diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 880ff80..2aa2426 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,51 +1,67 @@
-```
-# Dependencies
-node_modules/
-package-lock.json
-
-# Logs and temp files
-*.log
+# PowerShell/Windows specific
+Thumbs.db
+Desktop.ini
+$RECYCLE.BIN/
+System Volume Information/
 *.tmp
+*.log
 
-# Environment
+# Environment variables
 .env
 .env.local
 *.env.*
 
-# Editors
+# IDE/Editor files
 .vscode/
 .idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
 
-# Python
+# Dependencies and build artifacts
+node_modules/
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
-*.pyo
-*.pyd
-.Python
-env/
-venv/
-.venv/
-pip-log.txt
-pip-delete-this-directory.txt
-
-# Build directories
+*.class
+*.o
+*.obj
+*.exe
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.a
+*.out
 dist/
 build/
-*.egg-info/
-
-# Coverage
+target/
+.venv/
+venv/
+.mypy_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
 .coverage
 coverage/
 htmlcov/
-.nyc_output/
+.gradle/
 
-# Testing
-.pytest_cache/
-.mypy_cache/
-.tox/
-.hypothesis/
-
-# OS generated files
+# System files
 .DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+*.zip
+*.gz
+*.tar
+*.tgz
+*.bz2
+*.xz
+*.7z
+*.rar
+*.zst
+*.lz4
+*.lzh
+*.cab
+*.arj
+*.rpm
+*.deb
+*.Z
+*.lz
+*.lzo
+*.tar.gz
+*.tar.bz2
+*.tar.xz
+*.tar.zst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/windows/browser-domains-native-collector.ps1 b/windows/browser-domains-native-collector.ps1
index 220961e..c949ca6 100755
--- a/windows/browser-domains-native-collector.ps1
+++ b/windows/browser-domains-native-collector.ps1
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ function Get-DeploymentConfig {
     return $null
 }
 
+function Invoke-AwJsonPost {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Uri,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Json
+    )
+
+    $bytes = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($Json)
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $Uri -ContentType 'application/json; charset=utf-8' -Body $bytes | Out-Null
+}
+
 $deploymentConfig = Get-DeploymentConfig -Path $ConfigPath
 $resolvedServerHost = if ($ServerHost) { $ServerHost } elseif ($deploymentConfig) { [string]$deploymentConfig.server.host } else { throw 'ServerHost is required.' }
 $resolvedServerPort = if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('ServerPort')) { $ServerPort } elseif ($deploymentConfig) { [int]$deploymentConfig.server.port } else { 5600 }
@@ -541,7 +551,7 @@ function Send-DlpIncidentHeartbeat {
         } + $captureData
     } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 -Compress
 
-    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$bucketId/heartbeat?pulsetime=$resolvedPulseSeconds" -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $event | Out-Null
+    Invoke-AwJsonPost -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$bucketId/heartbeat?pulsetime=$resolvedPulseSeconds" -Json $event
 }
 
 function Get-FileSha256Hex {
@@ -707,7 +717,7 @@ function Ensure-Bucket {
         hostname = $script:Hostname
     } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
 
-    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$BucketId" -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $body | Out-Null
+    Invoke-AwJsonPost -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$BucketId" -Json $body
     $script:KnownBuckets[$BucketId] = $true
 }
 
@@ -733,7 +743,7 @@ function Send-Heartbeat {
         }
     } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 4 -Compress
 
-    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$BucketId/heartbeat?pulsetime=$resolvedPulseSeconds" -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $event | Out-Null
+    Invoke-AwJsonPost -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$BucketId/heartbeat?pulsetime=$resolvedPulseSeconds" -Json $event
 }
 
 function Send-CategoryHeartbeat {
@@ -770,7 +780,7 @@ function Send-CategoryHeartbeat {
         }
     } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 4 -Compress
 
-    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$bucketId/heartbeat?pulsetime=$resolvedPulseSeconds" -ContentType 'application/json' -Body $event | Out-Null
+    Invoke-AwJsonPost -Uri "$($script:ApiBase)/buckets/$bucketId/heartbeat?pulsetime=$resolvedPulseSeconds" -Json $event
 }
 
 Load-CustomCategoryRules -Path $resolvedRulesPath