diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8285db4c..98d8bf33 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ CLI help
                             Email the results using this password
       --outgoing-port OUTGOING_PORT
                             Email the results using this port
-      --outgoing-SSL OUTGOING_SSL
+      --outgoing-ssl OUTGOING_SSL
                             Use SSL/TLS instead of STARTTLS (more secure, and
                             required by some providers, like Gmail)
       -F OUTGOING_FROM, --outgoing-from OUTGOING_FROM
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 891e3479..d20d4d1b 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ CLI help
                            Email the results using this password
      --outgoing-port OUTGOING_PORT
                            Email the results using this port
-     --outgoing-SSL OUTGOING_SSL
+     --outgoing-ssl OUTGOING_SSL
                            Use SSL/TLS instead of STARTTLS (more secure, and
                            required by some providers, like Gmail)
      -F OUTGOING_FROM, --outgoing-from OUTGOING_FROM
diff --git a/parsedmarc/cli.py b/parsedmarc/cli.py
index 8e141328..ef9635fe 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/cli.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/cli.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def _main():
                             help="Email the results using this password")
     arg_parser.add_argument("--outgoing-port",
                             help="Email the results using this port")
-    arg_parser.add_argument("--outgoing-SSL",
+    arg_parser.add_argument("--outgoing-ssl",
                             help="Use SSL/TLS instead of STARTTLS (more "
                                  "secure, and required by some providers, "
                                  "like Gmail)")
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ def _main():
             forensic_reports += reports["forensic_reports"]
 
         except IMAPError as error:
-            logger.error("IMAP Error: {0}".format(error.__str__()))
+            error_str = error.__str__().replace("b'", "").lstrip("'")
+            logger.error("IMAP Error: {0}".format(error_str))
             exit(1)
 
     results = OrderedDict([("aggregate_reports", aggregate_reports),
@@ -263,7 +264,8 @@ def _main():
                         test=args.test, nameservers=args.nameservers,
                         dns_timeout=args.timeout)
         except IMAPError as error:
-            logger.error("IMAP Error: {0}".format(error.__str__()))
+            error_str = error.__str__().replace("b'", "").lstrip("'")
+            logger.error("IMAP Error: {0}".format(error_str))
             exit(1)
 
 
diff --git a/parsedmarc/splunk.py b/parsedmarc/splunk.py
index cf19051c..b7aad75d 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/splunk.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/splunk.py
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ class HECClient(object):
             data["sourcetype"] = "dmarc:aggregate"
             data["event"] = new_report.copy()
             json_str += "{0}\n".format(json.dumps(data))
-
         try:
-            response = self.session.post(self.url, json=json_str).json()
+            response = self.session.post(self.url, data=json_str).json()
         except Exception as e:
             raise SplunkError(e.__str__())
         if response["code"] != 0:
@@ -125,9 +124,8 @@ class HECClient(object):
             data["sourcetype"] = "dmarc:forensic"
             data["event"] = report.copy()
             json_str += "{0}\n".format(json.dumps(data))
-
         try:
-            response = self.session.post(self.url, json=json_str).json()
+            response = self.session.post(self.url, data=json_str).json()
         except Exception as e:
             raise SplunkError(e.__str__())
         if response["code"] != 0: