diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d2cba4c..2974a52 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ gemspec
 
 group :test, :development do
   gem 'pry-byebug', '~> 3.10', '>= 3.10.1'
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.58'
+  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.65'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ce967a4..bdb4cf4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    ollama-ai (1.0.1)
-      faraday (~> 2.9)
+    ollama-ai (1.3.0)
+      faraday (~> 2.10)
+      faraday-typhoeus (~> 1.1)
+      typhoeus (~> 1.4, >= 1.4.1)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
@@ -10,17 +12,25 @@ GEM
     ast (2.4.2)
     byebug (11.1.3)
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    faraday (2.9.0)
+    ethon (0.16.0)
+      ffi (>= 1.15.0)
+    faraday (2.10.0)
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.2)
+      logger
     faraday-net_http (3.1.0)
       net-http
-    json (2.7.1)
+    faraday-typhoeus (1.1.0)
+      faraday (~> 2.0)
+      typhoeus (~> 1.4)
+    ffi (1.17.0)
+    json (2.7.2)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
-    method_source (1.0.0)
+    logger (1.6.0)
+    method_source (1.1.0)
     net-http (0.4.1)
       uri
-    parallel (1.24.0)
-    parser (3.3.0.3)
+    parallel (1.25.1)
+    parser (3.3.4.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     pry (0.14.2)
@@ -29,34 +39,39 @@ GEM
     pry-byebug (3.10.1)
       byebug (~> 11.0)
       pry (>= 0.13, < 0.15)
-    racc (1.7.3)
+    racc (1.8.0)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
-    regexp_parser (2.9.0)
-    rexml (3.2.6)
-    rubocop (1.59.0)
+    regexp_parser (2.9.2)
+    rexml (3.3.2)
+      strscan
+    rubocop (1.65.0)
       json (~> 2.3)
       language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
-      parser (>= 3.2.2.4)
+      parser (>= 3.3.0.2)
       rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
-      regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
+      regexp_parser (>= 2.4, < 3.0)
       rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.30.0, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.31.1, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.30.0)
-      parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.31.3)
+      parser (>= 3.3.1.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
+    strscan (3.1.0)
+    typhoeus (1.4.1)
+      ethon (>= 0.9.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
     uri (0.13.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
+  arm64-darwin-23
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   ollama-ai!
   pry-byebug (~> 3.10, >= 3.10.1)
-  rubocop (~> 1.58)
+  rubocop (~> 1.65)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.4.22
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d78451c..72d1d7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A Ruby gem for interacting with [Ollama](https://ollama.ai)'s API that allows yo
 ## TL;DR and Quick Start
 
 ```ruby
-gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.0.1'
+gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.3.0'
 ```
 
 ```ruby
@@ -62,40 +62,42 @@ Result:
 - [TL;DR and Quick Start](#tldr-and-quick-start)
 - [Index](#index)
 - [Setup](#setup)
-    - [Installing](#installing)
+  - [Installing](#installing)
 - [Usage](#usage)
-    - [Client](#client)
-    - [Methods](#methods)
-        - [generate: Generate a completion](#generate-generate-a-completion)
-            - [Without Streaming Events](#without-streaming-events)
-            - [Receiving Stream Events](#receiving-stream-events)
-        - [chat: Generate a chat completion](#chat-generate-a-chat-completion)
-            - [Back-and-Forth Conversations](#back-and-forth-conversations)
-        - [embeddings: Generate Embeddings](#embeddings-generate-embeddings)
-        - [Models](#models)
-            - [create: Create a Model](#create-create-a-model)
-            - [tags: List Local Models](#tags-list-local-models)
-            - [show: Show Model Information](#show-show-model-information)
-            - [copy: Copy a Model](#copy-copy-a-model)
-            - [delete: Delete a Model](#delete-delete-a-model)
-            - [pull: Pull a Model](#pull-pull-a-model)
-            - [push: Push a Model](#push-push-a-model)
-    - [Modes](#modes)
-        - [Text](#text)
-        - [Image](#image)
-    - [Streaming and Server-Sent Events (SSE)](#streaming-and-server-sent-events-sse)
-        - [Server-Sent Events (SSE) Hang](#server-sent-events-sse-hang)
-    - [New Functionalities and APIs](#new-functionalities-and-apis)
-    - [Request Options](#request-options)
-        - [Timeout](#timeout)
-    - [Error Handling](#error-handling)
-        - [Rescuing](#rescuing)
-        - [For Short](#for-short)
-        - [Errors](#errors)
+  - [Client](#client)
+    - [Bearer Authentication](#bearer-authentication)
+  - [Methods](#methods)
+    - [generate: Generate a completion](#generate-generate-a-completion)
+      - [Without Streaming Events](#without-streaming-events)
+      - [Receiving Stream Events](#receiving-stream-events)
+    - [chat: Generate a chat completion](#chat-generate-a-chat-completion)
+      - [Back-and-Forth Conversations](#back-and-forth-conversations)
+    - [embeddings: Generate Embeddings](#embeddings-generate-embeddings)
+    - [Models](#models)
+      - [create: Create a Model](#create-create-a-model)
+      - [tags: List Local Models](#tags-list-local-models)
+      - [show: Show Model Information](#show-show-model-information)
+      - [copy: Copy a Model](#copy-copy-a-model)
+      - [delete: Delete a Model](#delete-delete-a-model)
+      - [pull: Pull a Model](#pull-pull-a-model)
+      - [push: Push a Model](#push-push-a-model)
+  - [Modes](#modes)
+    - [Text](#text)
+    - [Image](#image)
+  - [Streaming and Server-Sent Events (SSE)](#streaming-and-server-sent-events-sse)
+    - [Server-Sent Events (SSE) Hang](#server-sent-events-sse-hang)
+  - [New Functionalities and APIs](#new-functionalities-and-apis)
+  - [Request Options](#request-options)
+    - [Adapter](#adapter)
+    - [Timeout](#timeout)
+  - [Error Handling](#error-handling)
+    - [Rescuing](#rescuing)
+    - [For Short](#for-short)
+    - [Errors](#errors)
 - [Development](#development)
-    - [Purpose](#purpose)
-    - [Publish to RubyGems](#publish-to-rubygems)
-    - [Updating the README](#updating-the-readme)
+  - [Purpose](#purpose)
+  - [Publish to RubyGems](#publish-to-rubygems)
+  - [Updating the README](#updating-the-readme)
 - [Resources and References](#resources-and-references)
 - [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)
 
@@ -104,11 +106,11 @@ Result:
 ### Installing
 
