diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index eb88c4d..8411c02 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,34 +3,20 @@ python:
   - 2.6
   - 2.7
   - 3.3
-env: 
-  global: 
-  - secure: |-
-      ICEoq4tQdOCGzpQAgLHunOflhLqs7hb1xYuD6mXZCbO/L+hDI4+pImA9mZZd
-      doyfyFMuNprWfgdUdcAL3axliRR2TyQIt51FLf7bD01jJEPa0GOKlKE/s/+3
-      7oDs+kkSr81w9rvIqpx55nE8+DYzkh+TwDp5oAT+m/EE+lFItfk=
-  - secure: |-
-      LNowlSsXwgbFT0g8B4fDlBmOhycAfSxUNFiYBDn70H93WDLr9drEbE7Wl2Mv
-      AlGJw0kXey4K4oTV4+Bsy6gacsvCINpFk7f4ulTDHCH4MTONtG1n51RlkLW0
-      SAH8di1DiXR3PqRv+NKixVsgI0ZCY1B78NuvaoDL68bfu0KEdHs=
-  - secure: |-
-      kC9hGpdJJesmZZGMXEoPWK/lzIU6vUeguV/yI2jLgRin0EKPsgds0qR4737x
-      2Z2q1+CFUlvHkl+povGcm0/A1rkNqU0KKBcxRBu/XXRxJ3DWp7gIGsmoyWUW
-      68kdPOwxywZ+tj6BCD7zmStKn4I3mSzTmGKaWj8ZT0wQ91tl0Y8=
-  - secure: |-
-      Y0M90wCpDWmSdBmgPCV2N9mMSaRMdEOis5r5sfUq/5aFTB/KDaSR9scM1g+L
-      21OtvUBvaG1bdSzn0T+I5Fs/MkfbtTmuahogy83nsNDRpIZJmRIsHFmJw1fz
-      nEHD2Kbm4iLMYzrKto77KpxYSQMnc3sQKZjreaI31NLu+7raCAk=
-  - secure: |-
-      j1gePLSZF8SRcpF1AU+cBK5MSih5MrM1iGE6N7VWI0wrl+xh7wr3QLtVkAar
-      AeMFgwkz6QalfrKLsoUPFuNMv7vn+2CthC9pRv+NRk+4xV+37NysHFPR7JRo
-      xK2EC+DCiw2eJECnk9IPGQTgkVnFAQ3GLnsBSzzJ+UAkG2NjZ88=
+env:
+  global:
+  - secure: USjLDneiXlVvEjkUVqTt+LBi0XJ4QhkRcJzqVXA9gEau1NTjAkNTPmHjUbOygp0dkfoV0uWrZKCw6fL1g+HJgWl0vHeHzcNl4mUkA+OwkGFHgaeIhvUfnyyJA8P3Zm21XHC+ehzMpEFN5fVNNhREjnRj+CXMc0FgA6knwBRobu4=
+  - secure: HFTL8UN1GkY6/GqygpgzWpYdWvhXRN8uTO//AgGzSg0FkHuDFcxRJigwCNI3PRImFkkRRVmUJDw18dolkx2h60w0wqD9K09DFpPTYfwmF9Bql+O3hjG9Ep9iu+CREwQTm2u66f36Q+pjaDiHWmr0kgi0zUTD7w0UvlN7gdFCMxk=
+  - secure: L3nD/BEOAqGTmd8Va9bQ8MZL5gbiNWuy9TvIxCmQ5bfdlAAdq371oqXpuy90JftaloapktjjmuSrsiszWgMMB/TGDO45h1LrYQEMEmA/4JN/uly3lUk8th9Rig+blKTG0q6X6GsX8UWA0xVeLtXzkddpNAOBgpeqb33pWmFkdcM=
+  - secure: OdVG7LVqQ13RQxxEUPEMHZb0seoZUNzq+oy/K1qe4ubcupqiMh47pxnDcei6vkVpMn8QIvbG9lcV0oOREqJ+m+g3wUA5JX95liFqLNsmLMMVgP3yjYDf7KoNHckA5H5BwIYO/AFCBdwyNN0h439kwSciCbIr70UModVkvdWoFLI=
+  - secure: RJgKNXCxQZxjkxqinv6x96hGZvfJpjOIaRpH9YUJrCZeqLbS1FUOvTWkze5nZQw4DL14zBmpGZXYC9twSYvscEGNnaEhxDKygiFfLosERRa65N57kphD0AsGNe9YAhWUGDbCxnZ0PYHc48DYxX+jPxqsQ/2bxZbXVoJg4pZFP3o=
   - SCREEN_NAME=__twython__
   - PROTECTED_TWITTER_1=TwythonSecure1
   - PROTECTED_TWITTER_2=TwythonSecure2
   - TEST_TWEET_ID=332992304010899457
   - TEST_LIST_SLUG=team
   - TEST_LIST_OWNER_SCREEN_NAME=twitterapi
+  - ACCESS_TOKEN_B64=U2FsdGVkX18QdBhvMNshM4PGy04tU3HLwKP+nNSoNZHKsvGLjELcWEXN2LIu/T+yngX1vGONf9lo14ElnfS4k7sfhiru8phR4+rZuBVP3bDvC2A6fXJuhuLqNhBrWqg32WQewvxLWDWBoKmnvRHg5b74GHh+IN/12tU0cBF2HK8=
 install: pip install -r requirements.txt
 script: nosetests -v -w tests/ --logging-filter="twython" --with-cov --cov twython --cov-config .coveragerc --cov-report term-missing
 notifications:
@@ -40,3 +26,5 @@ branches:
     - master
 after_success:
   - coveralls
+before_script:
+  - export ACCESS_TOKEN=$(echo $ACCESS_TOKEN_B64 | openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -A -a -pass env:ACCESS_TOKEN_PASS)
diff --git a/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst b/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst
index 74246f3..db36301 100644
--- a/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/advanced_usage.rst
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ Here is an example of sending the request through proxies:
 
