diff --git a/src/HttpClient.php b/src/HttpClient.php
index b6b5afb..a7db799 100644
--- a/src/HttpClient.php
+++ b/src/HttpClient.php
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ private function prepareOptions(array $params = array())
         $options = array();
 
         if (count($params) > 0) {
-            $options[RequestOptions::JSON] = $params;
+            $options[RequestOptions::FORM_PARAMS] = $params;
+            $options[RequestOptions::VERIFY] = false;
             $body = json_encode($params);
         } else {
             $body = '';
@@ -162,8 +163,8 @@ private function prepareOptions(array $params = array())
 
         $defaultHeaders = array(
             'User-Agent' => 'elmage/textng/php/'.Client::VERSION,
-            'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
-            'Accept' => 'text/plain, application/json',
+            'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+            'Accept' => 'text/plain, application/json', 'text/html',
         );
 
         $options[RequestOptions::HEADERS] = $defaultHeaders;
diff --git a/tests/Unit/HttpClientTest.php b/tests/Unit/HttpClientTest.php
index 0ba7db8..41507af 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/HttpClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/HttpClientTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Elmage\TextNg\HttpClient;
 use Elmage\TextNg\Configuration;
 use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response;
+use GuzzleHttp\RequestOptions;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Constraint\Callback;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 use GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface;
@@ -119,15 +120,15 @@ function ($request) use ($method, $path) {
         );
     }
 
-    private function isValidOptionsArray(array $headers = [], $json = true): Callback
+    private function isValidOptionsArray(array $headers = [], $form_params = true): Callback
     {
-        return $this->callback(function ($options) use ($headers, $json) {
+        return $this->callback(function ($options) use ($headers, $form_params) {
             $this->assertArrayHasKey('headers', $options);
             $this->assertArrayHasKey('User-Agent', $options['headers']);
             $this->assertArrayHasKey('Content-Type', $options['headers']);
 
-            if ($json) {
-                $this->assertArrayHasKey('json', $options);
+            if ($form_params) {
+                $this->assertArrayHasKey(RequestOptions::FORM_PARAMS, $options);
             }
 
             foreach ($headers as $header) {