diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/hdbits/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/hdbits/main.py
index 2a1b1828..ce17bbac 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/hdbits/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/torrent/hdbits/main.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from couchpotato.core.providers.torrent.base import TorrentProvider
 
 import re
 import json
-import requests
 import traceback
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
@@ -13,20 +12,12 @@ log = CPLog(__name__)
 class HDBits(TorrentProvider):
 
     urls = {
-        'test' : 'https://hdbits.org/',
-        'detail' : 'https://hdbits.org/details.php?id=%s',
-        'download' : 'https://hdbits.org/download.php?id=%s&passkey=%s',
+        'test': 'https://hdbits.org/',
+        'detail': 'https://hdbits.org/details.php?id=%s',
+        'download': 'https://hdbits.org/download.php?id=%s&passkey=%s',
         'api': 'https://hdbits.org/api/torrents'
     }
 
-    status_codes = {
-        1: 'Failure (something bad happened)',
-        2: 'SSL Required - You should be on https://',
-        3: 'JSON Malformed',
-        4: 'Auth data missing',
-        5: 'Auth failed'
-    }
-
     http_time_between_calls = 1 #seconds
 
     def _post_query(self, **params):
@@ -37,23 +28,24 @@ class HDBits(TorrentProvider):
         }
         post_data.update(params)
 
-        req = requests.post(self.urls['api'],
-            data=json.dumps(post_data))
+        try:
+            result = self.getJsonData(self.urls['api'], data = json.dumps(post_data))
 
-        response = json.loads(req.text)
+            if result:
+                if result['status'] != 0:
+                    log.error('Error searching hdbits: %s' % result['message'])
+                else:
+                    return result['data']
+        except:
+            pass
 
-        if response['status'] != 0:
-            log.error('Error searching hdbits: %s'
-                % self.status_codes[response['status']])
-        else:
-            return response['data']
+        return None
 
     def _search(self, movie, quality, results):
 
-        match = re.match(r'tt(\d{7})',
-            movie['library']['identifier'])
+        match = re.match(r'tt(\d{7})', movie['library']['identifier'])
 
-        data = self._post_query(imdb={'id': match.group(1)})
+        data = self._post_query(imdb = {'id': match.group(1)})
 
         if data:
             try:
@@ -61,14 +53,11 @@ class HDBits(TorrentProvider):
                     results.append({
                         'id': result['id'],
                         'name': result['name'],
-                        'url': self.urls['download']
-                            % (result['id'], self.conf('passkey')),
+                        'url': self.urls['download'] % (result['id'], self.conf('passkey')),
                         'detail_url': self.urls['detail'] % result['id'],
                         'size': self.parseSize(result['size']),
                         'seeders': tryInt(result['seeders']),
                         'leechers': tryInt(result['leechers'])
                     })
             except:
-                log.error('Failed getting results from %s: %s',
-                    (self.getName(), traceback.format_exc()))
-
+                log.error('Failed getting results from %s: %s', (self.getName(), traceback.format_exc()))