diff --git a/IoTCIntegration/lib/engine.js b/IoTCIntegration/lib/engine.js
index f1d23aa..39fb815 100644
--- a/IoTCIntegration/lib/engine.js
+++ b/IoTCIntegration/lib/engine.js
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ module.exports = async function (context, device, measurements, timestamp) {
 
     try {
         const message = new Device.Message(JSON.stringify(measurements));
+        message.contentEncoding = 'utf-8';
+        message.contentType = 'application/json';
 
         if (timestamp) {
             message.properties.add('iothub-creation-time-utc', timestamp);
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3e5684..9b73aa1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Function. You can check the integrity of the code being deployed by verifying th
 of the `iotc-bridge-az-function.zip` file in the root of this repository matches the following:
 
 ```
-D400C44AF5C860D7A9504F3C7495FCAC69407ACFD146692936BAF13AD3AE3BEF
+510D3252A7DC37F0D07A34A93D09B976BFAF91F13E0E723CCD2A85C1ACC4524E
 ```
 
 # Contributing
diff --git a/iotc-bridge-az-function.zip b/iotc-bridge-az-function.zip
index 2710c98..56ffd89 100644
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