diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f83debd..1e9d3a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,15 +6,32 @@
 
     <groupId>com.smartystreets.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>smartystreets-java-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+    <name>SmartyStreets Java SDK</name>
+    <description>A library for Java developers to help them easily access the SmartyStreets APIs.</description>
+    <url>The Github Repository</url> <!-- TODO: Put in the real Github repo URL -->
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers> <!-- TODO: Should we do it this way, or list the individuals who worked on it? -->
+        <developer>
+            <name>SmartyStreets SDK Team</name>
+            <email>support@smartystreets.com</email>
+            <organization>SmartyStreets</organization>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <scm> <!-- TODO: Set up the Github repo and fill this in -->
+        <connection></connection>
+        <developerConnection></developerConnection>
+        <url></url>
+    </scm>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/smartystreets/api/GoogleSender.java b/src/main/java/com/smartystreets/api/GoogleSender.java
index 6285461..ca44a3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/smartystreets/api/GoogleSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/smartystreets/api/GoogleSender.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class GoogleSender implements Sender {
-    private final int BUFFER_SIZE = 16384;
     private int maxTimeOut;
     private HttpTransport transport;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ public GoogleSender(int maxTimeout) {
 
     public Response send(Request request) throws SmartyException, IOException {
         HttpRequest httpRequest = buildHttpRequest(request);
-        copyHeaders(request, httpRequest);
+        this.copyHeaders(request, httpRequest);
 
         try {
             return buildResponse(httpRequest.execute());
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ private void copyHeaders(Request request, HttpRequest httpRequest) {
         for (String headerName : headers.keySet())
             httpHeaders.set(headerName, headers.get(headerName));
 
-        httpHeaders.setUserAgent("smartystreets sdk:java@" + this.VERSION);
+        httpHeaders.setUserAgent("smartystreets sdk:java@" + VERSION);
     }
 
     private Response buildResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse) throws IOException {
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ private byte[] readResponseBody(HttpResponse httpResponse) throws IOException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
         int totalBytesRead;
+        final int BUFFER_SIZE = 16384;
         byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
 
         while ((totalBytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) != -1) {