diff --git a/web/Gemfile b/web/Gemfile
index 6ece90f6e..42b54542a 100644
--- a/web/Gemfile
+++ b/web/Gemfile
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ gem 'omniauth-twitter'
 gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2'
 gem 'omniauth-stripe-connect'
 gem 'google-api-client' #, '0.7.1'
+gem 'retriable', '3.0.1' # this is necessary because 3.0.2 has a bug when used by google-api-client
 #gem 'google-api-omniauth' #, '0.1.1'
 gem 'signet', '0.5.0'
 gem 'twitter'
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ gem 'email_validator'
 if ENV['FASTER_PATH'] == '1'
   # https://github.com/danielpclark/faster_path
   # supposed to dramatically speed up page load time. Gotta install rust. go to github if interested
-  gem 'faster_path', '~> 0.1.0', :group => :development
+  #gem 'faster_path', '~> 0.1.0', :group => :development
 end
 
 source 'https://rails-assets.org' do
diff --git a/web/lib/tasks/google.rake b/web/lib/tasks/google.rake
index a6eefee3d..1fa40cc0b 100644
--- a/web/lib/tasks/google.rake
+++ b/web/lib/tasks/google.rake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace :google do
     music_session = MusicSession.first
     user = User.find_by_email('seth@jamkazam.com')
 
-    broadcast = music_session.create_stream(google_client, user, nil)
+    broadcast = music_session.create_stream(user, nil)
 
     puts broadcast.inspect
   end