diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adbec99..6c6f892 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ rdoc
 log
 websites
 .DS_Store
+.rake_tasks~
 
 ## BUNDLER
 *.gem
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2bb9ea6..f9277ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ It will download the last version of every file present on Wayback Machine to `.
 	    -x, --exclude EXCLUDE_FILTER     Skip downloading of urls that match this filter
 					     (use // notation for the filter to be treated as a regex)
 	    -a, --all                        Expand downloading to error files (40x and 50x) and redirections (30x)
-	    -c, --concurrency NUMBER         Number of multiple files to dowload at a time
+	    -c, --concurrency NUMBER         Number of multiple files to download at a time
 					     Default is one file at a time (ie. 20)
 	    -p, --maximum-snapshot NUMBER    Maximum snapshot pages to consider (Default is 100)
 					     Count an average of 150,000 snapshots per page
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Example:
 
     -s, --all-timestamps 
 
-Optional. This option will download all timestamps/snapshots for a given website. It will uses the timepstamp of each snapshot as directory.
+Optional. This option will download all timestamps/snapshots for a given website. It will uses the timestamp of each snapshot as directory.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Example:
 
     -f, --from TIMESTAMP
 
-Optional. You may want to supply a from timestamp to lock your backup to a specific version of the website. Timestamps can be found inside the urls of the regular Wayback Machine website (e.g., http://web.archive.org/web/20060716231334/http://example.com). You can also use years (2006), years + month (200607), etc. It can be used in combination of To Timestamp.
+Optional. You may want to supply a from timestamp to lock your backup to a specific version of the website. Timestamps can be found inside the urls of the regular Wayback Machine website (e.g., https://web.archive.org/web/20060716231334/http://example.com). You can also use years (2006), years + month (200607), etc. It can be used in combination of To Timestamp.
 Wayback Machine Downloader will then fetch only file versions on or after the timestamp specified.
 
 Example:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Example:
 
     -t, --to TIMESTAMP
 
-Optional. You may want to supply a to timestamp to lock your backup to a specifc version of the website. Timestamps can be found inside the urls of the regular Wayback Machine website (e.g., http://web.archive.org/web/20100916231334/http://example.com). You can also use years (2010), years + month (201009), etc. It can be used in combination of From Timestamp.
+Optional. You may want to supply a to timestamp to lock your backup to a specific version of the website. Timestamps can be found inside the urls of the regular Wayback Machine website (e.g., https://web.archive.org/web/20100916231334/http://example.com). You can also use years (2010), years + month (201009), etc. It can be used in combination of From Timestamp.
 Wayback Machine Downloader will then fetch only file versions on or before the timestamp specified.
 
 Example:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Example:
 
     -c, --concurrency NUMBER  
 
-Optional. Specify the number of multiple files you want to download at the same time. Allows to speed up the download of a website significantly. Default is to download one file at a time.
+Optional. Specify the number of multiple files you want to download at the same time. Allows one to speed up the download of a website significantly. Default is to download one file at a time.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/bin/wayback_machine_downloader b/bin/wayback_machine_downloader
index 8b9f2fd..4fb6d3d 100755
--- a/bin/wayback_machine_downloader
+++ b/bin/wayback_machine_downloader
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ option_parser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
     options[:all] = true
   end
 
-  opts.on("-c", "--concurrency NUMBER", Integer, "Number of multiple files to dowload at a time", "Default is one file at a time (ie. 20)") do |t|
+  opts.on("-c", "--concurrency NUMBER", Integer, "Number of multiple files to download at a time", "Default is one file at a time (ie. 20)") do |t|
     options[:threads_count] = t
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
index 04005c8..81c1d2e 100644
--- a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
+++ b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class WaybackMachineDownloader
 
   include ArchiveAPI
 
-  VERSION = "2.2.1"
+  VERSION = "2.3.0"
 
   attr_accessor :base_url, :exact_url, :directory, :all_timestamps,
     :from_timestamp, :to_timestamp, :only_filter, :exclude_filter, 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def get_all_snapshots_to_consider
     # Note: Passing a page index parameter allow us to get more snapshots,
     # but from a less fresh index
     print "Getting snapshot pages"
-    snapshot_list_to_consider = ""
+    snapshot_list_to_consider = []
     snapshot_list_to_consider += get_raw_list_from_api(@base_url, nil)
     print "."
     unless @exact_url
@@ -95,17 +95,15 @@ def get_all_snapshots_to_consider
         print "."
       end
     end
-    puts " found #{snapshot_list_to_consider.lines.count} snaphots to consider."
+    puts " found #{snapshot_list_to_consider.length} snaphots to consider."
     puts
     snapshot_list_to_consider
   end
 
