diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 31ee69f..c4b80e1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.4b2.dev150',
+        version='2.4b2.dev152',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
index f0f8a77..1bbd930 100644
--- a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ import urlcanon
 import time
 import collections
 import cProfile
-from urllib3.util.ssl_ import DEFAULT_CIPHERS
 
 class ProxyingRecorder(object):
     """
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 context = ssl.create_default_context()
                 context.check_hostname = False
                 context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-                context.ciphers = DEFAULT_CIPHERS
                 self._remote_server_sock = context.wrap_socket(
                         self._remote_server_sock, server_hostname=self.hostname)
             except AttributeError:
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         return self._remote_server_sock
 
     def _transition_to_ssl(self):
-        certfile = self.server.ca.cert_for_host(self.hostname)
+        certfile = self.server.ca.get_wildcard_cert(self.hostname)
         self.request = self.connection = ssl.wrap_socket(
                 self.connection, server_side=True, certfile=certfile)
         # logging.info('self.hostname=%s certfile=%s', self.hostname, certfile)
diff --git a/warcprox/trough.py b/warcprox/trough.py
index 4128e50..b7db127 100644
--- a/warcprox/trough.py
+++ b/warcprox/trough.py
@@ -169,9 +169,12 @@ class TroughClient(object):
     def write(self, segment_id, sql_tmpl, values=(), schema_id='default'):
         write_url = self.write_url(segment_id, schema_id)
         sql = sql_tmpl % tuple(self.sql_value(v) for v in values)
+        sql_bytes = sql.encode('utf-8')
 
         try:
-            response = requests.post(write_url, sql, timeout=600)
+            response = requests.post(
+                    write_url, sql_bytes, timeout=600,
+                    headers={'content-type': 'application/sql;charset=utf-8'})
             if response.status_code != 200:
                 raise Exception(
                     'Received %s: %r in response to POST %s with data %r' % (
@@ -199,8 +202,11 @@ class TroughClient(object):
         if not read_url:
             return None
         sql = sql_tmpl % tuple(self.sql_value(v) for v in values)
+        sql_bytes = sql.encode('utf-8')
         try:
-            response = requests.post(read_url, sql, timeout=600)
+            response = requests.post(
+                    read_url, sql_bytes, timeout=600,
+                    headers={'content-type': 'application/sql;charset=utf-8'})
         except:
             self._read_url_cache.pop(segment_id, None)
             self.logger.error(
diff --git a/warcprox/writer.py b/warcprox/writer.py
index dbabafb..e8f4b79 100644
--- a/warcprox/writer.py
+++ b/warcprox/writer.py
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ except ImportError:
 import contextlib
 
 class _OneWritableWarc:
-    logger = logging.getLogger('warcprox.writer._OneWritableWarc')
-
     '''
     Utility class used by WarcWriter
     '''
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger('warcprox.writer._OneWritableWarc')
+
     def __init__(self, options=warcprox.Options(), randomtoken='0'):
         self.f = None
         self.path = None