diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a6d5bb4..c5274ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ license-file = "LICENSE"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [features]
 default = ["rustls-native"]
-metrics = ["prometheus", "lazy_static"]
+metrics = ["prometheus"]
 default-tls  = ["hyper-tls"]
 rustls-native = ["hyper-rustls/rustls-native-certs"]
 rustls-webpki = ["hyper-rustls/webpki-roots"]
+trace = ["opentelemetry"]
 
 # keep this list sorted!
 [dependencies]
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ http = "0.2"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-rustls = { version = "0.24" }
 hyper-tls = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true, no-default-features = true }
-lazy_static = { version = "1", optional = true }
+lazy_static = { version = "1" }
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.19", features = ["rt-tokio"], optional = true }
 prometheus = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
 quick-error = "2"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c8e8edb..fb0b5c3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use std::{env, str::Utf8Error};
 use base64::Engine;
 use hyper::{body::Buf, client::HttpConnector, Body, Method};
 #[cfg(any(feature = "rustls-native", feature = "rustls-webpki"))]
-use hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector;
+use hyper_rustls::{ HttpsConnector, HttpsConnectorBuilder };
 #[cfg(feature = "default-tls")]
 use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
@@ -242,27 +242,36 @@ where
 #[derive(Debug)]
 /// This struct defines the consul client and allows access to the consul api via method syntax.
 pub struct Consul {
-    https_client: hyper::Client<hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>, Body>,
+
+    https_client: hyper::Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>, Body>,
     config: Config,
     #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
     tracer: BoxedTracer,
 }
 
-fn https_connector() -> hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector<HttpConnector> {
-    #[cfg(feature = "rustls-webpki")]
-    return hyper_rustls::HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
-        .with_webpki_roots()
+fn https_connector() -> HttpsConnector<HttpConnector> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "rustls-native")]
+    return HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
+        .with_native_roots()
         .https_or_http()
         .enable_http1()
         .build();
-    hyper_rustls::HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
-        .with_native_roots()
+    #[cfg(feature = "rustls-webpki")]
+    return HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
+        .with_webpki_roots()
         .https_or_http()
         .enable_http1()
-        .build()
+        .build();
+    #[cfg(feature = "default-tls")]
+    {
+        let mut conn = HttpsConnector::new();
+        conn.https_only(false);
+        return conn; 
+    }
 }
 
 impl Clone for Consul {
+    #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Consul {
             https_client: self.https_client.clone(),
@@ -270,6 +279,13 @@ impl Clone for Consul {
             tracer: global::tracer("consul"),
         }
     }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "trace"))]
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Consul {
+            https_client: self.https_client.clone(),
+            config: self.config.clone(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Consul {
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 70c6966..b45f522 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use serde::{self, de::Deserializer, de::Error as SerdeError, Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use smart_default::SmartDefault;
+use base64::{ 
+    Engine, 
+    engine::general_purpose::STANDARD as B64,
+};
 
 // TODO retrofit other get APIs to use this struct
 /// Query options for Consul endpoints.
@@ -623,10 +627,7 @@ pub struct Base64Vec(pub Vec<u8>);
 
 impl Serialize for Base64Vec {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
-        serializer.collect_str(&base64::display::Base64Display::with_config(
-            &self.0,
-            base64::STANDARD,
-        ))
+        serializer.collect_str(&B64.encode(&self.0))
     }
 }
 
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Base64Vec {
             }
 
             fn visit_str<E: SerdeError>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-                base64::decode(v).map(Base64Vec).map_err(SerdeError::custom)
+                B64.decode(v).map(Base64Vec).map_err(SerdeError::custom)
             }
         }
         deserializer.deserialize_str(Vis)