diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index fb30583..5980944 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ function processCriticalCSS(element, i, callback) {
         dest: criticalDest,
         inline: false,
         ignore: [],
-        base: pkg.paths.dist.base,
         css: [
             pkg.paths.dist.css + pkg.vars.siteCssName,
         ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fee982a..b6ae1a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
         "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.15.0",
         "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.16.0",
         "chalk": "^1.1.3",
-        "critical": "0.8.0",
+        "critical": "^1.1.0",
         "fancy-log": "^1.2.0",
         "git-rev-sync": "^1.7.1",
         "gulp": "^3.9.0",