diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/handlers/AbstractReportableEntityHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/handlers/AbstractReportableEntityHandler.java
index 4839f5465..885b39894 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/handlers/AbstractReportableEntityHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/handlers/AbstractReportableEntityHandler.java
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public void block(@Nullable T item, @Nullable String message) {
   @Override
   public void report(T item) {
     try {
+      attemptedCounter.inc();
       reportInternal(item);
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
       this.reject(item, e.getMessage() + " (" + serializer.apply(item) + ")");
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/queueing/RetryTaskConverter.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/queueing/RetryTaskConverter.java
index dcf87932a..8352dbbfa 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/queueing/RetryTaskConverter.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/wavefront/agent/queueing/RetryTaskConverter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 import com.wavefront.common.TaggedMetricName;
 import com.yammer.metrics.Metrics;
 import com.yammer.metrics.core.Counter;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4.BlockLZ4CompressorInputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4.BlockLZ4CompressorOutputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -16,14 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4.BlockLZ4CompressorInputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4.BlockLZ4CompressorOutputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4.FramedLZ4CompressorInputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lz4.FramedLZ4CompressorOutputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 /**
  * A serializer + deserializer of {@link DataSubmissionTask} objects for storage.
@@ -36,10 +34,11 @@ public class RetryTaskConverter<T extends DataSubmissionTask<T>> implements Task
       Logger.getLogger(RetryTaskConverter.class.getCanonicalName());
 
   static final byte[] TASK_HEADER = new byte[] {'W', 'F'};
-  static final byte FORMAT_RAW = 1; // 'W' 'F' 0x01 0x01 <payload>
-  static final byte FORMAT_GZIP = 2; // 'W' 'F' 0x01 0x02 <payload>
-  static final byte FORMAT_LZ4 = 3; // 'W' 'F' 0x01 0x03 <payload>
-  static final byte WRAPPED = 4; // 'W' 'F' 0x06 0x04 0x01 <weight> <payload>
+  static final byte FORMAT_RAW = 1;
+  static final byte FORMAT_GZIP = 2;
+  static final byte FORMAT_LZ4_OLD = 3;
+  static final byte WRAPPED = 4;
+  static final byte FORMAT_LZ4 = 5;
   static final byte[] PREFIX = {'W', 'F', 6, 4};
 
   private final ObjectMapper objectMapper =
@@ -74,6 +73,10 @@ public T fromBytes(@Nonnull byte[] bytes) {
           byte compression = header[0] == WRAPPED && bytesToRead > 1 ? header[1] : header[0];
           try {
             switch (compression) {
+              case FORMAT_LZ4_OLD:
+                input.skip(21); // old lz4 header, not need with the apache commons implementation
+                stream = new BlockLZ4CompressorInputStream(input);
+                break;
               case FORMAT_LZ4:
                 stream = new BlockLZ4CompressorInputStream(input);
                 break;