T) -> Result<reqwest::Response> {
-        let mut headers = Headers::new();
-        headers.set(Accept::json());
-        headers.set(Apikey(self.api_key.clone()));
-        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    fn send_json_request<T: Serialize>(&self, url: &str, data: T) -> Result<reqwest::blocking::Response> {
+        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+        headers.insert(ACCEPT, "application/json".parse().unwrap());
+        headers.insert("Apikey",self.api_key.clone().parse().unwrap());
+        let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::new();
         let resp = client.post(url).json(&data).headers(headers).send()?;
 
         Ok(resp)