diff --git a/aquatic_http_load_test/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_http_load_test/Cargo.toml
index 861505c..30df0a6 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_load_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_http_load_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
 rand_distr = "0.4"
-rustls = { version = "0.20", features = ["dangerous_configuration"] }
+rustls = { version = "0.20", default-features = false, features = ["logging", "dangerous_configuration"] } # TLS 1.2 disabled
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
index 75f5131..480d422 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl Connection {
                         break;
                     }
                     Err(err) => {
-                        eprintln!(
+                        ::log::warn!(
                             "deserialize response error with {} bytes read: {:?}, text: {}",
                             buffer_position,
                             err,
diff --git a/aquatic_http_protocol/src/request.rs b/aquatic_http_protocol/src/request.rs
index 22fe7ed..4abb318 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_protocol/src/request.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http_protocol/src/request.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ impl AnnounceRequest {
             output.write_all(::urlencoding::encode(key.as_str()).as_bytes())?;
         }
 
+        // Always ask for compact responses to ease load testing of non-aquatic trackers
+        output.write_all(b"&compact=1")?;
+
         output.write_all(b" HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n")?;
 
         Ok(())