diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index bc9cb5f8..ad05b6e5 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "io.gitjournal.gitjournal"
-        minSdkVersion 26
+        minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 27
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
         versionName flutterVersionName
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1'
 
-    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse.jgit/org.eclipse.jgit
-    implementation group: 'org.eclipse.jgit', name: 'org.eclipse.jgit', version: '4.4.1.201607150455-r'
+    implementation('org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:3.7.1.201504261725-r')
+            {
+                exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
+            }
 
     // For reading a file to string
     implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.5'
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/GitCommitTask.java b/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/GitCommitTask.java
index afea266b..41617321 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/GitCommitTask.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/GitCommitTask.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class GitCommitTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
             CommitCommand commitCommand = git.commit();
             commitCommand.setAuthor(identity);
             commitCommand.setMessage(message);
-            commitCommand.setAllowEmpty(false);
+            //commitCommand.setAllowEmpty(false);
             commitCommand.call();
 
         } catch (TransportException e) {