diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eeb5832..c9177e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
 __author__ = 'Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>'
-__version__ = '2.4.0'
+__version__ = '2.5.0'
 
 setup(
     # Basic package information.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
 
     # Package dependencies.
-    install_requires=['simplejson', 'requests>=0.14.1'],
+    install_requires=['simplejson', 'requests>=0.14.0'],
 
     # Metadata for PyPI.
     author='Ryan McGrath',
diff --git a/twython/twython.py b/twython/twython.py
index 535ecec..0417b2b 100644
--- a/twython/twython.py
+++ b/twython/twython.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """
 
 __author__ = "Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>"
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.0"
 
 import urllib
 import re
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ class Twython(object):
             raise TwythonError('Method must be of GET or POST')
 
         params = params or {}
+        # requests doesn't like items that can't be converted to unicode,
+        # so let's be nice and do that for the user
+        for k, v in params.items():
+            if isinstance(v, (int, bool)):
+                params[k] = u'%s' % v
 
         func = getattr(self.client, method)
         if method == 'get':