diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7008426..5c57449 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.8.3
+-----
+- Fix bug regarding optional `params` parsing for GET requests.
+
 0.8.2
 -----
 - Fix `#activity_logs_list` to allow passing in expected URL params.
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 8c4b06f..2a6992c 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2017 Zoran Pesic
+Copyright (c) 2018 Zoran Pesic
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/lib/fitbit_api/activities.rb b/lib/fitbit_api/activities.rb
index 9c6294b..77251af 100644
--- a/lib/fitbit_api/activities.rb
+++ b/lib/fitbit_api/activities.rb
@@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ def all_activities(opts={})
     # * +:limit+ - the max of the number of entries returned (max: 20)
 
     def activity_logs_list(opts={})
-      params = {}
+      opts[:params] = {}
       param_defaults = { before_date: Date.today, after_date: nil, sort: 'desc', limit: 20, offset: 0 }
 
-      # merge defaults without overwriting specified values, then split params from options
-      opts.merge!(param_defaults) { |_key, val, _default| val }
-      param_defaults.keys.each { |i| params[i] = opts.delete(i) }
+      # move param values from top-level opts into :params sub-hash
+      param_defaults.each do |key, default_val|
+        opts[:params][key] = opts.delete(key) || default_val
+      end
 
-      get("user/#{user_id}/activities/list.json", opts, params: params)
+      get("user/#{user_id}/activities/list.json", opts)
     end
 
     # Returns the details of a specific activity in the Fitbit activities database in the format requested.
diff --git a/lib/fitbit_api/client.rb b/lib/fitbit_api/client.rb
index 8714b1b..bf7f8e1 100644
--- a/lib/fitbit_api/client.rb
+++ b/lib/fitbit_api/client.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ def request_headers
       }
     end
 
-    def get(path, opts={}, params: {})
+    def get(path, opts={})
+      params = opts.delete(:params) || {}
       response = token.get(("#{@api_version}/" + path), params: deep_keys_to_camel_case!(params), headers: request_headers).response
       object = MultiJson.load(response.body) unless response.status == 204
       process_keys!(object, opts)
diff --git a/lib/fitbit_api/version.rb b/lib/fitbit_api/version.rb
index 9f2e70f..37a0c81 100644
--- a/lib/fitbit_api/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fitbit_api/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module FitbitAPI
-  VERSION = '0.8.2'
+  VERSION = '0.8.3'
   REPO_URL = 'https://github.com/zokioki/fitbit_api'
 end