   def get_file_list_curated
     file_list_curated = Hash.new
-    get_all_snapshots_to_consider.each_line do |line|
-      next unless line.include?('/')
-      file_timestamp = line[0..13].to_i
-      file_url = line[15..-2]
+    get_all_snapshots_to_consider.each do |file_timestamp, file_url|
+      next unless file_url.include?('/')
       file_id = file_url.split('/')[3..-1].join('/')
       file_id = CGI::unescape file_id 
       file_id = file_id.tidy_bytes unless file_id == ""
@@ -130,10 +128,8 @@ def get_file_list_curated
 
   def get_file_list_all_timestamps
     file_list_curated = Hash.new
-    get_all_snapshots_to_consider.each_line do |line|
-      next unless line.include?('/')
-      file_timestamp = line[0..13].to_i
-      file_url = line[15..-2]
+    get_all_snapshots_to_consider.each do |file_timestamp, file_url|
+      next unless file_url.include?('/')
       file_id = file_url.split('/')[3..-1].join('/')
       file_id_and_timestamp = [file_timestamp, file_id].join('/')
       file_id_and_timestamp = CGI::unescape file_id_and_timestamp 
@@ -176,11 +172,15 @@ def get_file_list_by_timestamp
 
   def list_files
     # retrieval produces its own output
+    @orig_stdout = $stdout
+    $stdout = $stderr
     files = get_file_list_by_timestamp
+    $stdout = @orig_stdout
     puts "["
-    files.each do |file|
+    files[0...-1].each do |file|
       puts file.to_json + ","
     end
+    puts files[-1].to_json
     puts "]"
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb
index 903f42b..01b36d9 100644
--- a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb
+++ b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb
@@ -1,28 +1,38 @@
+require 'json'
+require 'uri'
+
 module ArchiveAPI
 
   def get_raw_list_from_api url, page_index
-    request_url = "https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/xd?url="
-    request_url += url
-    request_url += parameters_for_api page_index
+    request_url = URI("https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/xd")
+    params = [["output", "json"], ["url", url]]
+    params += parameters_for_api page_index
+    request_url.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
 
-    URI.open(request_url).read
+    begin
+      json = JSON.parse(URI(request_url).open.read)
+      if (json[0] <=> ["timestamp","original"]) == 0
+        json.shift
+      end
+      json
+    rescue JSON::ParserError
+      []
+    end
   end
 
   def parameters_for_api page_index
-    parameters = "&fl=timestamp,original&collapse=digest&gzip=false"
-    if @all
-      parameters += ""
-    else
-      parameters += "&filter=statuscode:200"
+    parameters = [["fl", "timestamp,original"], ["collapse", "digest"], ["gzip", "false"]]
+    if !@all
+      parameters.push(["filter", "statuscode:200"])
     end
     if @from_timestamp and @from_timestamp != 0
-      parameters += "&from=" + @from_timestamp.to_s
+      parameters.push(["from", @from_timestamp.to_s])
     end
     if @to_timestamp and @to_timestamp != 0
-      parameters += "&to=" + @to_timestamp.to_s
+      parameters.push(["to", @to_timestamp.to_s])
     end
     if page_index
-      parameters += "&page=#{page_index}"
+      parameters.push(["page", page_index])
     end
     parameters
   end
diff --git a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/tidy_bytes.rb b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/tidy_bytes.rb
index ba000b4..0d08431 100644
--- a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/tidy_bytes.rb
+++ b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/tidy_bytes.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def tidy_bytes(force = false)
         if is_unused || is_restricted
           bytes[i] = tidy_byte(byte)
         elsif is_cont
-          # Not expecting contination byte? Clean up. Otherwise, now expect one less.
+          # Not expecting continuation byte? Clean up. Otherwise, now expect one less.
           conts_expected == 0 ? bytes[i] = tidy_byte(byte) : conts_expected -= 1
         else
           if conts_expected > 0