diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 802a7a0..122a27e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ czds [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-z] [-c CONCURRENCY] [-d] [-k] [-r] [-s]
 ###### Zone Options
 | `-z`, `--zones`       | Download zone files                          |                   |
 | `-c`, `--concurrency` | Number of concurrent downloads               | `3`               |
-| `-d`, `--decompress`  | Decompress zone files after download         |                   |
-| `-k`, `--keep`        | Keep original gzip files after decompression |                   |
 
 ###### Report Options
 | `-r`, `--report`      | Download the zone stats report               |                   |
diff --git a/czds/__init__.py b/czds/__init__.py
index 2ec56ee..eb026dd 100644
--- a/czds/__init__.py
+++ b/czds/__init__.py
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 # ICANN API for the Centralized Zones Data Service - developed by acidvegas (https://git.acid.vegas/czds)
 # czds/__init__.py
 
-from .client import CZDS
-
-
-__version__ = '1.3.3'
+__version__ = '1.3.4'
 __author__  = 'acidvegas'
 __email__   = 'acid.vegas@acid.vegas'
 __github__  = 'https://github.com/acidvegas/czds'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/czds/__main__.py b/czds/__main__.py
index ce1301f..33b653f 100644
--- a/czds/__main__.py
+++ b/czds/__main__.py
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ import os
 
 from .client import CZDS
 
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-
-load_dotenv()
-
 
 async def main():
     '''Entry point for the command line interface'''
diff --git a/czds/client.py b/czds/client.py
index 6df97cd..56e9fee 100644
--- a/czds/client.py
+++ b/czds/client.py
@@ -44,8 +44,21 @@ class CZDS:
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
 
-        # Set the session with longer timeouts
-        self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=None, connect=60, sock_connect=60, sock_read=60))
+        # Configure TCP keepalive
+        connector = aiohttp.TCPConnector(
+            keepalive_timeout=300,     # Keep connections alive for 5 minutes
+            force_close=False,         # Don't force close connections
+            enable_cleanup_closed=True, # Cleanup closed connections
+            ttl_dns_cache=300,         # Cache DNS results for 5 minutes
+        )
+
+        # Set the session with longer timeouts and keepalive
+        self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(
+            connector=connector,
+            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=None, connect=60, sock_connect=60, sock_read=None),
+            headers={'Connection': 'keep-alive'},
+            raise_for_status=True
+        )
 
         # Placeholder for the headers after authentication
         self.headers = None
@@ -171,15 +184,22 @@ class CZDS:
             tld_name    = url.split('/')[-1].split('.')[0] # Extract TLD from URL
             max_retries = 10                               # Maximum number of retries for failed downloads
             retry_delay = 5                                # Delay between retries in seconds
-            timeout     = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=None, connect=60, sock_connect=60, sock_read=None)
             
+            # Headers for better connection stability
+            download_headers = {
+                **self.headers,
+                'Connection': 'keep-alive',
+                'Keep-Alive': 'timeout=600',  # 10 minutes
+                'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip'
+            }
+
             # Start the attempt loop
             for attempt in range(max_retries):
                 try:
                     logging.info(f'Starting download of {tld_name} zone file{" (attempt " + str(attempt + 1) + ")" if attempt > 0 else ""}')
 
                     # Send the request to the API
-                    async with self.session.get(url, headers=self.headers, timeout=timeout) as response:
+                    async with self.session.get(url, headers=download_headers) as response:
                         # Check if the request was successful
                         if response.status != 200:
                             logging.error(f'Failed to download {tld_name}: {response.status} {await response.text()}')
diff --git a/czds/utils.py b/czds/utils.py
index c222671..379ad70 100644
--- a/czds/utils.py
+++ b/czds/utils.py
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ async def gzip_decompress(filepath: str, cleanup: bool = True):
 
                     # Write the chunk to the output file
                     await f_out.write(chunk)
-
-                    # Update the progress bar
                     pbar.update(len(chunk))
 
     # Get the decompressed size of the file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a7d1bbf..35b94b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
 
 setup(
 	name='czds-api',
-	version='1.3.3',
+	version='1.3.4',
 	author='acidvegas',
 	author_email='acid.vegas@acid.vegas',
 	description='ICANN API for the Centralized Zones Data Service',