diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f60aef..d2add35 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 language: java
 jdk:
-  - oraclejdk8
+  - oraclejdk7
 script: ./gradlew --info build
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5f8c8d3..4caabc7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ plugins {
 	id "maven-publish"
 	id 'net.saliman.cobertura' version '2.2.6'
 	id "com.jfrog.bintray" version "1.4"
+	id 'co.riiid.gradle' version '0.3.1'
 }
 
 group = 'synapticloop'
 archivesBaseName = 'backblaze-b2-java-api'
 description = """An api for backblaze b2 storage in java"""
 
-version = 'v1.1.1'
+version = 'v1.1.2'
 
 description = """backblaze-b2-java-api"""
 
@@ -130,3 +131,16 @@ bintray {
 	}
 
 }
+
+github {
+	owner = group
+	repo = archivesBaseName
+	if(System.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')) {
+		token = System.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+	}
+	tagName = version
+	name = version
+	assets = [
+		'build/libs/' + archivesBaseName + '-' + version + '-all.jar'
+	]
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/synapticloop/b2/request/B2AuthorizeAccountRequest.java b/src/main/java/synapticloop/b2/request/B2AuthorizeAccountRequest.java
index 9b13247..d54ccd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/synapticloop/b2/request/B2AuthorizeAccountRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/synapticloop/b2/request/B2AuthorizeAccountRequest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package synapticloop.b2.request;
 
-import java.util.Base64;
 
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class B2AuthorizeAccountRequest extends BaseB2Request {
 	public B2AuthorizeAccountRequest(String accountId, String applicationKey) {
 		super(null);
 		url = B2_AUTHORIZE_ACCOUNT;
-		unencodedHeaders.put(REQUEST_PROPERTY_AUTHORIZATION, "Basic " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString((accountId + ":" + applicationKey).getBytes()));
+		unencodedHeaders.put(REQUEST_PROPERTY_AUTHORIZATION, "Basic " + Base64.encodeBase64String((accountId + ":" + applicationKey).getBytes()));
 	}
 
 	/**