diff --git a/src/LaunchDarkly/EventProcessor.php b/src/LaunchDarkly/EventProcessor.php
index 30d8016dc..b2c813673 100644
--- a/src/LaunchDarkly/EventProcessor.php
+++ b/src/LaunchDarkly/EventProcessor.php
@@ -63,86 +63,28 @@ protected function flush() {
       return;
     }
 
-    $socket = $this->createSocket();
-    
-    if (!$socket) {
-      error_log("LaunchDarkly unable to open socket");
-      return;
-    }
     $payload = json_encode($this->_queue);
 
-    $body = $this->createBody($payload);
+    $args = $this->createArgs($payload);
 
-    return $this->makeRequest($socket, $body);
+    return $this->makeRequest($args);
   }
 
-  private function createSocket() {
-    if ($this->_socket_failed) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    $protocol = $this->_ssl ? "ssl" : "tcp";
-  
-    try {
-
-      $socket = @pfsockopen($protocol . "://" . $this->_host, $this->_port, $errno, $errstr, $this->_timeout);
-
-      if ($errno != 0) {
-        $this->_socket_failed = true;
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      return $socket;
-    } catch (Exception $e) {
-      error_log("LaunchDarkly caught $e");
-      $this->socket_failed = true;
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  private function createBody($content) {
-    $req = "";
-    $req.= "POST /api/events/bulk HTTP/1.1\r\n";
-    $req.= "Host: " . $this->_host . "\r\n";
-    $req.= "Content-Type: application/json\r\n";
-    $req.= "Authorization: api_key " . $this->_apiKey . "\r\n";
-    $req.= "User-Agent: PHPClient/" . LDClient::VERSION . "\r\n";
-    $req.= "Accept: application/json\r\n";
-    $req.= "Content-length: " . strlen($content) . "\r\n";
-    $req.= "\r\n";
-    $req.= $content;
-    return $req;
+  private function createArgs($payload) {
+    $scheme = $this->_ssl ? "https://" : "http://";
+    $args = " -X POST";
+    $args.= " -H 'Content-Type: application/json'";
+    $args.= " -H " . escapeshellarg("Authorization: api_key " . $this->_apiKey);
+    $args.= " -H 'User-Agent: PHPClient/" . LDClient::VERSION . "'";
+    $args.= " -H 'Accept: application/json'";
+    $args.= " -d " . escapeshellarg($payload);
+    $args.= " " . escapeshellarg($scheme . $this->_host . ":" . $this->_port . "/api/events/bulk");
+    return $args;
   }
 
-  private function makeRequest($socket, $req, $retry = true) {
-    $bytes_written = 0;
-    $bytes_total = strlen($req);
-    $closed = false;
-
-    while (!$closed && $bytes_written < $bytes_total) {
-      try {
-        $written = @fwrite($socket, substr($req, $bytes_written));
-      } catch (Exception $e) {
-        error_log("LaunchDarkly caught $e");
-        $closed = true;
-      }
-      if (!isset($written) || !$written) {
-        $closed = true;
-      } else {
-        $bytes_written += $written;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if ($closed) {
-      fclose($socket);
-      if ($retry) {
-        error_log("LaunchDarkly retrying send");
-        $socket = $this->createSocket();
-        if ($socket) return $this->makeRequest($socket, $req, false);
-      }
-      return false;
-    }
-
+  private function makeRequest($args) {
+    $cmd = "/usr/bin/env curl " . $args . ">> /dev/null 2>&1 &";
+    shell_exec($cmd);
     return true;
   }