     client_args = {
         'proxies': {
-            'http': '10.0.10.1:8000',
-            'https': '10.0.10.1:8001',
+            'http': 'http://10.0.10.1:8000',
+            'https': 'https://10.0.10.1:8001',
         }
     }
 
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ or both (and set a timeout variable):
             'User-Agent': 'My App Name'
         },
         'proxies': {
-            'http': '10.0.10.1:8000',
-            'https': '10.0.10.1:8001',
+            'http': 'http://10.0.10.1:8000',
+            'https': 'https://10.0.10.1:8001',
         }
         'timeout': 300,
     }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b7897fb..cab175e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 coverage==3.6.0
-requests==1.2.2
+requests==2.0.0
 requests_oauthlib==0.3.2
 python-coveralls==2.1.0
 nose-cov==1.6
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e0501a9..710b097 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup
 
 __author__ = 'Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>'
-__version__ = '3.0.0'
+__version__ = '3.1.0'
 
 packages = [
     'twython',
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
 setup(
     name='twython',
     version=__version__,
-    install_requires=['requests==1.2.3', 'requests_oauthlib==0.3.2'],
+    install_requires=['requests==2.0.0', 'requests_oauthlib==0.3.2'],
     author='Ryan McGrath',
     author_email='ryan@venodesigns.net',
     license=open('LICENSE').read(),
diff --git a/twython/streaming/api.py b/twython/streaming/api.py
index ef8924a..6fa247e 100644
--- a/twython/streaming/api.py
+++ b/twython/streaming/api.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Twitter API calls.
 
 from .. import __version__
 from ..compat import json, is_py3
+from ..helpers import _transparent_params
 from .types import TwythonStreamerTypes
 
 import requests
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ import time
 class TwythonStreamer(object):
     def __init__(self, app_key, app_secret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret,
                  timeout=300, retry_count=None, retry_in=10, client_args=None,
-                 handlers=None):
+                 handlers=None, chunk_size=1):
         """Streaming class for a friendly streaming user experience
         Authentication IS required to use the Twitter Streaming API
 
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ class TwythonStreamer(object):
                             [ex. headers, proxies, verify(SSL verification)]
         :param handlers: (optional) Array of message types for which
                          corresponding handlers will be called
+
+        :param chunk_size: (optional) Define the buffer size before data is
+                           actually returned from the Streaming API. Default: 1
         """
 
         self.auth = OAuth1(app_key, app_secret,
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ class TwythonStreamer(object):
 
         self.handlers = handlers if handlers else ['delete', 'limit', 'disconnect']
 
+        self.chunk_size = chunk_size
+
     def _request(self, url, method='GET', params=None):
         """Internal stream request handling"""
         self.connected = True
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ class TwythonStreamer(object):
 
         method = method.lower()
         func = getattr(self.client, method)
+        params, _ = _transparent_params(params)
 
         def _send(retry_counter):
             requests_args = {}
@@ -124,7 +131,7 @@ class TwythonStreamer(object):
         while self.connected:
             response = _send(retry_counter)
 
-            for line in response.iter_lines():
+            for line in response.iter_lines(self.chunk_size):
                 if not self.connected:
                     break
                 if line: