diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/kickasstorrents/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/kickasstorrents/main.py
index 8a2fe76c..dd5e375a 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/kickasstorrents/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/kickasstorrents/main.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class KickAssTorrents(TorrentProvider):
         return tryInt(age)
 
     def download(self, url = '', nzb_id = ''):
-        compressed_data = super(KickAssTorrents, self).download(url = url, nzb_id = nzb_id)
+        compressed_data = self.urlopen(url = url, headers = {'Referer': 'http://kat.ph/'})
 
         compressedstream = StringIO.StringIO(compressed_data)
         gzipper = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj = compressedstream)