diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7bb7f6..046c561 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.plugin</groupId>
     <artifactId>graylog-plugin-http-output</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/plugin/HttpOutput.java b/src/main/java/com/plugin/HttpOutput.java
index 8b8149d..01ca25a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/plugin/HttpOutput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/plugin/HttpOutput.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import okhttp3.*;
@@ -33,71 +34,29 @@
  * interfaces. (i.e. AlarmCallback, MessageInput, MessageOutput)
  */
 public class HttpOutput implements MessageOutput {
-
-    public static final int HTTP_BATCH_SIZE = 500;
     private final OkHttpClient httpClient;
     private final Gson gson = new Gson();
     private boolean shutdown;
     private boolean raise_exception_on_http_error = false;
     private String url;
+    private String intake_key;
     private static final String CK_OUTPUT_API = "output_api";
-    private static final String CK_GZIP_REQUEST = "gzip_request";
+    private static final String CK_INTAKE_KEY = "intake_key";
     private static final String CK_RAISE_EXCEPTION = "raise_exception";
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpOutput.class);
     private static final MediaType JSON = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
 
-    /**
-     * This interceptor compresses the HTTP request body. Many webservers can't handle this!
-     * <p>
-     * taken from https://square.github.io/okhttp/interceptors/
-     */
-    final class GzipRequestInterceptor implements Interceptor {
-        @Override
-        public Response intercept(Interceptor.Chain chain) throws IOException {
-            Request originalRequest = chain.request();
-            if (originalRequest.body() == null || originalRequest.header("Content-Encoding") != null) {
-                return chain.proceed(originalRequest);
-            }
-
-            Request compressedRequest = originalRequest.newBuilder()
-                .header("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
-                .method(originalRequest.method(), gzip(originalRequest.body()))
-                .build();
-            return chain.proceed(compressedRequest);
-        }
-
-        private RequestBody gzip(final RequestBody body) {
-            return new RequestBody() {
-                @Override
-                public MediaType contentType() {
-                    return body.contentType();
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                public long contentLength() {
-                    return -1; // We don't know the compressed length in advance!
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                public void writeTo(BufferedSink sink) throws IOException {
-                    BufferedSink gzipSink = Okio.buffer(new GzipSink(sink));
-                    body.writeTo(gzipSink);
-                    gzipSink.close();
-                }
-            };
-        }
-    }
-
     @Inject
     public HttpOutput(@Assisted Stream stream, @Assisted Configuration conf) throws HttpOutputException {
 
         this.url = conf.getString(CK_OUTPUT_API);
+        this.intake_key = conf.getString(CK_INTAKE_KEY);
         this.raise_exception_on_http_error = conf.getBoolean(CK_RAISE_EXCEPTION);
 
         this.shutdown = false;
         LOG.info(" Http Output Plugin has been configured with the following parameters:");
         LOG.info(CK_OUTPUT_API + " : " + this.url);
-        LOG.info(CK_GZIP_REQUEST + " : " + conf.getBoolean(CK_GZIP_REQUEST));
+        LOG.info(CK_INTAKE_KEY + " : " + this.intake_key);
         LOG.info(CK_RAISE_EXCEPTION + " : " + this.raise_exception_on_http_error);
 
         try {
@@ -112,9 +71,6 @@ public HttpOutput(@Assisted Stream stream, @Assisted Configuration conf) throws
             .writeTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
             .readTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
-        if (conf.getBoolean(CK_GZIP_REQUEST)) {
-            clientBuilder.addInterceptor(new GzipRequestInterceptor());
-        }
         this.httpClient = clientBuilder.build();
     }
 
@@ -132,26 +88,22 @@ public void stop() {
     @Override
     public void write(List<Message> msgs) throws Exception {
 
-        for (List<Message> partition : ListUtils.partition(msgs, HTTP_BATCH_SIZE)) {
-            List<Map<String, Object>> payload = new FastArrayList();
-            for (Message msg : partition) {
-                payload.add(msg.getFields());
-            }
-            this.executeRequest(RequestBody.create(
-                                                   JSON,
-                                                   this.gson.toJson(payload)
-                                                   ));
+        for(Message message: msgs) {
+            this.write(message);
         }
-
     }
 
     @Override
     public void write(Message msg) throws Exception {
 
+        Map<String, Object> payload = new HashMap<>();
+        payload.put("intake_key", this.intake_key);
+        payload.put("json", this.gson.toJson(msg.getFields()));
+
         this.executeRequest(
                             RequestBody.create(
                                                JSON,
-                                               this.gson.toJson(msg.getFields())
+                                               this.gson.toJson(payload)
                                                )
                             );
     }
@@ -204,8 +156,9 @@ public ConfigurationRequest getRequestedConfiguration() {
                                           new TextField(CK_OUTPUT_API, "API to forward the stream data.", "/",
                                                         "HTTP address where the stream data to be sent.", ConfigurationField.Optional.NOT_OPTIONAL));
 
-            configurationRequest.addField(new BooleanField(CK_GZIP_REQUEST, "GZIP request", false,
-                                                           "Enable GZIP compression for HTTP requests."));
+            configurationRequest.addField(
+                                          new TextField(CK_INTAKE_KEY, "Intake key", "",
+                                                        "The intake key to identify the events", ConfigurationField.Optional.NOT_OPTIONAL));
 
             configurationRequest.addField(new BooleanField(CK_RAISE_EXCEPTION, "Raise exception", false,
                     "Raise an exception on HTTP error"));