diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 96f9d3d..3b54c34 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Gemfile for AlchemyAPI Ruby SDK
 source "https://rubygems.org"
-gem "json"
+gem "httparty"
diff --git a/alchemyapi.rb b/alchemyapi.rb
index 89974e9..873ed1a 100644
--- a/alchemyapi.rb
+++ b/alchemyapi.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 
 
 require 'rubygems'
-require 'net/http'
 require 'uri'
-require 'json'
+require 'httparty'
 
 class AlchemyAPI
+	include HTTParty
 
 	#Setup the endpoints
 	@@ENDPOINTS = {}
@@ -520,10 +520,7 @@ def analyze(url, options)
 		options['outputMode'] = 'json'
 		
 		#Fire off the HTTP request
-		res = Net::HTTP::post_form(URI.parse(url), options)
-		
-		#parse and return the response
-		return JSON.parse(res.body)
+		self.class.post(url, body: options).parsed_response
 	end
 end