diff --git a/src/modules/shot/e_mod_main.c b/src/modules/shot/e_mod_main.c
index 2313f8a2e..3316be54c 100644
--- a/src/modules/shot/e_mod_main.c
+++ b/src/modules/shot/e_mod_main.c
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ _win_share_cb(void *data __UNUSED__, void *data2 __UNUSED__)
           (ECORE_CON_EVENT_URL_COMPLETE, _upload_complete_cb, NULL));
    
    url_up = ecore_con_url_new("http://www.enlightenment.org/shot.php");
+   // why use http 1.1? proxies like squid don't handle 1.1 posts with expect
+   // like curl uses by default, so go to 1.0 and this all works dandily
+   // out of the box
+   ecore_con_url_http_version_set(url_up, ECORE_CON_URL_HTTP_VERSION_1_0);
    ecore_con_url_post(url_up, fdata, fsize, "application/x-e-shot");
    
    dia = e_dialog_new(scon, "E", "_e_shot_share");