diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed4d5ac..5f88e96 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 django >= 1.7, < 1.8
 gadjo
+requests
diff --git a/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py b/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py
index 7c1c7a5..7e4cb67 100644
--- a/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py
+++ b/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import json
-import urllib2
-import ssl
+import requests
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 import django.utils.timezone
@@ -8,14 +6,6 @@ import django.utils.timezone
 from scrutiny.projects.models import InstalledService, Module, Version, InstalledVersion
 
 
-if hasattr(ssl, 'create_default_context'):
-    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-    ctx.check_hostname = False
-    ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-else:
-    ctx = None
-
-
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = 'Scrutiny services for changes'
 
@@ -27,19 +17,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if self.verbose:
                 print 'Checking', service.url
             try:
-                if ctx:
-                    versions = json.load(urllib2.urlopen('%s__version__' % service.url,
-                            timeout=5, context=ctx))
-                else:
-                    versions = json.load(urllib2.urlopen('%s__version__' % service.url,
-                            timeout=5))
-            except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-                print 'Error with', service.url, e
-                continue
-            except urllib2.URLError, e:
+                response = requests.get('%s__version__' % service.url,
+                            timeout=5, verify=False)
+                response.raise_for_status()
+            except requests.RequestException as e:
                 print 'Error with', service.url, e
                 continue
 
+            versions = response.json()
             current_modules = set([x for x in
                 service.service.get_modules(platforms=[service.platform])])
             seen_modules = set()
diff --git a/scrutiny/projects/utils.py b/scrutiny/projects/utils.py
index 4f7fe2e..5878f18 100644
--- a/scrutiny/projects/utils.py
+++ b/scrutiny/projects/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import re
-import urllib2
+import requests
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ class Issue(object):
         self.commits = []
 
     def update_content(self):
-        request = urllib2.Request(
+        response = requests.get(
                 '%s/issues/%s.json' % (settings.REDMINE_URL, self.id),
                 headers={'X-Redmine-API-Key': settings.REDMINE_API_KEY})
-        f = urllib2.urlopen(request)
-        content = json.loads(f.read())
+        content = response.json()
         cache.set('issue-%s' % self.id, content, CACHE_DURATION)
 
     def get_attribute(self, attr):
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ class Issue(object):
             return content.get('issue').get(attr)
         try:
             self.update_content()
-        except urllib2.HTTPError:
+        except requests.RequestException:
             return '---'
         return self.get_attribute(attr)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f197f3b..8048fcc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ setup(name='scrutiny',
         include_package_data = True,
         install_requires=[
             'django >= 1.7, < 1.8',
+            'requests',
             'gadjo',
         ],
         cmdclass={