diff --git a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
index 97314129..05ff25be 100644
--- a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
+++ b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.podspec
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.license      = { :type => 'MIT' }
   s.author       = { "Erik" => "nuclear.ace@gmail.com" }
   s.platform     = :ios, "8.0"
-  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift.git", :tag => 'v1.1.0' }
+  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift.git", :tag => 'v1.1.0-pod' }
   s.source_files  = "SwiftIO/**/*.swift"
+  s.requires_arc = true
   # s.dependency 'Starscream', '~> 0.9' # currently this repo includes Starscream swift files
 end