diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 6f089303b..e2c1d8afa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #Change Log
 All notable changes to this project starting with the 0.6.0 release will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org)
 
+##[0.7.1] - 2015-08-21
+###Fixed
+- PHP 5.3 incompatibility
+
 ##[0.7.0] - 2015-08-20
 ### Added
 - `site delete` command will delete a site (moved from `sites delete`, which has been deprecated) (#370)
diff --git a/php/Terminus/Endpoint.php b/php/Terminus/Endpoint.php
index 1ec7e7081..cfc5091c2 100755
--- a/php/Terminus/Endpoint.php
+++ b/php/Terminus/Endpoint.php
@@ -50,33 +50,32 @@ public function __construct()
    *    );
    *
    */
-   private function lookup( $args )
-  {
+   private function lookup($args) {
     // adjust the target if it's a public request
-    if ( isset($args['uuid']) AND 'public' === $args['uuid'] ) {
+    if (isset($args['uuid']) && ($args['uuid'] == 'public')) {
       $this->target = 'public';
     }
 
-    if ('login' == $args['realm']) {
+    if (isset($args['realm']) && ($args['realm'] == 'login')) {
       $this->target = 'login';
     }
 
-    $args['host'] = @$args['host'] ?: TERMINUS_HOST;
+    if (!isset($args['host']) || ($args['host'] == '')) {
+      $args['host'] = TERMINUS_HOST;
+    }
 
-    // a substiution array to pass to the vsprintf
-    $substitutions = array( $args['host'], $args['realm'] );
-    if( isset($args['uuid']) AND $args['uuid'] !== 'public' ) {
-      array_push( $substitutions, $args['uuid'] );
+    //A substiution array to pass to the vsprintf
+    $substitutions = array($args['host'], $args['realm']);
+    if (isset($args['uuid']) && $args['uuid'] != 'public') {
+      array_push($substitutions, $args['uuid']);
     }
 
-    $url = vsprintf( $this->patterns[$this->target], $substitutions );
+    $url = vsprintf($this->patterns[$this->target], $substitutions);
 
-    // now we have our base url add the path
-    $params = '';
-    if (@$args['path']) {
-      $params .=  '/' . @$args['path'];
+    //Now that we have our base url, we add the path
+    if (isset($args['path']) && $args['path']) {
+      $url .= '/' . $args['path'];
     }
-    $url .= $params;
 
     return $url;
   }
diff --git a/php/Terminus/Environment.php b/php/Terminus/Environment.php
index f9321b885..395299543 100755
--- a/php/Terminus/Environment.php
+++ b/php/Terminus/Environment.php
@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@ public function connectionInfo() {
 
     $info = array_merge($info, $git_params);
 
-    if (isset($this->bindings->getByType('dbserver')[0])) {
-      $db_binding = $this->bindings->getByType('dbserver')[0];
+    $dbserver_binding = $this->bindings->getByType('dbserver');
+    if (isset($dbserver_binding[0])) {
+      $db_binding = $dbserver_binding[0];
 
       $mysql_username = 'pantheon';
       $mysql_password = $db_binding->get('password');
@@ -266,8 +267,9 @@ public function connectionInfo() {
       $info = array_merge($info, $mysql_params);
     }
 
-    if (isset($this->bindings->getByType('cacheserver')[0])) {
-      $cache_binding = $this->bindings->getByType('cacheserver')[0];
+    $cacheserver_binding = $this->bindings->getByType('cacheserver');
+    if (isset($cacheserver_binding[0])) {
+      $cache_binding = $cacheserver_binding[0];
 
       $redis_password = $cache_binding->get('password');
       $redis_host     = $mysql_host = sprintf(
diff --git a/php/Terminus/Request.php b/php/Terminus/Request.php
index b7e3dd347..4a700b328 100755
--- a/php/Terminus/Request.php
+++ b/php/Terminus/Request.php
@@ -23,16 +23,23 @@ public static function send($url, $method, $data = array()) {
     // create a new Guzzle\Http\Client
     $browser = new Browser;
     $browser->setUserAgent(self::userAgent());
-    $options = array();
-    $options['allow_redirects'] = @$data['allow_redirects'] ?: false;
-    $options['json'] = @$data['json'] ?: false;
-    if( @$data['body'] ) {
+    $options = array(
+      'allow_redirects' => false,
+      'verify'          => false,
+      'json'            => false
+    );
+    if (isset($data['allow_redirects'])) {
+      $options['allow_redirects'] = $data['allow_redirects'];
+    }
+    if (isset($data['json'])) {
+      $options['json'] = $data['json'];
+    }
+    if (isset($data['body']) && $data['body']) {
       $options['body'] = $data['body'];
-      if (\Terminus::get_config("debug")) {
+      if (\Terminus::get_config('debug')) {
         \Terminus\Loggers\Regular::debug($data['body']);
       }
     }
-    $options['verify'] = false;
 
     $request = $browser->createRequest($method, $url, null, null, $options );
 
diff --git a/php/Terminus/Site.php b/php/Terminus/Site.php
index fe53fffe0..7924b10e9 100755
--- a/php/Terminus/Site.php
+++ b/php/Terminus/Site.php
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ public function __construct($attributes) {
     # deprecated properties
     # this->information is deprecated, use $this->attributes
     $this->information = $this->attributes;
-    // cosmetic reasons for this
-    $this->metadata = @$this->attributes->metadata ?: new \stdClass();
-    # /deprecated properties
+    $this->metadata = new \stdClass();
+    if (isset($this->attributes->metadata)) {
+      $this->metadata = $this->attributes->metadata;
+    }
 
     $this->org_memberships = new SiteOrganizationMemberships(array('site' => $this));
     $this->user_memberships = new SiteUserMemberships(array('site' => $this));
@@ -526,7 +527,6 @@ public function get($attribute) {
   }
 
   /**
-<<<<<<< HEAD
    * Returns tags from the site/org join
    *
    * @return [array] $tags Tags in string format
diff --git a/php/Terminus/SitesCache.php b/php/Terminus/SitesCache.php
index 21a569f31..fe4760237 100644
--- a/php/Terminus/SitesCache.php
+++ b/php/Terminus/SitesCache.php
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ public function __construct() {
   private function find($name, $options = array()) {
     $defaults = array('rebuild' => true);
     $options = array_merge($defaults, $options);
+    $all = $this->all();
 
-    if (isset($this->all()[$name])) {
-      $site_data = $this->all()[$name];
+    if (isset($all[$name])) {
+      $site_data = $all[$name];
       return $site_data;
     } else {
       if ($options['rebuild']) {
diff --git a/php/terminus.php b/php/terminus.php
index e9da91547..dc2ee69e2 100755
--- a/php/terminus.php
+++ b/php/terminus.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 //Can be used by plugins/themes to check if Terminus is running or not
 define('Terminus', true);
-define('TERMINUS_VERSION', '0.7.0');
+define('TERMINUS_VERSION', '0.7.1');
 
 $source = 'unknown';
 if ((PHP_SAPI == 'cli') && isset($argv)) {