diff --git a/lib/pushover.rb b/lib/pushover.rb
index 2e062a7..886a4fc 100644
--- a/lib/pushover.rb
+++ b/lib/pushover.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # pushover interface for ruby
 module Pushover
   # headers to include in every request.
-  HEADERS = { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'User-Agent' => "pushover (ruby gem) v#{VERSION}" }.freeze
+  HEADERS = { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'User-Agent' => "pushover (ruby gem) v#{VERSION}" }
   # excon connection to use for every request.
-  Excon = Excon.new('https://api.pushover.net', headers: HEADERS).freeze
+  Excon = Excon.new('https://api.pushover.net', headers: HEADERS)
 end
diff --git a/lib/pushover/version.rb b/lib/pushover/version.rb
index 5c1a3cc..2d04bbd 100644
--- a/lib/pushover/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pushover/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Pushover
-  VERSION = "3.0.2".freeze # The current version of Pushover.
+  VERSION = "3.0.3".freeze # The current version of Pushover.
 end