 ```sh
-gem install ollama-ai -v 1.0.1
+gem install ollama-ai -v 1.3.0
 ```
 
 ```sh
-gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.0.1'
+gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.3.0'
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -125,6 +127,34 @@ client = Ollama.new(
 )
 ```
 
+#### Bearer Authentication
+
+```ruby
+require 'ollama-ai'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: {
+    address: 'http://localhost:11434',
+    bearer_token: 'eyJhbG...Qssw5c'
+  },
+  options: { server_sent_events: true }
+)
+```
+
+Remember that hardcoding your credentials in code is unsafe. It's preferable to use environment variables:
+
+```ruby
+require 'ollama-ai'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: {
+    address: 'http://localhost:11434',
+    bearer_token: ENV['OLLAMA_BEARER_TOKEN']
+  },
+  options: { server_sent_events: true }
+)
+```
+
 ### Methods
 
 ```ruby
@@ -767,6 +797,21 @@ result = client.request(
 
 ### Request Options
 
+#### Adapter
+
+The gem uses [Faraday](https://github.com/lostisland/faraday) with the [Typhoeus](https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus) adapter by default.
+
+You can use a different adapter if you want:
+
+```ruby
+require 'faraday/net_http'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: { address: 'http://localhost:11434' },
+  options: { connection: { adapter: :net_http } }
+)
+```
+
 #### Timeout
 
