diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d736009..832ce62d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ dist
 dist
 MANIFEST
 build
-.eggs
\ No newline at end of file
+.eggs
+.vscode/
+*.out
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/analytics/__init__.py b/analytics/__init__.py
index d51b45fb..b8a997ad 100644
--- a/analytics/__init__.py
+++ b/analytics/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 debug = False
 send = True
 sync_mode = False
+upload_size = 100
+upload_interval = 0.5
+max_queue_size = 10000
+gzip = False
+timeout = 15
+max_retries = 10
+
 
 default_client = None
 
@@ -58,8 +65,9 @@ def _proxy(method, *args, **kwargs):
     """Create an analytics client if one doesn't exist and send to it."""
     global default_client
     if not default_client:
-        default_client = Client(write_key, host=host, debug=debug, on_error=on_error,
-                                send=send, sync_mode=sync_mode)
+        default_client = Client(write_key, host=host, debug=debug, max_queue_size=max_queue_size,
+                                send=send, on_error=on_error, upload_size=upload_size, upload_interval=upload_interval,
+                                gzip=gzip, max_retries=max_retries, sync_mode=sync_mode, timeout=timeout)
 
     fn = getattr(default_client, method)
     fn(*args, **kwargs)