diff --git a/couchpotato/core/media/_base/providers/nzb/newznab.py b/couchpotato/core/media/_base/providers/nzb/newznab.py
index d3c4e34f..13655eed 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/media/_base/providers/nzb/newznab.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/media/_base/providers/nzb/newznab.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-from urllib2 import HTTPError
 from urlparse import urlparse
 import time
 import traceback
 import re
-import urllib2
 
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import tryUrlencode, toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.rss import RSS
@@ -13,6 +11,7 @@ from couchpotato.core.media._base.providers.base import ResultList
 from couchpotato.core.media._base.providers.nzb.base import NZBProvider
 from couchpotato.environment import Env
 from dateutil.parser import parse
+from requests import HTTPError
 
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
index 311ce1ec..234302df 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from urllib import quote
 from urlparse import urlparse
 import glob
 import inspect
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@ import os.path
 import re
 import time
 import traceback
-import urllib2
 
 from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent, addEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import ss, toSafeString, \
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
 
     # http request
     def urlopen(self, url, timeout = 30, data = None, headers = None, files = None, show_error = True, verify_ssl = True):
-        url = urllib2.quote(ss(url), safe = "%/:=&?~#+!$,;'@()*[]")
+        url = quote(ss(url), safe = "%/:=&?~#+!$,;'@()*[]")
 
         if not headers: headers = {}
         if not data: data = {}