diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c35e4754..2236b624f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "ipfs-api",
   "version": "6.0.3",
   "description": "A client library for the IPFS API",
-  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
   "jsnext:main": "src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "gulp test",
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "ndjson": "^1.4.3",
     "promisify-es6": "^1.0.1",
     "qs": "^6.2.1",
+    "tar-stream": "^1.5.2",
     "wreck": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/src/request-api.js b/src/request-api.js
index a8a48b944..f56907fcc 100644
--- a/src/request-api.js
+++ b/src/request-api.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const Wreck = require('wreck')
 const Qs = require('qs')
 const ndjson = require('ndjson')
 const getFilesStream = require('./get-files-stream')
-const Counter = require('passthrough-counter')
 
 const isNode = require('detect-node')
 
@@ -12,9 +11,7 @@ const isNode = require('detect-node')
 
 function parseChunkedJson (res, cb) {
   const parsed = []
-  const c = new Counter()
   res
-    .pipe(c)
     .pipe(ndjson.parse())
     .on('data', (obj) => {
       parsed.push(obj)