 You can set the maximum number of seconds to wait for the request to complete with the `timeout` option:
@@ -855,6 +900,7 @@ bundle
 rubocop -A
 
 bundle exec ruby spec/tasks/run-client.rb
+bundle exec ruby spec/tasks/test-encoding.rb
 ```
 
 ### Purpose
@@ -868,7 +914,7 @@ gem build ollama-ai.gemspec
 
 gem signin
 
-gem push ollama-ai-1.0.1.gem
+gem push ollama-ai-1.3.0.gem
 ```
 
 ### Updating the README
diff --git a/components/errors.rb b/components/errors.rb
index 70d8773..a791489 100644
--- a/components/errors.rb
+++ b/components/errors.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Ollama
   module Errors
     class OllamaError < StandardError
       def initialize(message = nil)
-        super(message)
+        super
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/controllers/client.rb b/controllers/client.rb
index 842babb..496142e 100644
--- a/controllers/client.rb
+++ b/controllers/client.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'faraday'
+require 'faraday/typhoeus'
 require 'json'
 
 require_relative '../components/errors'
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ class Client
 
       ALLOWED_REQUEST_OPTIONS = %i[timeout open_timeout read_timeout write_timeout].freeze
 
+      DEFAULT_FARADAY_ADAPTER = :typhoeus
+
       def initialize(config)
         @server_sent_events = config.dig(:options, :server_sent_events)
 
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ def initialize(config)
                      "#{config[:credentials][:address].to_s.sub(%r{/$}, '')}/"
                    end
 
+        @bearer_token = config[:credentials][:bearer_token]
+
         @request_options = config.dig(:options, :connection, :request)
 
         @request_options = if @request_options.is_a?(Hash)
@@ -30,6 +35,8 @@ def initialize(config)
                            else
                              {}
                            end
+
+        @faraday_adapter = config.dig(:options, :connection, :adapter) || DEFAULT_FARADAY_ADAPTER
       end
 
       def generate(payload, server_sent_events: nil, &callback)
@@ -87,10 +94,12 @@ def request(path, payload = nil, server_sent_events: nil, request_method: 'POST'
 
         method_to_call = request_method.to_s.strip.downcase.to_sym
 
-        partial_json = ''
+        partial_json = String.new.force_encoding('UTF-8')
 
         response = Faraday.new(request: @request_options) do |faraday|
+          faraday.adapter @faraday_adapter
           faraday.response :raise_error
+          faraday.request :authorization, 'Bearer', @bearer_token if @bearer_token
         end.send(method_to_call) do |request|
           request.url url
           request.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
@@ -104,7 +113,13 @@ def request(path, payload = nil, server_sent_events: nil, request_method: 'POST'
                 raise_error.on_complete(env.merge(body: chunk))
               end
 
-              partial_json += chunk
+              utf8_chunk = chunk.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+
+              partial_json += if utf8_chunk.valid_encoding?
+                                utf8_chunk
+                              else
+                                utf8_chunk.encode('UTF-8', invalid: :replace, undef: :replace)
+                              end
 
               parsed_json = safe_parse_json(partial_json)
 
@@ -115,7 +130,7 @@ def request(path, payload = nil, server_sent_events: nil, request_method: 'POST'
 
                 results << result
 
-                partial_json = ''
+                partial_json = String.new.force_encoding('UTF-8')
               end
             end
           end
diff --git a/ollama-ai.gemspec b/ollama-ai.gemspec
index 94d9862..082546f 100644
--- a/ollama-ai.gemspec
+++ b/ollama-ai.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.require_paths = ['ports/dsl']
 
