diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84bb32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mwclient>=0.10.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2771ea4..2f62154 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ setup(name="wp2git",
       long_description=open('README.md').read(),
       author=open('AUTHORS').read(),
       author_email="dlenski@gmail.com",
-      install_requires=[ 'mwclient>=0.8' ],
+      install_requires=open('requirements.txt').readlines(),
       license=open('LICENSE').read(),
       url="https://github.com/dlenski/wp2git",
       packages=["wp2git"],
diff --git a/wp2git/wp2git.py b/wp2git/wp2git.py
index 35ec633..9e910d6 100755
--- a/wp2git/wp2git.py
+++ b/wp2git/wp2git.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def main():
         scheme, host, path = 'https', '%s.wikipedia.org' % args.lang, '/w/'
     else:
         scheme, host, path = 'https', 'wikipedia.org', '/w/'
-    site = mwclient.Site((scheme, host), path=path)
+    site = mwclient.Site(host, path=path, scheme=scheme)
     print('Connected to %s://%s%s' % (scheme, host, path), file=stderr)
 
     # Find the page