diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc56518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+application: slack-integration
+version: 1
+runtime: php
+api_version: 1
+
+handlers:
+- url: /(.*\.php)$
+  script: scripts/\1
diff --git a/scripts/include/curl.php b/scripts/include/curl.php
index d3ff09c..8595231 100644
--- a/scripts/include/curl.php
+++ b/scripts/include/curl.php
@@ -1,42 +1,33 @@
-<?
-//HTTP Utility Methods
+<?php
+//HTTP Utility Methods for Google App Engine's PHP Runtime
 
-function get_url_contents($url) {
-    $crl = curl_init($url);
-
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)');
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
+function get_url_contents($url)
+{
+    $context = array('http' => array('method' => 'get'));
+    $context = stream_context_create($context);
 
-    $response = curl_exec($crl);
-    curl_close($crl);
-    return $response;
+    return file_get_contents($url, FALSE, $context);
 }
 
-function get_url_contents_with_basicauth($url, $username, $password) {
-    $crl = curl_init();
+function get_url_contents_with_basicauth($url, $username, $password)
+{
+    $auth_header = $username . ':' . $password;
+    $auth_header = base64_encode($auth_header);
+    $auth_header = 'Authorization: Basic ' . $auth_header . "\r\n";
 
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)');
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-	curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "{$username}:{$password}");
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-    curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
+    $context = array('http' => array('method' => 'get', 'header' => $auth_header));
+    $context = stream_context_create($context);
 
-    $ret = curl_exec($crl);
-    curl_close($crl);
-    return $ret;
+    return file_get_contents($url, FALSE, $context);
 }
 
-function curl_post($uri, $data)
+function curl_post($url, $data_string)
 {
-	$crl = curl_init($uri);
-	curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
-	curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
-	curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-	curl_setopt($crl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Length: ' . strlen($data)));
-
-	$response = curl_exec($crl);
-	curl_close($crl);
-	return $response;
+    $length_header = strlen($data_string);
+    $length_header = 'Content-Length: ' . $length_header . "\r\n";
+
+    $context = array('http' => array('method' => 'post', 'header' => $length_header, 'content' => $data_string));
+    $context = stream_context_create($context);
+
+    return file_get_contents($url, FALSE, $context);
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/include/slack.php b/scripts/include/slack.php
index 38639a2..72382bb 100644
--- a/scripts/include/slack.php
+++ b/scripts/include/slack.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?
 //slack methods
-require_once('log.php');
+// require_once('log.php');
 
 /*
 Slash Command Incoming Variables
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ function BuildSlashCommand($request)
 
 
 function slack_incoming_hook_post($uri, $user, $channel, $icon, $emoji, $payload){
-	
+
 	$data = array(
-		"text" => $payload, 
+		"text" => $payload,
 		"channel" => "#".$channel,
 		"username"=>$user
 		);
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function slack_incoming_hook_post($uri, $user, $channel, $icon, $emoji, $payload
 
 	$data_string = "payload=" . json_encode($data, JSON_HEX_AMP|JSON_HEX_APOS|JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK|JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
 
-	mylog('sent.txt',$data_string);
+	// mylog('sent.txt',$data_string);
 	return curl_post($uri, $data_string);
 }
 
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ function slack_incoming_hook_post($uri, $user, $channel, $icon, $emoji, $payload
 function slack_incoming_hook_post_with_attachments($uri, $user, $channel, $icon, $payload, $attachments){
 
 	$data = array(
-		"text" => $payload, 
+		"text" => $payload,
 		"channel" => "#".$channel,
 		"username"=>$user,
 		"icon_url"=>$icon,
 		"attachments"=>array($attachments));
 
 	$data_string = "payload=" . json_encode($data, JSON_HEX_AMP|JSON_HEX_APOS|JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK|JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
-	mylog('sent.txt',$data_string);
+	// mylog('sent.txt',$data_string);
 	return curl_post($uri, $data_string);
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/meme.php b/scripts/meme.php
index 4c68a81..8815bcb 100644
--- a/scripts/meme.php
+++ b/scripts/meme.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 $payload = json_encode($cmd);
 
-mylog('received.txt',$payload);
+// mylog('received.txt',$payload);
 
 $cmdText = $cmd->Text;
 $memetext = str_replace("memebot ", "", $cmdText);
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 $bottom = urlencode($parts[2]);
 
 $meme = CreateNewMeme($gen, $top, $bottom);
-mylog('sent.txt',$meme);
+// mylog('sent.txt',$meme);
 
 $response = slack_incoming_hook_post($config['slack']['hook'], $cmd->UserName, $cmd->ChannelName, null, ":bow:", $meme);
 
-mylog('sent.txt',$response);
+// mylog('sent.txt',$response);
 
 //str_replace ( mixed $search , mixed $replace , mixed $subject [, int &$count ] )