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 2.9'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 2.10'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-typhoeus', '~> 1.1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'typhoeus', '~> 1.4', '>= 1.4.1'
 
   spec.metadata['rubygems_mfa_required'] = 'true'
 end
diff --git a/spec/tasks/run-client.rb b/spec/tasks/run-client.rb
index 8c5cb23..4f03a04 100644
--- a/spec/tasks/run-client.rb
+++ b/spec/tasks/run-client.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'ollama-ai'
+require_relative '../../ports/dsl/ollama-ai'
 
 begin
   client = Ollama.new(
diff --git a/spec/tasks/test-encoding.rb b/spec/tasks/test-encoding.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b47843c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/tasks/test-encoding.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../../ports/dsl/ollama-ai'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: { address: 'http://localhost:11434' },
+  options: { server_sent_events: true }
+)
+
+puts client.show({ name: 'yi:latest' })[0]['license']
diff --git a/static/gem.rb b/static/gem.rb
index 6dcbc3c..27c8696 100644
--- a/static/gem.rb
+++ b/static/gem.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Ollama
   GEM = {
     name: 'ollama-ai',
-    version: '1.0.1',
+    version: '1.3.0',
     author: 'gbaptista',
     summary: 'Interact with Ollama API to run open source AI models locally.',
     description: "A Ruby gem for interacting with Ollama's API that allows you to run open source AI LLMs (Large Language Models) locally.",
diff --git a/tasks/generate-readme.clj b/tasks/generate-readme.clj
index 46067af..4bd573b 100644
--- a/tasks/generate-readme.clj
+++ b/tasks/generate-readme.clj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                              (remove nil?))]
     (->> processed-lines
          (map (fn [{:keys [level title link]}]
-                (str (apply str (repeat (* 4 (- level 2)) " "))
+                (str (apply str (repeat (* 2 (- level 2)) " "))
                      "- ["
                      title
                      "](#"
diff --git a/template.md b/template.md
index 413e2bf..814a17a 100644
--- a/template.md
+++ b/template.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A Ruby gem for interacting with [Ollama](https://ollama.ai)'s API that allows yo
 ## TL;DR and Quick Start
 
 ```ruby
-gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.0.1'
+gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.3.0'
 ```
 
 ```ruby
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ Result:
 ### Installing
 
 ```sh
-gem install ollama-ai -v 1.0.1
+gem install ollama-ai -v 1.3.0
 ```
 
 ```sh
-gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.0.1'
+gem 'ollama-ai', '~> 1.3.0'
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -87,6 +87,34 @@ client = Ollama.new(
 )
 ```
 
+#### Bearer Authentication
+
+```ruby
+require 'ollama-ai'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: {
+    address: 'http://localhost:11434',
+    bearer_token: 'eyJhbG...Qssw5c'
+  },
+  options: { server_sent_events: true }
+)
+```
+
+Remember that hardcoding your credentials in code is unsafe. It's preferable to use environment variables:
+
+```ruby
+require 'ollama-ai'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: {
+    address: 'http://localhost:11434',
+    bearer_token: ENV['OLLAMA_BEARER_TOKEN']
+  },
+  options: { server_sent_events: true }
+)
+```
+
 ### Methods
 
 ```ruby
@@ -729,6 +757,21 @@ result = client.request(
 
 ### Request Options
 
+#### Adapter
+
+The gem uses [Faraday](https://github.com/lostisland/faraday) with the [Typhoeus](https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus) adapter by default.
+
+You can use a different adapter if you want:
+
+```ruby
+require 'faraday/net_http'
+
+client = Ollama.new(
+  credentials: { address: 'http://localhost:11434' },
+  options: { connection: { adapter: :net_http } }
+)
+```
+
 #### Timeout
 
 You can set the maximum number of seconds to wait for the request to complete with the `timeout` option:
@@ -817,6 +860,7 @@ bundle
 rubocop -A
 
 bundle exec ruby spec/tasks/run-client.rb
+bundle exec ruby spec/tasks/test-encoding.rb
 ```
 
 ### Purpose
@@ -830,7 +874,7 @@ gem build ollama-ai.gemspec
 
 gem signin
 
-gem push ollama-ai-1.0.1.gem
+gem push ollama-ai-1.3.0.gem
 ```
 
 ### Updating the README